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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Every year you get teams playing someone who's out or playing backups for their playoff lives and still lose. Look at the Packers last year...Detroit with only pride still beat them. So pressure can get to teams.
Miami has a pretty ugly injury list and knows they're in the playoffs. Not sure which Baby Mama if any orchestrated the burning of Tyreeks house....but I'm not sure that the Dolphins in their current state can win this game unless the pressure really gets to Buffalo. Miami knows they have a bigger game ahead of them no matter what.
For teams like Chicago or Arizona, I think they're live to play spoiler this week. Even the Giants will like annoy the Eagles with how they play. I also think the Titans at home won't be a pushover for the Jags either.
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Dolphins have a lot to play for though, and will have less pressure. Winning that game and having a home playoff game for rounds 1 and 2 vs losing that game and likely having to go on the road in round 1 is a big difference. Especially since losing that game could mean the Chiefs in the wild card round.
If the goal for the Dolphins is the Super Bowl then that game is important - going to be a lot easier path as the 2 seed compared to potentially being the 5 or 6 seed.