00:09Dave Hyde has the Dolphins 8-9, Chris Perkins 9-8, David Bironas 9-8.
00:17I think that's kind of the prevailing thought, 8-9, 9-8.
00:21I think anything below that and anything above that,
00:26people are going to be super surprised because they think this is the definition
00:33of a middling NFL team.
00:36Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.
00:38Again, I'm expecting the upside of that.
00:40I'm very high on the Dolphins team.
00:42I think this Dolphins team meets most people's definition of the textbook 9-8, 8-9 season.
00:52I think Solana and myself are on the same page.
00:56I agree 100% with them.
00:588-9 wins, ceiling.
01:02Hawk, you're a very optimistic person.
01:04I just don't know if the secondary can hold up.
01:08Tua's going to miss some games.
01:10We have to be realistic with it.
01:11Like you say, I'm not treating Tua with these white gloves.
01:16I've just seen what happened.
01:17He's been in the league, what, five years now?
01:19He's played one full season.
01:21He's going to miss some games.
01:22If he misses a game, Quinn Ewers and Zach Wilson are not going to win those games.
01:28So that's already two or three down the drain.
01:31They're not going to go 100% with Tua.
01:34Yeah.
01:3510-7 would be surprising to me.
01:37I think the problem, though, is that the Dolphins, at their best, like everything going right, everything working out in their favor, 10 wins, maybe 11, is the best that they can get to.
01:52Yeah, but 11 wins.
01:53I mean, like 11-6 would be unbelievable.
01:58What's your feeling, though, Hawk?
01:59What's the feeling?
02:00Everybody going, everything going right for you, which doesn't, I don't know if you guys have been paying attention to the Dolphins for my lifetime, but that typically doesn't happen.
02:08I think they could go 12-5.
02:1112-5 is.
02:12On the upside, yeah.
02:13I think that would probably be the ceiling, 12-5.
02:19I think they have a better chance of going 12-5 than they do 5-12.
02:22How about that?
02:24I think that has all to do with Tua's health.
02:27Yeah.
02:28Most of it.
02:29I do not think Tua starts 17 games and loses nine of them.
02:34I think Tua is an above 500 quarterback.
02:37There you go.
02:38I'm with that.
02:39So let's say he starts 15 games.
02:41That's fair for an NFL starting quarterback, 15 games.
02:45And then they go 8-6 in those 15?
02:50Well, that's 14.
02:51So it will be 9-6.
02:559-6.
02:569-6 in those 14.
02:58Then he misses those two.
02:59They're going to lose both of them.
03:01I'm not so certain.
03:04Huck.
03:05I'm not so certain.
03:07Zach Wilson and Quinn Ewers are going to win two NFL games for you.
03:10Yes.
03:11Yes.
03:11Zach Wilson for sure.
03:12He's done it.
03:13He's done it.
03:15He's done nothing.
03:16You seen his record?
03:18No, I understand.
03:19But he's started games and has won NFL games.
03:24One thing.
03:24Listen, we can question whether his skill set is there or not.
03:27He ain't going to get rattled being out there.
03:30He didn't go 0-4 in his NFL career.
03:34So I don't think like last season, who won one of their fill-in games last season?
03:41It was Tyler Huntley.
03:43Yeah.
03:43Snoop Huntley.
03:43I mean, you know.
03:45It was the Patriots.
03:45It was the Patriots game.
03:47They lost their first three.
03:48They had the bye week.
03:49They came back.
03:50And Snoop Huntley won them that game in Foxborough on the road.
03:53I mean, I think if Zach Wilson plays two games, I could see him winning a game or two.
03:58I really could.
03:58So he wins one.
04:01So that puts you at 9-8.
04:03But it depends.
04:03Doesn't it depend who they play against?
04:05That puts you at 10-7.
04:07It depends who they play against, Todd.
04:089-6 with Tua, and then they're 10-7 with Zach Wilson.
04:12I'm not as confident.
04:14If Tua goes down, I mean, knock on wood, man.
04:18Like, no joke.
04:19I hate even doing this.
04:20But if Zach Wilson's your starting quarterback, let's just say there's a stretch where the
04:24Dolphins have to play Baltimore, Buffalo primetime, and then they're out.
