It's Only Just Begun....Expectations, despair, the underdog, dissapointment

I don't claim to be a football genius by any stretch. My knowledge is more with the game of basketball but I am a die hard Dolphins fan and have been for over 22 years now. What I have seen thus far in regards to the upcoming 2012 season are many things new and old to me. After a less than valiant effort in the preseason i'm left with little to be excited about right? I think not.....This is just the beginning.

First of all...the expectations:

-Ryan Tannehill will be this years Andy Dalton-

-Reggie Bush will have a monster year across the board. I'm thinking Marshall Faulk type numbers from his Rams days-

-Davone Bess will become a better reciever this year than he already is-

-Sean Smith can make a pro bowl this year-

-Cam Wake can make a pro bowl this year-

-No one likes Fasano but he just keeps hanging around and he will again be our top threat inside the 20-


The Despair:

Chad Johnson cheated! And if Chad Johnson couldn't be faithful to Evelyn Lozada beauty queen that she is....There was no way he was going to be faithful to this team. This sucks because I had such high hopes for him going into pre season. I really thought we were about to see a Bernard Hopkins type of comeback resurrection type ish. Instead Chad Johnson led himself to a mere watery grave cementing himself into ground forever....So forget that comeback bullish right....

Even with Chad Johnson the group of receivers was suspect. Davone Bess is still here and he's about as reliable as they get as a number 2 option. He'll have to be our go to guy this year though and I expect big things from him. The rest of the group not so much. It's true that we did get bigger (no homo) in size but not in talent. In fact we just may have the worst recieving core in the league. I'm not banking of Clyde Gates suddenly learning how to run a route. I wont gamble on Rishard Mathews being another Victor Cruz, and I can't even see Brian Hartline right now! In fact i'm already predicting that Reggie Bush will finish second on the team in catches behind Bess.
The guy I am rooting for (BJ Cunningham) wont even make the team.

The underdog:

We didn't get the comeback drama story with Ocho Cinco but we might get an underdog story in Austin Spitler. People this guy can tackle and the more Karlos Dansby runs his mouth the better Spitler seems to play. He's not the playmaker or talent that Dansby is but he's the football player that Dansby isn't.
Spitler has a funny last name like Pat Angerer but he can also tackle like Angerer. He is one of those out of nowhere guys like Angerer. He also comes from a big ten school and a conference known for producing tackling machine linebackers. I doubt Dansby's job is in question but he does need to keep quite and play ball or Spitler will rack up about 130 tackles this season.
People forget that this kid came from Ohio State and that he can actually play. We go into the season deep at the MLB position and that is a good thing.

Dissapointment:

The dissapointment is that we aren't as bad as we think we are. Or maybe the dissapointment will be realizing the truth and coming to grips with the fact that we will be a horrible team this year. For me it will be watching BJ Cunningham, and Chris Hogan join the likes a Philip Livas, and Ronald Bellamy. It will be accepting the fact that Clyde Gates is just a guy that can run fast, and it will also be a harsh reality when Matt Moore gets the call to go into the game. Here are some other harsh realities that await.

-JJ Watt pancaking Jon Martin, and then Ryan Tannehill in a loss 0-1

-A healthy Darren McFadden and we still win 1-1

-Jets receivers being better than ours in a loss 1-2

-Larry Fitzgerald vrs all four of our secondary players in a win 2-2

-AJ Green vrs all four of our secondary players in a loss because Benjarvis Green-Ellis still wont fumble 2-3

-An angry Steven Jackson in a win 3-3

-Jets receivers banged up...but still better than ours in another loss 3-4

-Andrew Luck and what might have been in a close loss 3-5

-Chris Johnson in a loss 3-6

-Stevie Johnson dances in a loss 3-7

-Russell Wilson and what might have been in a win 4-7

-Tom Brady stomps on our legos and then drinks Philbins milkshake in a loss 4-8

-The 49er defense in a loss 4-9

-Chad Henne potentially playing against us in a win 5-9

-Mario Williams sack/pick six all in one shot in a loss 5-10

-Tom Brady I mean Brian Hoyer toying with us in a loss 5-11



-

-