People getting all goo-goo-gah-gah over Dophin's Tua and offensive stats. LOL
Doesn't anybody ever stop to to review what calibre teams they faced to achieve those stats?? Surely I can't be the only one.
PPG and passing stats are almost TOTALLY MEANINGLESS when facing the "Weak Sisters of the Poor" all girls teams week after week, AT HOME!
Dolphins scored 4 of their 5 wins against THE 4 WORST teams in the NFL!
NYG -96 pt differential
NE -80 pt differential
Car -74 pt differential
Den -71 pt differential
....and 3 of those 4 wins were easy home games in Miami!!
Their 5th win was to the mediocre Chargers...by only 2 pts!
Dolphins have faced the easiest SoS to date!!
And the only game where they played a GOOD team was at Buffalo - where they were routed 48 - 20
Sunday night they face the EAGLES, who are rated almost on par with BILLS. And like that Bills game, this too is ON THE ROAD.
No "HOME GAME against a bottom-dweller weakling" this time....
Likewise, EAGLES have not faced a tough sched by any stretch - but it is collectively significantly tougher than Miami faced and EAGLES have had the disadvantage of playing only 2 home games vs 4 ROAD games!
Miami enters with a +67 pt differential achieved vs the easiest sched in the NFL. 50 of that was achieved in one game against a very bad team.
3 of their most recent 4 games have been at HOME.
Miami coming off 2 successive wins - AT HOME - vs weaklings.
Philly enters with a harder fought +31 pt differential, against better quality teams and despite the disadvantage of playing 4 ROAD games!
3 of their most recent games have been on the ROAD.
Eagles coming off an embarrassing loss, albeit on the road.
Of course, as always, fortuitous lucky breaks MAY ultimately determine the outcome. But I also think Hurts has something he wants badly to prove in this showdown with the teammate who replaced him despite all his success in Bama...