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So now that the dust has settled after the Dolphins were defeated pretty badly by the Ravens, it’s time to realize that the situation is not as dire as some people think. Losing an important game in Week 14 is a LOT better than losing in Week 17, as we learned last year. So maybe Sunday’s loss was the rock bottom that we needed to hit in order to start bouncing back. The Dolphins sit at 7-6 and are still in the playoff mix. We are only one game behind the two wildcard teams (8-5 teams Pittsburgh and San Diego). We have three weeks toRead More →

There was a play in Sunday’s game vs. the Baltimore Ravens that I felt Joe Philbin made a poor decision on.   But I didn’t have a chance to write about it until now, because there were too many other Philbin mistakes to write about. But now that I had a chance to review and analyze the play in depth, Joe Philbin’s error is 10 times more devastating than I first thought.  He cost us yet another game because he made an incorrect decision.  Again. And this one is a doozy!  All Dolfans should be furious at him all over again. It was the 3rdRead More →

Not a lot of Highs this week. Brian Hartline’s touchdown catch was impressive.  Tannehill threw that ball a hundred miles an hour, and Hartline was only 5 yards away.  Somehow he corralled that ball into his body and fell without dropping it.  A great catch and pass. Caleb Strugis is recovering from a shaky start.  His 3 points early on from a 40+ field goal set the tone.  We couldn’t sustain it, but it was a nice start.  In the past, he would miss those andRead More →

In Sunday’s tough loss to the Ravens, it seems overly simple to say that only two plays determined the outcome.  But when you look into it further, you’ll see the point. One was a gutsy call by the game’s winner, John Harbaugh.  The other was a typically conservative and incorrect (as usual) call by loser Joe Philbin.   The first play occurred at the end of the first quarter.  We had the Ravens pinned back in punt formation as the quarter wound down.  Joe Philbin called a timeout to make them punt into the wind, and we don’t mind that timeout. But his very nextRead More →

Some of this site’s critics often say that we are too negative and too critical of the Dolphins.  We usually defend ourselves by saying that we merely speak the truth.  We try to leave opinions out of it. Today, we’re here to go over some scenarios that could be very favorable to the Dolphins.  This time, our critics will say we’re being too positive, which is something we don’t hear at Dolphins Truth too much.  But here we go. First of all, we might as well start with the bombshell that nobody else will be brave enough to state:  The Miami Dolphins can still winRead More →

The last time the Detroit Lions scored a touchdown was the game winner against the Dolphins.   Two teams in a row held Detroit to nothing but field goals, but we couldn’t. UPDATE: The Bills and the Ravens both won on Monday night, which is even more bad new for Miami.  Not a single good thing happened this weekend to give us a break. Every game yesterday went against the Dolphins.  The teams we needed to win lost.  And the teams we needed to lose won.  It’s bizarre how that could happen, but it did.  It just goes to show you that when you needRead More →

The Highs: It’s always hard to pick out some high notes after a loss, but there are a few.   First, we’ll give props to our offensive line.  Down two left tackles, Jason Fox stepped in and stepped up.   Tannehill had a good game in part because of Fox and friends.   Not too many teams could survive the loss of both their tackles, but we have so far.   The backup linemen have excelled. Ryan Tannehill is for real.   The inteception at the end hurt, but it wasn’t a horrendous pass, just a little too much zip for Landry to handle.  T-hillRead More →

Patriots at Colts. First up, the obvious game that concerned us most was the Patriots going to Indy for a road game.  This was a game that all Dolfans had their eyes on, because Indy was a good team (allegedly) playing on their home turf with a lot to prove. An Indy win would have put us only one game behind the Patriots, so obviously we needed Indy to win.  Instead, however, Indy forgot to show up.  Pretty pathetic of them. Add this to the Patriots’ previous game, when Denver laid down for them as well. How can the Colts AND Broncos, seemingly playoff-caliber teams,Read More →

HIGHS: I’ll start with Jamar Taylor, whom we’ve been most critical of.  He played great.  His third-down tackle in the backfield was a thing of beauty.  Kudos to Kevin Coyle for placing Taylor in the perfect spot, and kudos to Taylor for making it count.  The D-line wouldn’t allow Orton time to pick on Taylor, and even when he did, Taylor was up to the challenge.  He shut up all the people like me who criticized him, and I am so happy to be wrong. The D-line.  It didn’t seem like Orton was sacked a lot, but he was hurried all night long.   It tookRead More →