Which teams do you believe will make the playoffs that didn't last year?

Eh, I'd rate the WR and TE groups a push, honestly. Buffalo probably has the best individual talent in Sammy, but there's more of a drop-off between Buffalo's WR1 to WR4 than there is for Miami. As far as TEs go, when healthy, Cameron is definitely the better vertical threat than Clay is, but he's a serious risk for jello brain so we'll see how long that lasts. The big thing for me is the offensive line though. I'm on the boat that thinks that Miami's guard problem is heavily overstated. Branden Albert tearing his ACL was what doomed the OL to being shit the latter part of the year. When he was healthy Miami's OL was in the top half, IIRC. And, again, Tannehill might not be a superstart (never claimed he was, I don't know why you would even bring that up), but he's definitely above average and knocking on top 10, whereas Buffalo has three career backup-level guys. For all the hype around Tyrod Taylor, he has two touchdown passes, and they were both to the wrong team.

Tanny has NEVER made the playoffs. There's enough talent around him that you can't list his teammates as an excuse.

This is such a stupid argument. When Tannehill comes off the field for the last time with Miami winning in the fourth quarter and the other team goes on to win, how does that come down to him? Are we holding him personally responsible for one of the worst rushing defenses in the league over the last third of the season? Maybe if Ryan Tannehill was better in coverage, he wouldn't have let Geno Smith throw for 350 yards and then they would have made the playoffs. Miami's offense was 11th best in points scored last season, and the defense was 20th in points allowed. IIRC they were something like top 8 or so until the back half of the season and then fell 12 spots. How is that Tannehill's fault exactly?

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