NFL Predictions Week 7: Why Broncos Game Will Be Tony Sparano's Last

The Miami Dolphins welcome the Denver Broncos to what has all the makings of the last game for head coach Tony Sparano. 

There is no way we can continue to ignore the lowly depths to which this team has sunk. Monday night's game against the New York Jets was both abysmal and fascinating. 

The Dolphins began to shrink under the spotlight. Brandon Marshall, a player that guaranteed he would have a monster game, began to drop pass after pass. 

The rest of the players began to shrug their shoulders and give up as the Jets continued to pound away. The aftermath has been almost a resigned acceptance. 

A Miami Herald report asserts Sparano's tenure may in fact hinge on the result against the Denver Broncos on Sunday. 

In the report, Sparano quipped, "I need to coach better. They need to play better." That is the sort of comment that wins you "understatement of the year" awards. 

If the Dolphins head coach needs a win to survive, he may just start packing now. Granted, the Broncos have their own issues to deal with. They have been awful on offense and are looking to solve their problems with the much ballyhooed Tim Tebow. 

That switch should come with reservations for Miami. There is little film on Tebow and game planning for the run-first offense will be a chore to be sure. 

Tebow will run the Dolphins ragged, and Miami will continue to shrink under the limelight. Sparano needs a great effort from his men to save his job, but I don't think they have it in them. 

This team has lost its will to play. That fact has me thinking it may be the perfect time to make a coaching change. It is clear Sparano's message to his players has grown stale. 

With a loss on Sunday, the Tony Sparano era in Miami will end in the meekest of manners possible.