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Posts Tagged ‘Dolphins’

 
Oct
4
2010

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The Preview: Dolphins Set to Make a Splash Over Patriots

 

It seems like everybody has the Patriots losing tonight on Monday Night Football against the Wildcat-led offense of the Miami Dolphins. There’s a lot of reasoning as to why some may have dubbed this a definite loss for the New England Patriots.

1. The Patriots are playing on the road, they’ve been unsuccessful on the road since last season

2. Chad Henne and the Dolphins offense have been productive on all aspects of the ball (running and passing)

3. Miami has Brandon Marshall and he’s a maniac in the open field, seriously, frightening

    Am I nervous for tonight’s game? A tiny bit. I think that any fan that has seen the Patriots play up to this point and even saw a glimpse of how the Dolphins have been playing will have plenty to be suspenseful for in the game.  The first ever professional NFL game I ever got to watch live was the Patriots and Dolphins game the so-called “Dolphins Stadium” .  It was my dad’s gift to me for graduating from culinary school.  The seats were on the 40 yard line, behind the Patriots’ bench and in row 18. I was in heaven.  I looked like an insane Patriots fan but it was so worth it, even if the team was completely shut out.

    I’m hoping that this won’t be the case tonight in Sun Life Stadium.

    The Patriots have high motivation though, I mean it looks as though every member of the media is picking Miami to dominate the Patriots on many facets of the game.  Some match ups, maybe but I think there are several things that Patriots fans need to keep in mind.

    Tom Brady - Within three games Brady has completed 66 of 98 passes for 758 yards. Brady’s quarterback rating is 109.1 and has already had eight touchdowns.  If he continues to play at this level, it could possibly be his best season yet.

    The Tight Ends – One of my favorite ladies on twitter @MelHocking and I have spent countless tweets discussing the magnitude of awesomeness that lies in the Patriots’ tight end department.  With rookies Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez demanding to be noticed on the offense, the Patriots have done a great job (finally!) in using the tight ends.  Look for #85 and #87 in the red zone and for some short yardage gains.

    Running Attack - Do I need …

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    May
    12
    2010

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    Battle of the AFC East and A New England Specialty

     

    I’ve always been a fan of lists, tables or anything that puts things in numeric or alphabetical order.  Blame it on my small case of OCD, but these things always seem to make their way into my everyday life.  In fact, today’s update was on my list of things to do while hanging out at Starbucks at UConn in Storrs, Connecticut.  Other things on this daily list?

    1. Walk Rossi
    2. Make coffee
    3. Eat breakfast
    4. Organize paperwork
    5. Read articles/blogs/news

    The fifth thing on the list is definitely one of the most important.  It’s strange because growing up, I really despised reading.  I blame it on the fact that I was forced to read entire series of books in elementary and middle school. God forbid we only read The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, nope it had to be the ENTIRE series. But, I digress. The point I was trying to make was that, now as a “grown up” I find a lot of joy in reading a lot every single day.  Perhaps it has to do with my growing thirst for knowledge and the fact that the majority of the things I read are related to football at the collegiate and professional level.  My friends tell me all the time to broaden my horizons but it seems like the football world always has so many things going on.

    I promise to try to expand my sports interests soon….but for now, football is my main focus.

    One of the more interesting things I read recently was a post by Tim Graham called:

    The Big Question: Three Playoff Teams?

    Graham briefly but rather accurately, discussed the major debate as to who will dominate the ever so competitive AFC East.  He also describes the very small possibility that the AFC East will produce three equally dominate playoff teams (Sorry Buffalo, maybe at some point we’ll consider you a threat).  We’re all familiar as to why this would come up as an issue.  The Jets have managed to sign every big name imaginable during this off season and to be honest, the Dolphins aren’t doing too bad either.  Last season, the Jets found success all the way to the AFC Championship Game…and the Patriots were embarrassed by the Baltimore Ravens at home (ouch.)

    I like Graham’s points, especially that the Patriots have the 6th most difficult schedule in the league.  Whereas the Dolphins, Bills …

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