Rich Eisen: Why the Miami Dolphins Should be Favorites to Win the AFC East | The Rich Eisen Show 

Our offense has to be fast because the dolphins refuse to fix the o line

Everybody talks about tyreek but who’s gonna block for Tua? Real fans are waiting to see

My condolences to Dolphins fans, your team has just been hit with the "Rich Eisen says team X should win their division" curse. The Raiders still haven't recovered from it two seasons ago and last season Rodgers popped his achilles on the fourth play of the year...

our offensive line is still suspect

remember Rich, Raiders were supposed to win AFC west 2 years back 😂

Ravens fan here. Keep disrespecting the Bills. They're not going to drop off, they're going to be neck and neck to win the division.

Miami doesn’t have an Home Field problem. People will say this is an excuse, but they have Star Power Injury problem. At the end of the year, they are completely different team. Especially on the defense.

They SHOULD be favorites. Unfortunately it might get cold, or the wind blows, or the sky is partly cloudy, and the other teams might play defense.

I don't know but whenever Rich talks about the dolphins I always have a big grin on my face.😅

There's a lot of nice looking names on the roster. At the end of the day you went in the trenches and if this offense can be run to perfection it's built for the winter.

Their offense is built on speed in the sunshine of Miami. Their weakness is they have no physicality to play against good teams in the cold.

Thank for the Finlove Rich, I appreciate you anyway but this is great.

The whole afc is unbelievably stupidly stacked with great teams! Any of the top 4 at the end of the season will be totally capable of winning the Super Bowl.

As a Dolphins fan as long as Miami can’t beat buffalo consistently home or away then they won’t be favorites to win anything

I haven't looked forward to a season this much in a while. There are a lot of narratives, and a lot of people who think they know how things will play out. It'll be interesting to see how many of them are right.

Josh Allen is 10-2 against the dolphins

Nice try but I heard the same thing last year and they absolutely choked it away

As a Dolphins fan we have a saying, "That's so Dolphin". They never fail to disappoint. Until they can prove they can beat good teams I'm not convinced. Probably make the wildcard again and lose in the first round. It's just what they do.

Me being an Oceanic Mammals die hard fan from KS.. I’m 47.. been a fan since I was 4 years old..i agree if my Phins have a shot .. win an AFC East title and host a home game

God, I hope they do something this year. I have been waiting my whole life for a Super Win from them and I was born the year they won their first, but too young to remember any of it.

“If New England is a playoff team” 😂

Bengals offense, Lions offense. Baltimore & Chiefs.

Rich forget Allen 10-1 against dolphins lol

Kendall Fuller and Jordyn Brooks were also added to the dolphins in the off season these are huge upgrades

Dolphins Fan here. I'm not really used to this kind of overwhelming praise, coming from this show since the show's members are diehard Jets and Patriots fans. Anyway, I wouldn't mind seeing Dolphins going to Super Bowl. I haven't seen it since Dan Marino and I'm getting too old to wait another roster like this. LOL

The Dolphins are built for September- November, football season starts in January…

Great to see you talking FOOTBALL Rich and crew. I think 2024 is going to be an adventurous year! And sorry Rich: Jets only win half their games and Rodger’s misses 4 game due to him getting creamed on a Sack. Sala does not have the tools to be an NFL head coach.

How the hell has everyone forgotten about the bills the AFC east is ours you better recognize

lmaoo he confused TF outta me when he said Jared Cook.. Then I realized he was talkin bout Jonnu Smith!!

It's true the Phins need a home game bad, but not because of the weather. It's because their system doesn't work nearly as well with loud road crowds. You look at the games they played on the road in December last year without engaged crowds (Washington and the Jets) they had no problem. Won both those games by 30 points. But going on the road vs good defenses with crowd noise that hinders their presnap orchestration they run into big problems. That's what happened in Philly early in the year, and in Germany vs the Chiefs and in Baltimore to a degree --Baltimore was more of an injury story. Anyway without the ability to do what they do presnap the whole system kinda falls apart. They can't just line up and play offense because they don't have the o line to block for that in the run game or the pass game.

You can only scheme so much with an O-line that routinely misses assignments and puts pressure on a 5 10 QB known for concussion issues. Great regular season team but will never progress in the playoffs with this roster.

Hawk-Tua Tagovailoa gonna find away to mess it up somehow especially when it gets cold out

Why mention O'dell Beckham, he hasn't been a factor for almost 10 years..

I hate the crap they get for losing to the chiefs, with 11, ELEVEN starters out, and it was negative 40!!!! Fans literally lost fingers from the game, the chiefs didn’t light it up exactly, but I guess we will see right?

dude said, "... they gotta go to New England, they gotta go to Denver, wherever....they're not built for that type of environment". How do you "build" a team for weather? And to some of the comments about the O-line issues; agreed. It's hard to be consistent when you have a small, not-so-athletic QB that has to launch the ball in less than 3 seconds or else it's an easy sack/fumble.

