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I'm surprised that you do not discount the week 17 Dolphins offense and the shutout. Their bags were packed, tee times scheduled and no fight in those guys at all. The shutout without Talib told me nothing about how he'll be able to play in two weeks.
I hope you are right about Talib (and that others have said Ninkovich will able to go in the playoffs.) Talib is a huge factor in coverage and for the pass rush.
The point about the top 15 offenses is simply that neither of the wins over Miami and Jacksonville should be encouraging as far as the defense goes, at all. Every AFC playoff team is a major step up from those two teams.
You can't discount games out of rankings. Every team has bad opponents, play some when they are hot, some when they are struggling, etc etc.
They went out and made plays. Its silly, IMO, to think the Dolphins showed up and didn't try. Those kind of qualifiers seem to only be used by people with an agenda. Not saying you have one, but that you should see these facts.