Miami Dolphins fans guide to watching the NFL’s week 12 games
By Brian Miller
The NFL’s week 12 slate of games is set to kick-off today at 1:00 and there are plenty of games with interest for Miami Dolphins fans.
Whether you are watching to see where the Miami Dolphins draft picks might fall from other teams or whether you are watching to see if the bottom-dwelling teams gain wins to shake-up the top of the draft, there is plenty of games to follow on your Sunday.
Miami at Cleveland
The Dolphins are not favored to win but they haven’t been all year. The Browns are without Myles Garrett and one of their other defensive starters after last week’s brawl with the Steelers. Cleveland’s offense has struggled most of the year so it will be interesting to see what Brian Flores draws up today.
A win by Miami will almost assuredly drop them out of the top five for the NFL Draft.
Raiders at Jets
For some reason, I think the Jets steal this one and in doing so will drop further in the draft. Miami could use a win by the Jets especially if the Dolphins lose. Miami is one game behind them but own the tie-breaker.
Panthers at Saints
The Panthers have not looked good and the Saints need to get back to their dominant ways. The game only has implications for the Dolphins as it relates to the Saints second-round pick which is expected to be at the end of that round.
Buccaneers at Falcons
This is an interesting match-up. the Falcons have looked good the last two and the Buc’s haven’t. Both teams are 3-7 and going nowhere this year so whoever loses this one might be the real winner come April.
Broncos at Bills
Like the two teams mentioned previously, the Broncos are 3-7 and the Dolphins will benefit from a Denver win. And you get to root against the Bills. What could be better?
Steelers at Bengals
This isn’t all that hard. Root for the Bengals. We need the Steelers pick to drop and we need the Bengals to inch closer to losing out on that top overall draft pick. Pittsburgh is 5-5 and still hold an outside chance at the post-season.
Jaguars at Titans
I want the Titans to win but we all need to the Jaguars to win. Jacksonville is currently sitting with 4 wins so a little more space would be nice should the Dolphins start to win games again.