NFL Playoffs 2016: 5 reasons Miami Dolphins will make it

2. Winnable Schedule

Of course, any team can be good, but if they take on a team better than them, it makes winning difficult. Fortunately for the Dolphins, their schedule sets up pretty favorably for them to continue this run.

To start, the Dolphins wins on this five-game streak have come against fairly tough competition. They beat the 5-5 Steelers and the 5-5 division rival Bills. They beat the 4-6 Chargers and Rams on the road in back to back road games and knocked off another division rival in the New York Jets.

Moving forward, the Dolphins have a week 17 game against the Patriots, but every another team is .500 or below. They get the San Francisco 49ers next week, arguably the worst roster in the NFL. A trip to Baltimore may be tough but is winnable considering where the Ravens offense stands. A home date with the Cardinals felt hard a few weeks ago, but injury and the play of Carson Palmer have this team looking like a shell of itself. They have road games with the Bills and the Jets in December, but as mentioned they have taken care of these two teams already.

If they lose one or two of those games, they can still find a way to get to 10-6. It feels like the floor for this team could be 9-7 and this season, that could be just enough to get into the playoffs.