I had no illusions of grandeur for the 2008 Miami Dolphins. I liked our 2008 draft. I was unmoved by our 2008 free agent class. I thought we'd be a scrappy, competitive team that would win 4-6 games.
Its tough to win games on the road in the NFL, but I never envisioned the crappy Cardinals taking us to the woodshed like they did today. We were outclasses in every fact of the game. I did my part: I drank a lot of Miller High Lifes and screamed at the TV at the top of my lungs. Unfortunately, our beloved Dolphins played with less emotion than I did at the bar. And so it goes....
Time for me to re-calibrate my expectations. I want us to finish the year with a better record than the Chiefs, Raiders, 49ers, Falcons, and the jets. I don't want to root for the worst team in the NFL anymore. I will spend 3-1/2 hours at my local bar no matter what...but I've re-calibrated my expectations. Let's just not be the worst team anymore.
Please don't misinterpret this posting as a drunk guy who thinks the sky is falling - - - I like the direction our team is headed, I just think we suck, today, on Septemner whatever today is.
We got schooled by a team that is not good at all. Ugh. GO DOLPHINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Cardinals aren't a crappy team
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I stopped reading when you referred to the Cardinals as a crappy team. Historically speaking you may be correct but they're prolly going to win the NFC West this year and they're a real powerhouse offensive team. The defense is still questionable but through 2 weeks they've got it done. Don't sleep on Arizona.
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cardinals are good this year...
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The Cards are NOT a quality football club. Their D sucks and their QB & RB are 100 years old! Did any of you watch the first 2 TDs of the game? The success of their first 2 drives had nothing to do with their competence. Rather, they were successful due to the Miami Dolphins' incopetence!
The Cards will finish as a 7-9/9-7 team who will miss the playoffs. Mark my words. And they CRUSHED us today.phinfanuk likes this. -
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yeah, that crappy defense that held us under 100 yards at halftime......
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Are the Cardinal on defense good enough to shut teams out? Absolutely not. But offensively they're as good as one right now. Dallas included
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We lost to a very good team they will win there div. They have a great qb and great wr and rb and cb i think they are a much better team then the jets so just calm down everyone we where never going to win every game this year got to love those dolphins
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1. Its only week 2. My assertion that the Cards are crappy is as valid as your assertion that they are not. The majority of NFL teams will finish between 7-9/9-7. That is crap to me.
2. The quality of the Cards is secondary to my main point: we're worse than I anticipated. The talent cupboard is bare. We got a LOOOOOONG way to go. -
We are not a lot worse than I expected, but I am disappointed. I was hoping for 6 wins this season and looking at schedule, I really see only 5 realistically winnable games. Houston, Oakland, San Fran, St Louis and KC Not that we will be favorites, but are winnable. Based on these last 2 games, I do not expect we will win all of these games. Hopefully we will get 3 wins and then steal a win from a team I do not expect.
Am also disappointed by the number of penalties in these games. That is something which can be overcome with discipline. -
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Cardinals suck. And they whipped our asses!
And of course, I love My Dolphins!!! -
im starting to think you didn't watch the game
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Yeah, this team has alot of work left to be done, but it's year one of the rebuilding process and this poor play was to be expected.BleedinGreenNC and alen1 like this. -
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But we will revisit the issue that the Cards suck, and I believe I will be vindicated. Same with the jets. Neither teams are any good...and we just lost to both of 'em! -
The Cards are a good team, the past history does't not reflect how they are playing this year. Frankly in my opinion, I was more impressed by the Cards then the Jets, but really makes no difference since for some reason we are not able to play a decent game...yet. We are rebuilding, which is a fact, but I would like to see more consistency and less mental errors.
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I think the key word is, they happen to be good "now", because unless Whisenhunt has exorcised the demons that possess that team, there's little reason to assume they'll endure the regular season, looking remotely like the team we faced today.
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We're exactly as I anticipated. We got beat in the air once we handled the run. People thought we had a decent pass D but I keep mentioning it's only because we had an extremely poor run D. And today showed it. Even the almighty Will Allen had his bad moments. Couldn't get an easy pick and for someone people consider a top 10 CB, wasn't even around on most of the big plays the Cards WR's had.
The Cards are a team on the rise and they will win the NFC West (only because the rest suck). We're still looking for answers. -
I don't know how good the Cardinals will wind up being, but I know one thing for sure: they're not as good as they looked today against us. We're just bad. Very, very bad.
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The Cardinals suck? I must not have gotten the memo. I did not realize that a dynamic offense and aggressive young defense equaled suck.
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alright, garden is ranting. just dont see why everybody has to gang up on him
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The Cards have a great receiving tandem but thats about it.
Edge is not Edge of the Colts anymore, Warner isn't Warner of the Rams anymore and yet we made them look like their Pro Bowl players of lore and had that rookie running back (Hightower?) blast us on 3 and 7 from inside their own 10 for like 14 yards at one point.
I am actually shocked that Warner is even in the league anymore as he was considered washed up 2 years ago after the injury bug caught up to him (I remember some of you clamoring for us NOT to sign him because he was garbage and Gus Frerotte I believe it was, was better:lol:), but I guess having 2 Pro Bowl WRs will resurrect anyone's career.
All in all, we came out lethargic out of the gate ....AGAIN. I have never seen a Fins team show such little emotion. We got run over by a freight train today.
I said before that this team reminds me of the mediocre 1989 team. I take it back because our 1989 team would've blown this Cards team out of the water. -
If the Raiders were to play us they would look like a play-off team. Every team that plays us seems to have someone produce pro-bowl like numbers. while im not saying the Cards suck but it's true, we make other team's look good esp the way we played today. Don't we play KC & the Rams this year? We shall see when we play against them if this holds true.
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last 3 pics are cheerleaders
#11 put a smile on my face
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The Phins aren't real good but The Cardinals are a real good football team.
Everyone chose a bad day to piss away their cash. :lol: -
If you were to watch each team play and then based off of similar factors such as how quickly do defenders pursue, the ball, how tough are the plays being made etc etc...
I can tell you that the Broncos-Chargers looked far more impressive.
Arizona has played a couple of piss poor teams (SF is blughhh). If anything they are about as good as last year's Seattle team, if that. They will win the division however. -
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Lol. Dont be ashamed. I thought the Cards sucked to.
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I thought Haley called a great game against us. Little did I know they had a pretty solid defense too! Good for them! I hope they beat the Steelers...
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