He obviously doesn't watch when they play the Bills.

Ah yes, the annual "the Phins are the best" chatter...I expect this to continue through the first 2 months of the season as it typically does...we all know what happens after that.

But can the O line hold up?

Forget the division, learn how to beat Josh Allen first.

Been a Dolphin fan 54 years. There's three reasons why they won't win the East. 1) If you bottle up their WRs and force Tua to hold the ball it's a broken play, fumble or a turnover almost every time. It's predictable. 2) 3/4 of the roster comes from a warm weather college / team. How can they win in AFC E in December? This makes no sense. 3) They have focused almost 100% on skill players and their offensive trenches are suffering.

Tue is 7-14 vs teams with winning records. So if the non conference schedule is against teams like the Panthers, & falcons they could probably win the division

Hopefully, injuries won't derail Miami for a 3rd year. The Defense is finally deep enough to withstand some injuries as long as they dont all happen on on position like last year and the year b4 when they were down to walk ons at the Pass rush and Db positions

Damn, Rich! Have some confidence in the Jets.

The fish can’t beat teams with winning records or games when it’s cold, the AFC East winner will be Jets or Bills.

Dolphins underperform against good teams in December and January with this roster. I wouldn’t say they’re the favorite until they actually start winning big games late in the season

Wats funny to me is we play vs 3 UP NORTH TEAMS in OUR DIVISION IN COLD WEATHER & Win.

9-8 just miss the wildcard 2nd in east

This all wont matter unless Tua starts to show up in december and o-line will be at least average (depends on Armstead's health) And how will be run defense without Christian Wilkins Unless proven wrong, it still Buffalo's division. Do not disrespect Joshua Patrick Allen. "Transition" season for Mahomes resulted in 2 SB wins in a row, Allen could do the same

Lol Rich trying to be considerate to Brockman about the Patriots only for him to respond with “oh no it’s okay we suck” 😂

If New England is a playoff team he said 😂😂

Fix the offence line, then it's,OVA!💥🐬🏈.

If it wasn’t for Tua the Dolphins would be Anchovies !!!

I would hope Miami defense is gonna be better than last year.

The division will be won by the team that stays healthy.

Dolphins defense should be way better now that we don’t have a DC who was dying to get to another team.

Or you could just get stronger and win on the road

Dolphins know that Tua will get hurt this year… it’s why they aren’t paying him…. And giving I’m the dreadful 5 yr option to franchise tag path

achane 📈📈📈

A good defense beats a good offense no matter where they play.

Even as a Dolphins fan, I dont think Miami is a favorite. They should be though

I love how people say Miami sucks in the last 2 months. That was last year, after they lost half their starters. Remember, how Miami would lose the first 2 months with Flores and win out the back end, and everyone was like, they are going places. If Miami didn't lose that Titans game, they would most likely win at home in the playoffs, even with the weaken team.

Didn’t Brock say the dolphins weren’t gonna make the playoffs 😂

Miami can win in cold weather and can win big games, they've done both over the last few years but haven't put it all together. They're at a disadvantage in cold but after playing at KC last year and reminding them, don't suppose they can't win in cold and under the lights now.

The Dolphins are not "set". Every single year we have this same conversation how Miami is the new pick to win the division and Every season they fall flat on their face. They are a September team that gets figured out every season by December. That will continue this year. Book it. 4:02

Why do all these talking heads try to use Vegas odds as the gospel for a teams expectations? The odds are set to entice betting. The opening line is calculated to attract bets on both sides. If too many people start betting one team the odds for that team drop. It reflects the betting not some great expertise about who will actually win.

This season phins will stun, the NFL.💥🐬👍🇧🇸, no joke.

They'll need to be fast since nobody can block.

Finz up !!

