2015 Miami Dolphins Predictions: Season Win Totals Odds and Picks

2015 Miami Dolphins Predictions: Season Win Totals Odds and Picks

by Robert Ferringo - 8/18/2015

Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill

2014 Record: 8-8

2015 Las Vegas Season Win Total: 9.0

The New England Patriots have had all the drama this offseason. The Buffalo Bills have had all the hype. And the New York Jets have once again devolved into a punch line and the team in the AFC East most deserving of a laugh track. But the fourth team in that division, the Miami Dolphins, has been kind of the forgotten team and they enter the season as somewhat of a Wild Card in the AFC race.

Miami has gone 8-8 in each of the past two seasons. That's unimpressive until you consider that those two eight-win campaigns marked just the third and fourth times that they made it to .500 over the last 11 years. The Dolphins have been consistently mediocre since their 1-15 debacle in 2007, averaging seven wins per season over the past six years. But they are expected to take a step forward in Year 4 of the Philbin-Tannehill Era.

And I don't see many reasons why the Dolphins couldn't break through this year. Tannehill has improved each and every season and enters his fourth year in the offense. They also went out and threw big money at "King Kong" Suh to bolster a defense that was No. 12 in yards allowed last year and in the Top 10 in points allowed in 2012 and 2013.

If Miami is going to be a factor in the AFC they will need to stake their claim during a soft early schedule. They do open with a pair of road games. But their first six games and eight of their first nine contests come against teams that missed the playoffs last year. And only two of their first six contests come against teams that were above .500 last year.

Things get much tougher starting with a Week 8 trip to New England. That kicks off a stretch of three straight road games against teams that were above .500 last year before hosting the Cowboys on Nov. 22. Miami does close out the season with four of five home games. But none of those five games are gimmes.

Miami still has some holes. They haven't been able to demonstrate a consistent home-field advantage, and their running game is still a joke. I do like this team, but I also think they are running third behind the Patriots in Bills entering the season. I also think that their Season Win Total number of 9.0 is optimistic. The Fins could surge out to a 5-1 start. But after that, the two worst teams on the schedule are the Jets and Giants, hardly pushovers.

I think the only way to play the Fins is 'under'. This number should've been 8.5, so I just don't see any value in predicting them to get to 10 wins for just the second time in the last decade.

WEEK	DATE	OPPONENT	TIME (ET)	Location	Result
Pre	Thu, Aug 13th, 2015	at Chicago	08:00 PM	Soldier Field
Pre	Sat, Aug 22nd, 2015	at Carolina	07:00 PM	Bank of America Stadium
Pre	Sat, Aug 29th, 2015	Atlanta	07:00 PM	Sun Life Stadium
Pre	Thu, Sep 3rd, 2015	Tampa_Bay	07:00 PM	Sun Life Stadium
1	Sun, Sep 13th, 2015	at Washington	01:00 PM	FedEx Field
2	Sun, Sep 20th, 2015	at Jacksonville	04:05 PM	EverBank Field
3	Sun, Sep 27th, 2015	Buffalo	04:25 PM	Sun Life Stadium
4	Sun, Oct 4th, 2015	NY_Jets	09:30 AM	Wembley Stadium
5	Bye
6	Sun, Oct 18th, 2015	at Tennessee	01:00 PM	LP Field
7	Sun, Oct 25th, 2015	Houston	01:00 PM	Sun Life Stadium
8	Thu, Oct 29th, 2015	at New_England	08:25 PM	Gillette Stadium
9	Sun, Nov 8th, 2015	at Buffalo	01:00 PM	Ralph Wilson Stadium
10	Sun, Nov 15th, 2015	at Philadelphia	01:00 PM	Lincoln Financial Field
11	Sun, Nov 22nd, 2015	Dallas	01:00 PM	Sun Life Stadium
12	Sun, Nov 29th, 2015	at NY_Jets	01:00 PM	MetLife Stadium
13	Sun, Dec 6th, 2015	Baltimore	01:00 PM	Sun Life Stadium
14	Mon, Dec 14th, 2015	NY_Giants	08:30 PM	Sun Life Stadium
15	Sun, Dec 20th, 2015	at San_Diego	04:25 PM	Qualcomm Stadium
16	Sun, Dec 27th, 2015	Indianapolis	01:00 PM	Sun Life Stadium
17	Sun, Jan 3rd, 2016	New_England	01:00 PM	Sun Life Stadium

All Times EST

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