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Reasons why I'm not high on the Dolphins.

Schedule is absolutely awful after the fifth game. Two games against New England, at Buffalo, at Philly, vs. Dallas, vs. Baltimore, vs. NYG, at San Diego, and vs. Indianapolis. The only real break in that nightmare stretch is a game at the Jets. First five games are pretty easy comparatively, but even with Suh (did they really make any other major offseason acquisitions?), I can't see them getting out of that with anything less than 7 losses.

Both of the games against New England would be with Brady even if the four game suspension holds up.

Dolphins also recently lost starting safety Louis Delmas, making an already thin pass defense that much thinner, something that probably doesn't bode well with games against Tom Brady, Andrew Luck, Phillip Rivers, Joe Flacco, Tony Romo (and doesn't that feel weird to say), and Eli Manning/a possibly revamped Giants passing offense on the horizon.

And last but not least, Miami always collapses in the late season. It's tradition.