One year ago, the Miami Dolphins took to the road to play a playoff game in an icy cold city against an arguably better opponent. Sound familiar? The Dolphins lost that first-round playoff game and in fact, they have not won a playoff game since December 30, 2000, when they beat the Indianapolis Colts 23-17 in overtime. Can they break the 23-year-old drought?
If you had asked me that question a month or two ago, I would have definitively said yes. But the Dolphins have fallen upon hard times having gone from an AFC East division-leading 9-3 record to a runner-up 11-6.