You recognize the state of affairs by now.
The Miami Dolphins know what must occur so as to qualify for the postseason.
They want a win towards the New York Jets plus a Denver Broncos loss to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, who may very well be resting starters with the AFC’s No. 1 seed locked up.
The 2 video games will kick off on the similar time Sunday, 4:25 p.m., so one outcome doesn’t affect the best way the opposite is performed.
Whereas it’s tempting to wish to take a gander at different scores across the league at MetLife Stadium to see what’s occurring in Denver, fullback Alec Ingold mentioned Tuesday it’s crucial the Dolphins preserve their deal with dealing with their enterprise.
“I’m going to be anxious about who I bought to dam, what the project is, what my alignment is, all that good things,” Ingold mentioned on an internet convention with reporters. “We’re going to let that Chiefs-Broncos recreation do what it does.
“I can’t think about the quantity of remorse that will go on the sphere when you miss an project, you miss a block since you’re up there peeking at a scoreboard. That’s not skilled. I don’t assume that’s what we must be doing.”
Edge rusher Emmanuel Ogbah, who had a key strip-sack in Sunday’s 20-3 win over the Cleveland Browns, is with Ingold.
“We bought to deal with enterprise first,” Ogbah mentioned. “The Jets are precedence No. 1. We bought to deal with enterprise and hope the Chiefs pull out a victory for us.”
All that mentioned, Ingold isn’t solely towards the concept of discovering out if phrase occurs to get round to him whereas he himself just isn’t pursuing the knowledge.
“I’m positive there’s going to be whispers and murmurs within the stadium,” he mentioned, “so the extra consciousness that we bought with all that will probably be good.”
And possibly there are Dolphins gamers on the sideline who can afford to take a gander and see how the Broncos are trying.
“I’m in a novel place the place I’m within the recreation possibly 5 performs the entire recreation,” mentioned kicker Jason Sanders, who has made 25 consecutive subject objectives. “I’d go searching in the event that they put up it.”
If the Dolphins do get it to play out the best way they want, they’d get the seventh and remaining playoff spot within the AFC and meet the second-seeded Payments in Buffalo.
“Go up there deal with the Jets recreation, hope the Chiefs deal with the Broncos for us, after which we’re prepared for no matter,” Ogbah mentioned. “We simply wish to get in. That’s the purpose — simply to get in.”
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