04:29Where's that game in?
04:30In Spain, right?
04:31Crowder, Madrid against the Commanders.
04:34Like, if it's that stretch, Hawk, and he's playing against those three teams, you feel
04:37comfortable?
04:38Zach Wilson?
04:38No, no.
04:39But again, that's a tough stretch for Tua.
04:42That's a tough stretch for your starter.
04:44For sure.
04:44For sure.
04:45But then there's a stretch later where you play New Orleans, at home, at the New York
04:50Jets, at the Pittsburgh Steelers.
04:52Like, that's a more favorable situation for a backup quarterback.
04:57I just think it matters, right?
04:59Like, that context matters.
05:00Patriots weeks one and two, I think you could easily be 2-0 after those, right?
05:04Then you've got the Bills in primetime.
05:06That never seems to work out in our favor.
05:082-1.
05:10Then you've got the Jets in primetime, but that's at home, and I'm not scared of the Jets.
05:15You're 3-1.
05:15Then you've got the Carolina Panthers.
05:17You're 4-1 now.
05:19Then you've got the Chargers.
05:234-2.
05:24Let's say you're 4-2.
05:26Then you've got the Browns.
05:28Now you're 5-2.
05:30Falcons, 6-2.
05:32Who's quarterbacking for the Browns?
05:35Flacco.
05:36By that time, it'll be Shadua Sanders.
05:39Easy win.
05:40Dylan Gabriel.
05:41Then you've got Ravens, so that's, what, 6-3.
05:45Bills and Dolphins.
05:47Saints, that's another win.
05:49Another Jets win.
05:50Steelers are going to stink by the time they play them.
05:53No, they're not.
05:55Yeah, come on.
05:57The Steeler defense?
05:59Aaron Rodgers, come on.
06:00What are we doing here?
06:02It's not just Aaron Rodgers.
06:04It's T.J. Watt and them boys coming after Tua.
06:07That's a Monday Night Football game, by the way.
06:09T.J. Watt has to play 94% of the game.
06:12How about we just go any primetime games or losses?
06:15Well, that's fair, based on past performance.
06:18The establishment has been set.
06:19Muccaneers game, that'll be tough.
06:21I like Baker Mayfield.
06:22Then you end the season with the Patriots.
06:25I don't think it's out of the question.
06:26Go 12-5.
06:3013-4.
06:3211-6.
06:3310-7.
06:36I'm going to fall right around 9-8, Hawk.
06:40You and the rest of the world.
06:43But even 9 would be hitting the over on season win total.
06:47Tua stays healthy.
06:48They win 9 games.
06:51I'm not even trying to be...
06:52Hawk, I'm being serious with this.
06:54This roster really concerns me.
06:58What if Storm Duck goes down?
07:02Well, but you could do that with every NFL team.
07:05But no, no, no, no, no, no.
07:07Let's go Steelers.
07:08If Jalen Ramsey goes down, they still have Darius Slay and Joey Porter Jr.
07:14If Storm Duck goes down, we're starting Jack Jones and probably a free agent off the street.
07:19Rasul Douglas, probably.
07:21Like, we just figured out his last name, Douglas.
07:25I don't sense much of a drop-off there.
07:28I don't sense much of a drop-off there.
07:30I'm concerned with this roster, Hawk.
07:34I won't lie to you.
07:4013-4, huh?
07:42I think people are sleeping on this roster.
07:44I think this roster is nowhere near as bad as people are making it out to be.
07:51They got to win Sunday.
07:54Biggest question mark is Riley Patterson.
07:56Kicker.
08:00No, I don't want to bite.
08:03Sticking to that, huh?
08:04No, I mean, I'll bite if you want, but.
08:06How'd you like to have Zach Seeler come visit an elementary school of your choice?
08:11It can happen.
08:12WQAM's MVP experience with the Dolphins, Zach Seeler.
08:16He's on board to speak at a school.
08:18All you have to do is go to WQAM.com, enter an elementary school in Dater Broward,
08:24and that school might get a visit from Zach Seeler.
08:27We'll speak to the students, and we'll probably have some QAM prizes as well,
08:32maybe some Pivot Energy drink or Crowder Powder.
08:36Who knows what we're going to fly these kids with.
Be the first to comment