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We’ve officially hit the homestretch of the 2022 NFL season. It’s Week 15. Every team has four games left. There’s nowhere to hide.
And there’s no team with more pressure on it heading into this weekend than the Miami Dolphins.
Mike McDaniel’s team has been a lot of fun this year. Tyreek Hill has been everything they hoped he would be when they traded for him.
Tua Tagovailoa has had large stretches where he’s looked like one of the best QBs in the league. Lately, however, that hasn’t been the case and Dolphins fans are likely freaking out.
Now things are getting super serious in the NFL and the Dolphins are about to face their biggest test of the season when they take on the Bills on what could be a snowy night in Buffalo on Saturday.
That will not be easy. At all. McDaniel has tried to brush off the talk about snow in Buffalo but things could get pretty nasty there and if it does, Tua and Co. could be in a lot of trouble.
Why is there so much pressure on the Dolphins? They’ve lost two straight games and the offense has pretty much come crashing back to earth. You can’t lose three straight this late in the season. Just can not happen.
If they lose this week they’ll fall to 8-6, which is where a number of AFC teams battling for the last few playoff spots could be when Week 15 is over.
Speaking of AFC teams fighting for playoff spots – the Dolphins face the Patriots on the road in Week 17 and Jets at home in Week 18. They’d very much like to have a bit of a cushion going into those games. A loss to Buffalo would hurt that chance.
Oh, and then there are the Buffalo Bills, the team the Dolphins are facing Saturday night. Josh Allen and his guys are one of the best teams in the league and they live for this kind of late-season weather game. And so do their fans.
Place is gonna be bonkers.
All the pressure is on the Dolphins this weekend. And it could get ugly for them. Just like those weather forecasts.
Quick hits: NFL Week 15 picks against the spread… Tiger Woods and Charlie Woods photos… Micah Parsons shot at Jalen Hurts… And more.
– Get ready for this week’s games by diving into our picks against the spread.
– Here are 22 pictures of Tiger Woods and his son, Charlie, playing golf together. They’ll be teeing it up this in the PNC Championship.
– Micah Parsons seemed to take a shot at Eagles QB Jalen Hurts.
– Still alive in your NFL survivor pools? If you still are here are our five best picks for this week.
