With our Miami Dolphins facing off against the Cincinnati Bengals tomorrow, I asked the following question this past week:
What are your predictions, bold or otherwise, for the Miami Dolphins\u2019 defense and offense in this coming Sunday\u2019s game vs. the Cincinnati Bengals? Who do you expect to lead the team in key categories like tackles, tackles for loss, pass breakups, interceptions, defensive touchdowns, etc., on defense, and receiving yards, touchdowns, receptions, rushing production, and first downs, etc., on offense? What are your stat-line projections for our key playmakers this week and\/or who will be the team\u2019s MVPs on each side of the ball?<\/p>\n
Below are some of your thoughts and answers about tomorrow\u2019s game-<\/p>\n
JUK might lean toward the Phins if both starting WR\u2019s were out for the week.<\/p>\n
If both Chase and Higgins were out I might pick the dolphins, assuming Higgins plays I\u2019d go with a narrow bengals win.<\/p>\n
I do think there is a chance for the offense to have its best performance, but we have to neuter the threat of Lawrence and Mafe. They don\u2019t blitz much but assuming we give Brew some help against Lawrence I\u2019m worried if slowik leaves Jackson 1:1 as a result. Mafe isn\u2019t Crosby, Boda or Turner but he\u2019s too good for Austin in pass pro. Id like to see kacmarek do some chip releases and then if we can create good pockets I think we will exceed our points totals so far<\/p>\n
Wildfin22 has the Phins by 3. Love the positivity!<\/p>\n
Phoenix6, I think, is predicting a Phins victory.<\/p>\n
Defense with a pick6 & 4sacks, Offense with 27pts<\/p>\n
Dulcich 65yds & a TD, Willis 300yds total – 260air, 40grd – 1TD… Gordon II 100yds 1TD<\/p>\n
Rodriguez 1forced fumble, 1intrrception<\/p>\n
MVP Robinson & Gordon II<\/p>\n
Jptapt wants to know if Miami has finally figured out how to cover tight ends?<\/p>\n
They figure out how to cover a tight end?<\/p>\n
If they finally get a handle on penalties, they win.<\/p>\n
If they don\u2019t, they beat themselves.<\/p>\n
SabanpickedCulpepper is watching that line!<\/p>\n
Vegas has us +6.5 which tells me CHASE IS OUT<\/p>\n
With Chase were in the +12 to +14 range<\/p>\n
Robert Burstein sees our Phins putting up a fight again, but with similar results.<\/p>\n
I think Miami will play hard again for 4qtrs only to be on the losing side again. Even without WR Chase, I can\u2019t see Burrow losing to this roster. 13 – 27 Bengals win.<\/p>\n
Molly Polly II sees the Bengals winning by two touchdowns<\/p>\n
Good matchup between Bengals O and Finz D. Would be sweeeeeeet to see JRod, Johnson or Taffe get a pik 6! Expecting our ST to play well at home. As for offense, Bengals D has issues, just maybe we generate a passing attack. \ud83e\udd1e<\/p>\n
Bengals 30, Finz 16<\/p>\n
NeenerWhacker sees the Phins falling back from where we were last week.<\/p>\n
In classic Phins fashion, the Dolphins take a step back right when we gather some hope. Defense can\u2019t stop Chase Brown catching passes out of the backfield and multiple turnovers from the offense. Fans\u2019 patience will be tested with Hafley and Willis. Not what I want, just what I think will happen.<\/p>\n
Bengals 30 – Dolphins 6<\/p>\n
FLexile predicts that it all comes together and Miami walks with the win.<\/p>\n
This is the week that they put all the pieces together! They stifle Burrow, the Maliks put on a show and they coast to an easy 23-10 victory. The Bengals are notorious for losing to teams that they shouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
MiamiItaliano has Miami losing, just by less if one of the starting WRs is out.<\/p>\n
Both Higgins and Chase are practicing this week. If they both play, Burrow is dropping 40 on the Fins\u2019 heads. Dolphins probably squirt out another 13 points. If Higgins or Chase is out, maybe the Bengals only get 23 points.<\/p>\n
JungleJohn comes in peace!<\/p>\n
Bengals fan here. I come in peace so hold onto your rocks. Full strength we win hands down. Higgins is not going to play and Chase hasn\u2019t been declared in so we definitely have a busted wing. IMO it will all come down to us being able to pressure on passing downs. The Bengals are fully determined not to take the Dolphins lightly.<\/p>\n
Even without Tee and Chase the team has some pretty skilled down roster WRs so don\u2019t assume Burrow can\u2019t complete passes. Our running game is however pretty suspect and Rodriguez, my personal favorite LB in the draft whom I lobbied for should be able to keep it under control.<\/p>\n
Honestly, I don\u2019t know too much about the Dolphins as we don\u2019t play them often but I am sure you are overdue for a win. But, to be truly honest, I wonder if winning should be a top priority as I understand you have some roster rebuilding to do and a high draft pick has to on the team\u2019s radar. But players are players and they truly determine the outcome. I am quite sure they are going to give maximum effort. Win or lose I just hope to go into our bye week without further injury.<\/p>\n
Well, that\u2019s our selection of predictions for this week. Many of us are fairly optimistic about tomorrow\u2019s game against the Bengals, while others expect more of the same. As always, thank you to everyone who took the time to join in and answer our PQOTD. Also remember to join us tomorrow for our live game thread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With our Miami Dolphins facing off against the Cincinnati Bengals tomorrow, I asked the following question this past…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,38736,125,124],"class_list":["post-424537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins-discussion","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}