November 12, 2007
I’ll start with the good. With the Rams win over the Saints, we are officially in line for the #1 draft pick. Ok, now the game. Watching this game was almost unbelievable. All week long, everyone around this team had the feeling this was going to be our first win. Dan Marino guaranteed our first victory. The team had a quiet confidence coming off a bye week. All the stars seemed aligned. I don’t know what to say about this game other than to say that this team keeps inventing ways to lose. All of the things that typically determine a game; Time of possession, total yards, rushing yards, turnover ratio and 3rd Down Conversion rate were in our favor. We shut down the run. We shut down the pass. Jesse Chatman played like a Pro Bowler and Joey Porter had better stats in this game than in his last 2 combined. But then, in the fourth quarter, the Dolphins put on a performance that could only be described as “Crumbelievable”. Among other things, Ted Ginn had his second kickoff return TD this season negated by penalty. So the result was the same. Five of our nine losses this season have been by 3 points. This team cannot find a win to save their life. At least not in this stadium.
Move the Dolphins Back to the Orange Bowl
I’m sure the Joe Robbie family is made up of all great people, but we have to consider the possibility that they may have defiled an Indian Burial Ground when they built Dolphin stadium. In the 16 seasons (1970-1986) the Dolphins played out of the Orange Bowl, they had 5 Super Bowl appearances, 2 Super Bowl wins and a perfect season. For the 20 seasons (1987-2007) they have played out of Dolphins Stadium… Well, you know the rest. The Dolphins accomplished nothing while the Hurricanes won four national championships playing out of their old stadium. The University of Miami just played their last game in the Orange Bowl on Saturday (Which could have gone better), so now the stadium is finally vacant for the Dolphins’ triumphant return. Among other things, the stadiums’ smaller size will make more of the Dolphins’ games sellouts, plus hopefully they won’t have to play on a baseball field for half the season anymore.