DOLPHINS: 4th qrt

[Rick]

thx for the response...

like I said before, I think this team plays it's best ball in the 4th qrt. I 
felt a little more comfortable when we entered the 4th qrt with the lead 
yesterday. While we didn't dominate we did have the ball for almost 8 
minutes (7:57) in the 4th which is not bad considering the Jets had the ball 
at the start of the 4th. After we got the ball back in the 4th we held on to 
it for the 7:57 vs the Jets 4:44. When we got the ball with 4:53 I was 
thinking we were going to run the clock out...

Rick



> One other thing I think in comparing these teams is that they both are 
> (were) teams in the true sense of the word. When the 72/73 Dolphins 
> needed a big play, someone came up with it, but you never knew who it 
> would be. While there was controversy over the running back trio, the 
> bottom line for them all was whatever it took to win was what  mattered, 
> not personal achievement. Now I am the first to sing  Pennington's 
> praises, but I am not sure I buy all the talk about this  team being where 
> it is because of him. I see the same kind of  resilience in this team I 
> did in the 72/73 teams. When we've had  injuries, someone has stepped up. 
> When we've needed plays, someone  delivered. You never know who they would 
> be. Granted, Pennington  alomst always delivered, but I've never been too 
> worried about  Pennington going down, because I think we have a backup QB 
> that could  have been as successful as Flacco or Ryan, had he started this 
> year.  Not just because I think he's got what it takes, but because of the 
> team mentality this group has.
>
> The question now for this team is, how far can they go? They have been 
> asking themselves "Why not us?" all season. It's hard to get where  they 
> are, and you never know when they'll get another chance. I hope  they 
> won't be happy for what they've done so far, and keep asking  themselves, 
> "Why not us?"
>
>
>
> On Dec 28, 2008, at 11:25 PM, Michael Fischer wrote:
>
>> Rick,
>> One of the things that you already know is that running teams that 
>> really dominate may not be successful at the beginning of the game  but 
>> get stronger as time goes on; they simply wear the other team  down.
>>
>> When Griese went down, Earl Morrall came in. I remember thinking as  they 
>> carted Bob off the field "there goes the season" - but I was  wrong - 
>> wayyyyyyyy wrong. Earl wasn't Bob, but he was a true  veteran, and he 
>> knew he had a lot of weapons. He also knew it was  his job not only to 
>> win, but NOT TO LOSE. As a result, they were  sometimes behind going into 
>> the fourth quarter, but they had  confidence; and usually by the fourth 
>> quarter if they were behind,  the defense was so tired of getting 
>> pounded. Nature would take it's  course. You just KNEW they would win it 
>> after a while. This year, I  had confidence in Chad, but I really had to 
>> hold my breath. The  ability to win in the fourth quarter this year is a 
>> direct result of  Pennington. Similar, but not quite the same. Running 
>> game is the  real similarity.
>>
>> BTW, In the playoff game against the Steelers, I was praying they'd  put 
>> Bob in. The Steeler defense was good enough that, without Bob's 
>> mobility, smarts and younger arm, we would have lost.
>> (The best quote of the season: When told that Joe Greene had said  they 
>> hadn't lost at home all year before that playoff game, Mad Dog  Manny 
>> Fernandez replied "Big deal. We haven't lost anywhere all  year". You had 
>> to love it.)
>>
>> By the way; Tom Jackson called the Dolphins "the story of the year"  on 
>> ESPN while Boomer was going on some other BS...
>>
>> Michael
>> On Dec 28, 2008, at 9:31 PM, Rick wrote:
>>
>>> Hey ole timers,
>>>   I'm too young to remember the 72/73 Fins but someone mentioned  they 
>>> used to put some good drives together in the 4th qrt. One of  the things 
>>> I have really enjoyed about this years version of the  Fins is that they 
>>> seem to play their best ball in the 4th qrt. Was  that what it was like 
>>> in 72/73?
>>>
>>> Rick
>>>
>>> ps: Don't look now but we just went undeated in December and ppl  are 
>>> talking about how hot the Colts are after winning 9 in a row.  We have 
>>> won 9 out of our last 10 (same as the Colts)
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