The Collapse of the Defense, the Rise of Chad Henne This Miami team is apparently full of surprises. Unfortunately, they aren’t all good surprises! We said last week that the defense would need to bring their “A” game from the beginning against New England, but they missed by several letters and QB Tom Brady had [...]
The Dolphins will enter 2011 with more than a few changes in personnel, I imagine. As of this writing, the coaching and GM situations are up in the air, but we can look at the roster, piece by piece, and see where changes might be needed. I’ll be doing this in three parts: offense, defense, [...]
Three years later, Mike Smith and John Harbaugh are in the playoffs. The head coaches of Atlanta Falcons and Baltimore Ravens are once again leading legitimate Super Bowl contenders into the postseason. Smith and Harbaugh are a combined 65-31 in those three (regular) seasons, with Harbaugh reaching the Divisional and Conference championship games in his [...]
At 3:58 pm, this was what I posted on my Facebook page: Excuse me, driver? Could you pull over, please? I’d like to get off the Chad Henne Bandwagon. Thanks. 16 minutes later: Excuse me, driver? I’ve placed a large bomb in a suitcase on this vehicle. Pull the Chad Henne Bandwagon over to the [...]
My daughter (my oldest; as of December 8, I have two and I have to get used to not just saying “my daughter” anymore) was upstairs taking a nap as Buffalo iced Sunday’s 17-14 win over the Phins. She came downstairs shortly after it was over. Since she is 2 1/2, she doesn’t know much [...]
In 279 BC, King Pyrrhus of Epirus fought the Romans at the Battle of Asculum. Pyrrhus defeated the Romans, but suffered casualties so immense that he said “one more such victory, and we shall be undone.” Pyrrhus fought the Romans again at Beneventum, with similar results. In a related note, there’s a reason you’ve heard [...]