Dolphins vs. Chiefs

                                                                                         

Miami -3 1/2 vs. Kansas City

Remember in grade school when you had a crush on the girl a few desks over? You would stare at her and then when she happened to look in your direction, you would peel your eyes away as fast as possible. As Kansas City welcomes Miami in for their Week 16 contest, perhaps the Chiefs will be eyeing the Dolphins longingly, only to look away when their gaze is met.

The Chiefs (2-12) have been caught in the doldrums all season long, but they only have to look at their opponents to see that fortunes in the NFL can change quite rapidly. The Dolphins (9-5) needed a lucky brake to avoid going 0-16 last season and finished 1-15. They had a shakeup in the organization that shipped out first-year coach Cam Cameron and brought in Bill Parcells to take over the organization and his handpicked coach Tony Sparano. The team now has shot a playoff berth and even an outside chance at clinching the AFC East crown, something unthinkable just 12 months before.

Kansas City will be undergoing a similar off-season makeover. Long term President and General Manager Carl Peterson has announced he will be stepping down after this season which will bring in a new regime and a new age of Kansas City football. Peterson built the Chiefs into perennial contenders when he arrived in the city prior to the 1989 season. He inherited a Chiefs squad that went 4-11 in both years prior to his arrival. He turned the team into a 8-7-1 squad his first year and watched them make the postseason six straight times. The good teams fell apart mid-way through this decade and resulted in his departure.

Kansas City's future is bright with their strong draft last spring, but Miami's future is now. If they win their next two games and the Jets lose both games (the two teams met in the regular season finale), the Dolphins win the division. Last week Miami beat San Francisco 14-9 at home.

The teams have not met since 2006 when the Dolphins won at home.

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