DOLPHINS: So....what's gonna happen tomorrow ?

[Mark S. Clark]

Thank you, sir.
You just got me totally psyched about going to the game tomorrow. :-)


On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 11:44 PM, Michael Fischer <thebigfish at smunet.net>wrote:

> All;Like Glenn (and most of you, I'm sure) this has been a game I have
> been thinking about since our first loss to the Jets the first game of the
> season.
>
> What a remarkable season this has been.
>
> I've thought long and hard about the game tomorrow. At first, the word that
> came to mind was dread. Would we lose to the hated JETS *again?*
> *
> *
> *But, a funny thing happen on the way to this final regular season game.
> The Dolphins found a real quarterback in Chad Pennington. They found
> discipline. They found new leaders. They found a way to win and they have
> done it 10 times this season. Sometimes against weak opponents, sometimes
> against good opponents. But they've won, and, along the way, they've shed
> the stink of last season, and, more importantly, the stench of JJ, Wanny,
> Saban and Cameron.*
>
> *In short, they've become winners.*
>
> *I started challenging the feeling of dread several weeks ago. If the
> Dolphins can win, why can't I at least have faith in them? This isn't Wanny,
> or Satan or Cameron - it's Tony and some guy nicknamed Tuna. I never even
> looked at how injuries and the whole self destruction the JETS have gone
> through might be a factor.*
>
> *Is this game a cinch? Not by a long shot. If Farve gets hot, and he very
> well could knowing it is his last game, it could be a long afternoon. On the
> other hand, the guy is 39 years old.*
>
> Chad Pennington, who got dumped to the curb by the JETS coaching staff for
> Brett Farve two weeks into preseason, has plenty of motivation to be
> successful. PLENTY. More than one JET fan probably wishes it was Chad taking
> snaps for the New York team tomorrow. Expect noodle arm Chad, with *only
> the best completion average in the history of the NFL*, to keep Farve on
> the bench simply because the Dolphins will ball control the game.
>
> Gentlemen, this could be a movie it's so rich in plot. It has all the
> makings of a great flick. We've got a better running attack, our QB isn't
> hurt and makes darn few mistakes. The defense has to get to Farve, pressure
> him, knock him down. This defense can do it. It's over achieved all season.
> I see no reason to stop tomorrow just because it's the New York Jets.
>
> I know we can win. All we have to do is do what we've done 10 other times
> this season.
>
> One more chance to avenge what past Dolphin teams for the past 15 years or
> so didn't achieve. One more chance to not be the team that went 1-15, but
> the team that turned it around and made the playoffs *the next seaso*n.
>
> I expect we'll see Ronnie at his best, as usual, but I also expect Ricky to
> run like the Ricky we knew. His clock is ticking, too.
>
> Could we lose? Yes, we certainly could.
>
> This team reminds me SO much of the 1970 Miami Dolphins. Good team with
> lots and lots of potential. I remember the late Al Derogodis (sp) going on
> to Curt Gowdy just good they were going to be late in the 1970 season. So
> did my Dad. Like those early Dolphins, this Dolphin team has come miles and
> miles. They need only fufill one more promise they made to themselves after
> playing hard and, playing well all season, and that is to make the playoffs.
>
> Enjoy the game tomorrow. I know I will, win or lose. This has been one of
> the most amazing teams I've ever seen.
>
> And don't bother checking. The 1970 Dolphins, under new head coach Don
> Shula, made the playoffs. The rest, as they say, is history.
>
> Michael
>
>
> On Dec 27, 2008, at 6:43 PM, Glenn Rushworth wrote:
>
> I have to admit this is the first Dolphins game I have been emotionally
> invested in for awhile. I just get this bad feeling that whenever Favre
> starts the drama queen "Oh, my ______ is sore and I don't know if I'll be
> back next week/season" and he has been putrid for a couple of games he pulls
> something out of his butt to make himself look like a god. Being from Iowa
> there are plenty of Packer fans here and I am pretty sick of it. He
> certainly could have one of those magic games against us but I don't think
> there is any way the JEST get in; NE and the Ravens win tomorrow.
>
> All that said, I think Favre is done. I think the Dolphins, if they play
> their game, and can contain the run, will win. And I think win or lose, this
> will be #4's last NFL game.
>
>
> Glenn
>
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