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On to Jax...

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by Fin-Omenal, Sep 14, 2015.

  1. Finatik

    Finatik Season Ticket Holder Staff Member Club Member

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    Exactly. The Bills, Jets and Pats along with the Dolphins are going to beat up on each other. Who says the kid is still standing by the time we see him? Anything can happen in this game they call NFL Football.
     
  2. dolfan22

    dolfan22 Season Ticket Holder Club Member

    No , but you will always have those type of predictions by some , especially against perceived lesser opponents. I have seen predictions like that as well as more tempered ones .

    I stated I did not think Washington would be a blow out or a big margin win . They beat the spread which was a bit low imo and I feel better about this week than last week , but not claiming we blow out Jax . Still expect a win and likely by 7 , or 7 plus but not by 2 TD's.

    Saying that , if we click we should be able to put up points if we get at least 50% of the TOP .
     
  3. Rocky Raccoon

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  4. Rock Sexton

    Rock Sexton Anti-Homer

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    It's the quality of the opponent CK. Why are we sitting here pretending like we pulled this off vs. top flight NFL competition?

    We don't walk out of there with a W if it was team even worth talking about. It's crazy how fast this board went from "WE WILL CRUSH THE SKINS" to "We overcame adversity".
     
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  5. SuperMarksBros.

    SuperMarksBros. Active Member

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    Couldn't agree more
     
  6. dolfan22

    dolfan22 Season Ticket Holder Club Member

    True .

    However the point total had a lot to do with Washington shooting themselves in the foot an awful lot . Timid , tentative play calling , penalties , missed FG , a poor decision on the Grimes pick , a great play on McCain's , the injury to Jackson was a major factor as well imo .
     
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  7. Rocky Raccoon

    Rocky Raccoon Greasepaint Ghost Staff Member

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    Why does it matter? This league is about wins and losses above everything else. The result is the primary source of success and the only thing that means anything. Talking about what happened within the game is fine, but that stuff is all secondary and fluff.

    Yes, we didn't play a great game overall. But we made the big plays when we had to. Stop acting like we have to blowout every inferior team. That's not how it goes in the NFL.

    I've seen way too many losses over my 23 years as a fan to ever feel bad about a win. I take them and I'm happy with them in any shape or size.
     
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  8. Rocky Raccoon

    Rocky Raccoon Greasepaint Ghost Staff Member

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    And I may be the only one who actually doesn't think the Redskins are an awful team. They are not a good organization but they have some talent. I never once predicted a blow out. In fact I said we'd likely win a close game.
     
  9. Ohio Fanatic

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    I predicted a 7 pt victory vs the Redskins, although I was off by a couple of FGs on either side.
    I do think we win by 10-12 points vs the Jags.
     
  10. Brasfin

    Brasfin Well-Known Member

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    But the question is: was that the consequence of a strong Miami defense or a weak Washington offense? That to me is why most people are upset. We had a lot of trouble with a supposedly inferior team, what makes you think they will rebound against the tougher ones?
     
  11. dolfan7171

    dolfan7171 Well-Known Member

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    I like that score. I would change that 13 to 10 though.
     
  12. cuchulainn

    cuchulainn Táin Bó Cúailnge Club Member

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    Let's keep your dating life out of this... :shifty:
     
  13. Dorfdad

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    Interesting so if this happens, does Ross keep Philbin or does he stick to his guns and hire a head coach?
     
  14. Agua

    Agua Reality: Try It!

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    Opening weekends are notorious for having freaky results / scores.

    That said, based upon what I saw in the Thursday night game, I wouldn't be surprised if Buffalo beats the $#% out of the Cheats.
     
  15. MikeHoncho

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    Hope that pigeon can make the flight out there again this year.


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  16. Bpk

    Bpk Premium Member Luxury Box

    He's doing the Superbowl Halftime show this year.
     
  17. ckparrothead

    ckparrothead Draft Forum Moderator Luxury Box

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    Do you believe the Redskins will score 10 points per game this season? At seasons end they'll have 160 points scored?
     
  18. NCPhinFan

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    Yesterday's game feels a lot like the Jets game on Monday Night Football last year. We weren't sharp, but made enough plays when it mattered to come away with a gritty win on the road against an inferior opponent.
     
  19. FaninPatsyLand

    FaninPatsyLand The Truth

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    This gets uttered a lot, and its nearly never true. The Patriots haven't lost more than 2 divisional games since 2000. The reality is that NE beats up on the division while everyone else beats up on each other. You want a legitimate shot at the division crown? You need to go 4-2 or 5-1, at a minimum. Splitting with the Bills and Jets isn't going to get it done.
     
  20. ckparrothead

    ckparrothead Draft Forum Moderator Luxury Box

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    The AFC East has not been a division where you could or should say that in quite a while. The Pats are always good but for the last decade there's been at most one other decent (winning) team in the division, if that. I believe 2002, 2004 and 2008 were the only years since that first Super Bowl win of the Patriots' that you've seen two other teams in the division aside from the Pats being winners. And some of those years the runner-up was more like an 8-8 team.

