Miami Dolphins Gain Momentum: Cold Weather NFL Showdown

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00:00But the night game is the one that's added some juice because the Dolphins have won three

00:07in a row, gotten back to five and six, and now the NFL can sell you a little, hey, Dolphins

00:12are back in.

00:13We got a couple of potential playoff teams here.

00:15Yeah.

00:16Yeah.

00:17Dolphins are a game and a half back of the last wildcard spot in the AFC.

00:20Denver's got it.

00:21And Denver's, I didn't see that one coming.

00:23I mean, neither did the oddsmakers.

00:24They gave them anywhere from four and a half to five and a half points for future numbers.

00:28But the story is, Chop Robinson, and I remember my reporting on this guy from Penn State.

00:34The thought was he's very raw, probably needs to have a redshirt year.

00:36Well, that's not happening.

00:37Not only, Mike, is it not happening.

00:40He's leading the NFL quarterback pressures over the last four weeks.

00:43That's incredible.

00:44He had a great game last week.

00:46He's playing great football.

00:47Now they're going to need him to not only pressure the quarterback, just make Jordan

00:52Love move off the spot.

00:53That's the thing now.

00:54I know it's cold weather.

00:56Warm weather teams historically don't do well in cold weather.

00:59In Green Bay, it's going to be a tough deal for them.

01:01But Chop Robinson's playing well.

01:02Their D-line's playing good football.

01:05And you know what?

01:06How about last week?

01:08Just seeing their pass game go well.

01:10Remember, Tyree Kill has been struggling with this wrist injury.

01:14Jono Smith, the veteran tight end, has gone off the last two weeks.

01:19Jalen Waddell, best game of the season.

01:20Where's that been?

01:22So that, it's all coming together right now.

01:23I know they're five and six.

01:25They're playing great football.

01:26Which is why the number is only three and a half.

01:29If you just, two weeks ago, I bet you that number would have been six or seven.

01:32Now it's only three and a half.

01:34And look, we know what the other narrative is here.

01:38Two is 0-4, under 40 degrees, the Dolphins as a whole never win in the cold.

01:43They played in the coldest game ever last year in January.

01:47They had to have picked a couple things up in that game, right?

01:50I mean, come on.

01:51It's not going to be that cold tomorrow night.

01:53I think the Dolphins are going to be in this game.

01:56So do I.

01:57We'll probably talk about this when I make my game picks.

02:00I usually don't like warm weather teams in cold weather.

02:02I remember I was at the game when the Bucs shut down Veterans Stadium, where they handled

02:07the Eagles.

02:08The Bucs had never won a game under 32 degrees, and they did that day.

02:12So yeah, at some point, as Mike, as you alluded to, these warm weather teams have to find

02:16a way to win on the road.

02:17And it's a critical game for them.

02:19Now, the Packers, let's face it, they're not winning that division.

02:22The Lions are better than they are.

02:23I get it.

02:24They're two games back, and they have to play together another time.

02:26They have to play each other.

02:27But it's right now trying to get a better seed.

02:30To me, the Dolphins have way more of the line here.

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