I love Rich Eisen (and of course, here comes the "but", when I do really love Eisen), but...when are these media honks going to finally recognize that Miami will always be limited with Tua. His lack of mobility and throw velocity (real things) simply is not a good mixture for success in the current NFL...and the reason why Miami struggles to beat good teams. How can you pick a Tua quarterbacked Dolphin team, to win the division, when Tua teams fade and cant beat good teams? Buffalo ended the season last year with 4 starters out on defense. Miami enters this year with two huge question marks at BOTH defensive end positions. Diggs is not nearly the loss for Buffalo, that everyone seems to just assume he is. Diggs completely faded in the second half last year, during a time when Buffalo ran the table, vs the toughest part of their schedule. Go look at his last 7 games logs. And Diggs (in his last 6 playoff games in Buffalo), went for over 60 yards only ONCE, with ZERO TDs. And people who point to "Diggs hogs up dbl teams for the rest", Diggs was in the UPPER half of all WRs last season, who faced single coverage...and even the best WRs in the league only get dbled around 10-12% of the time, which works out to 3-4 dbl teams per game. Gabe Davis is easily replaced (as Jags fans will find out, as they scream "why are we paying this guy 13 million a year??!!". He was never this so called "#2' WR. Buffalo has to make up only 6 catches, 67 yards a game with Diggs gone. That's it. And, again, Diggs disappeared the last 7 games in 2023, as well as Gabe Davis during most of that span (when they went from playoff dead to the #2 seed). Buffalo literally rolled with Khalil Shakir and Dalton Kincaid during their run the table stretch...and now they have add Curtis Samuel, Keon Coleman, Claypool & Valdes-Scantling. Claypool hasnt had a top level QB since Ben. He now has one again. Not to mention, Brady gets to now completely scrap Dorsey's 2 TE garbage and predictable passing scheme. People don't comprehend, Buffalo will have a much stronger WR group this year. They also don't comprehend how good Dalton Kincaid is. It took Dorsey getting he boot after 11 games, to finally make Kincaid a legit middle of the field, downfield threat in Buffalo's passing offense...and again, down the stretch last year, it was basically just him & Shakir. Not to mention that Tua has ONE win in his career vs Buffalo, a 2022 heat wave where Buffalo had 10 starters either not suit up, or leave during the game. To me, predicting Miami to "dominate the division", is the equivalent of all these media guys/gals picking the Mavs in 5 or 6 over the Celtics. These guys cover way too many topics, and the bottom line is, they don't really know much beyond the surface of what they talk about, and their predictions are based on what will get them views or clicks...or simply a false reality because they are relegated to highlights and narrative. Too many of these guys aren't "sports smart", but rather just really good at interviewing people and quick on their feet behind a microphone. Again, I love Eisen.

Dolphins had a three string QB in Buffalo in December and could have won.

God help miami if the temp ever drops below 40 degrees.

GLAZE US !!! FLORIDA PANTHERS AND NOW DOLPHINS BABY !! WE HERE

The team with Josh Allen at QB is always favourite for the AFC East and I’m a Dolphins fan

Believe the past always comes to an end

They start off hot and choke down the road. There’s still a question mark at QB.

So what you guys took a week off, I was miserable the whole week finally. Ps did rich loose weight??

They wasn’t a faster offense last year in KC made them look like the panthers 😂 I also don’t like because the coach is way too friendly with his players. You gotta put your foot down at some point. They have way too many divas on their team. cheetah, Odell, waddle, Ramsey etc. + being in Miami that’s trouble.

Ah, that would be a Big No.

Bills own Miami

Fins up 🧡🩵

Buffalo wins AFC East.....FOR FUN.....mic drop.

The upside for Tua and the Dolphins is with climate change, they may not have to play a game under 40 degrees pretty soon 😂 As for who’s a faster offense? Ummm…KC literally has the fastest guy ever to put on pads and Hollywood isn’t slow…

The team refused to protect Tua who is injury prone so I’m expecting the same results as last season.

We all know the dolphins will win the division and a playoff game because all of their meetings are at 24 minutes past the hour…

Miami just can’t get it done.

Dan Marino? Yeah, the curse started with his first major injury or? It started with his last game ever. A playoff loss 100 to nothing against jacksonville lol

The dolphins in Miami aren't like the rest, they're exothermic. This warrants further scientific study.

Favorites? The Bills still run the division. Miami’s defense hasn’t been good and still isn’t great. They couldn’t stop KC or Buffalo in playoff games or to win the division. Tua has consistently underperformed in the big moments to step up and win the game. Nobody thinks Miami’s offense skill positions aren’t in the top 3 of the NFL, but they cannot make up for a guy who just isn’t it.

Comon rich dont back off the jets will own the AFC period

😂🤣 This is idiotic. Until they get a real QB they will never win the division over the Bills. Allen is a billion times better than mid Tua.

🐬🔥

Phinz UP

Lmao it’s still Buffalo’s division to lose sorry not sorry

So the weather is going to affect our speed like in KC but Hill had no problems while in KC. Hmmmm what’s the difference. Ooohhh the QBs. So our system isn’t predicated on having great conditions. It’s just Tua that needs the great conditions. Stop insulting MMD and keep it G. Tua is limited not the system

Fins to win

Dolphins should’ve won the division last season if their defense wasn’t so bad to start the season.

The Dolphins will miss Christian Wilkins real quick.

Not built to play in cold weather. So stupid. Not built to play with half there starters

Turncoat. I thought you were a Jets fan.

So wait for everyone other than the Bills it’s “until proven wrong”, huh? Okay, then I’ll just remind everyone that Josh Allen is 11-2 against the Dolphins. I’ll also remind you Josh Allen has won 5 AFC offensive player of the week awards against just the Dolphins. I’ll also remind you that Josh’s 2 losses to the Dolphins were both kind of fluky. The 1st as a rookie where the Bills won if Charles Clay makes a single catch at the end of the game, and the 2nd where it took extreme heat for the Dolphins to barely win. I’ll also remind you that in the last 4 years Josh, and the Bills are practically unbeatable in December, when divisions are actually wow. while Tua and Dolphins are practically impossible to lose too in December. But hey, what do I know, I just come with actual facts.