    What people are envisioning right now is more like three winning teams in the division, plus the fourth-place team being an 8-8 type. So yeah I would think there would end up a little beating up of one another in that scenario.
     
  21. Fin-Omenal

    Fin-Omenal Initiated

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    This.

    While they arent good, they are not as bad as the perception the media likes to spew. Miami was only a FG fav for a reason (opened at 2 closed at 4)

    Its the NFL, the gap in talent isnt nearly what many think.
     
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  22. Finatik

    Finatik Season Ticket Holder Staff Member Club Member

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    Not based on what all the other experts on this board are saying. Apparently the Bills are already in the Super Bowl and the Jets are not that far behind. LoL.
     
  23. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    no alfred is a very good nfl running back, top 10 at least.
     
  24. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    No team was going to beat buffalo yesterday, that stadium and crowd stood on their feet the whole freakin game..when you can create that kind of energy for talented football team, opponent is toast.
     
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  25. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    the redskins came out like crazed dogs, they had to because of the whole rg 3 thing..

    jags blew their opening load crowd/energy wise, there wont be as much energy and hope next week in that stadium..2 and 0..
     
  26. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    thats because hes a good player, always has, too immature before, now he should he humbled and fine.
     
  27. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    pats use misdirection to get in rhythm early, we dont know what that is apparently in the first half of games.
     
  28. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    If we really want a jacked up crowd for our home opener, we need to play well as a team this week, if we do that we will beat the bills at home..
     
  29. Agua

    Agua Reality: Try It!

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    True. It was the same when we played up there last year (and lost) - they'd just found a buyer for the team with that Pegula guy and they were amped up.
     
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  30. PhinFan1968

    PhinFan1968 To 2020, and BEYOND! Club Member

    It's 2003...the Cheatriots open the season defending their SB* title...at Buffalo...and get schilacked 31-0 (Buffalo must have developed all their game plans and calls/signs in an igloo in Canada somewhere).

    They went on to win 14 of the next 15 and win another SB*.

    Oh and the Bills, you ask...6-10.

    It's 2014...the Cheatriots are favored to go to the SB* again...open the season at Miami and get beat 33-20, giving up 23 unanswered points, shutout in the 2nd half, and looking like boiled ***.

    They went on to win 12 of their next 15 games, and you know the rest.

    It's not uncommon for week 1 to be squirrelly and not indicative of the full season...happens every year...its obvious to anyone who has watched this league for more than a couple years.
     
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  31. jdang307

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    Robinson left for an injury and came back and missed all of his targets. If he's still bothered by whatever that's good for us. Yeldon and Denard are both good runners too. Luckily (for the team, not my fantasy team) Bortles didn't translate his preseason into the season.
     
  32. Piston Honda

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    Dolphins facing another home underdog, yeesh. Let's get to the tough part of the schedule already.
     
  33. jdang307

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    It would be good to show those things against a good team. Sounds like a lot of people are trying to defend their blowout predictions by backtracking a little bit with the 'we won on the road, which is tough" talk.

    If winning on the road was so tough, why didn't that factor into the original prediction of pain and embarrassment we were going to unleash on the redskins? We weren't just supposed to win. We were supposed to obliterate them so much they'd change their name and pretend it was because they didn't want to offend native americans anymore.

    But we eeked a win with a punt return.

    Glad for the win. But we scored 7 points in 3 quarters on offense in game #3, and now 10 points in 4 quarters when it really matters. It needs to get a lot better. Two touchdowns and a fieldgoal better, each and every game.
     
  34. Galant

    Galant Love - Unity - Sacrifice - Eternity

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    We were counting on the front seven assisting/covering for the secondary, but could it be that the weakness of the secondary will actually hinder the line by forcing them to play more 'defensively'?
     
  35. Rock Sexton

    Rock Sexton Anti-Homer

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    The "adjustments" to make outcomes more palatable never seem to end.
     
  36. Rock Sexton

    Rock Sexton Anti-Homer

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    I personally think so.

    Teams are going to come out and screen the hell out of us or hit us on 2-3 step drops. We started bringing Rashad Jones up a lot more and I think that's going to cost us a lot of big plays over the top as the season progresses if that continues.

    If the Rush D continues to be porous, then the play-action will also be our achilles heel.
     
  37. dolfan22

    dolfan22 Season Ticket Holder Club Member

    Careful , there are a lot of of us igloo dwellers here ;)
     
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  38. Galant

    Galant Love - Unity - Sacrifice - Eternity

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    Could it be that being stubborn and playing the d line aggressively anyway might be the best option? Offence being the best defence?
     
  39. Finster

    Finster Finsterious Finologist

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    Lol, I always say, don't feel bad for those that live in igloos, because they are really Inuit.
    :lol:
    Johnny Carson made a living off bad jokes.
     
  40. PhinFan1968

    PhinFan1968 To 2020, and BEYOND! Club Member

    Well, it certainly wasn't meant as a slight on Canadians...just insinuating that they'd have to go that far to escape the Cheatriots' machine.
     

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