Week 8: New England Patriots (2-5) @ Miami Dolphins (5-2)

[TheKillerNacho]

Bill Belichick did us a favor last week by knocking off the Bills, but now we have to take care of business and get the season sweep over his Patriots. We are extremely banged up right now, however, so even in Miami this will be no easy task. With a trip to Europe looming against the Chiefs, we need to make sure we don't overlook this "easy" opponent.

All in all I expect this game to be tight, even moreso than the first matchup. The injuries on our OL will allow New England to get consistent pressure on Tua, and if David Long and Jevon Holland are unable to get cleared from concussion protocol, our defense will suffer as a result as well. Overall I think Connor Williams' status may have the most impact; the drop off from him to Eichenberg is a massive disadvantage. I think we're the better team, but I'm somewhat worried... my score prediction:

New England 20
Miami 23

Fins Up!

[hrubes20]

Only reason I feel confident is that Fins are the better team and they are at home.  But man, they have got to get healthy.  

[hrubes20]

Fins 24 - Pats 20.

If Williams is able to play, I push it to 31 - 20.  

[TheKillerNacho]

1 hour ago, hrubes20 said:

Fins 24 - Pats 20.

If Williams is able to play, I push it to 31 - 20.  

Sadly I'm not sure its going to be that much of a swing, as Liam Eichenberg will see the field no matter what with Wynn going on IR

[TheKillerNacho]

Vegas has us as 9.5 point favorites. I don't see it, lmao.

[Tetsujin]

No trade rumors to bring in an OLman?

[hrubes20]

21 hours ago, TheKillerNacho said:

Sadly I'm not sure its going to be that much of a swing, as Liam Eichenberg will see the field no matter what with Wynn going on IR

21 hours ago, TheKillerNacho said:

Vegas has us as 9.5 point favorites. I don't see it, lmao.

I'm not sure even the most optimistic of us would go that far.  They remember this is a division rival, right?

16 hours ago, Tetsujin said:

No trade rumors to bring in an OLman?

It would be negligence at this point to not be at least kicking tires out there.

[Phinsesq]

If Tyreek, Mostert and Holland are out my confidence definitely takes a hit. 

[hrubes20]

7 hours ago, Phinsesq said:

If Tyreek, Mostert and Holland are out my confidence definitely takes a hit. 

All back at practice today. I bet they keep Holland out though.

[hrubes20]

Oh man. Schefter just said Jalen Ramsey will make his debut this week. That dude is superhuman.

[JourneymanQB13]

Jevon Holland trending towards playing as well. 

[JourneymanQB13]

On 10/27/2023 at 11:26 PM, JourneymanQB13 said:

Jevon Holland trending towards playing as well. 

Nevermind. No Holland. No Howard. Seems like we are really keeping the bubble wrap on with X. He seemed like he thought he was going to play against Philly. Now he's missing a second straight game. We definitely seem to be taking a more cautious approach to injuries this season.  

[JourneymanQB13]

Going down to 1/5 of the offensive line is absolutely brutal 

[JourneymanQB13]

And now Lamm is injured. What is happening?? 

[TheKillerNacho]

All these injuries has me concerned, to say the least.