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as much as id like to stay away from this thread, im back to face the music, lol. ive actually been in canada for the last two weeks on vacation, but i knew when i got back today that there would be plenty of smack talk on here to come home to. yes, the dolphins once again proved they cannot win late season games that matter, and somehow your jets snuck up to win the afc east......i cannot think of a more painful way to end the season, i really cant. the fact that the jets won the division by default makes it that much harder to swallow............
? Can you tell me what Jay Fiedler's record is now?
yeah, he still owns the highest winning percentage of all active qbs.....not too shabby considering the list that includes (gannon, favre, garcia, mcnabb, etc).
Still think he's Pro Bowl material?
absolutely. did you even watch the dolphins last two games? it was hardly fiedlers fault they lost either. he made some bad throws, but show me a pro-bowl qb that doesnt......he didnt in any way lose either of those two games, hell he didnt even throw a pick against new england. every since oronde went down, defenses have been keying in on chambers, and mcknight/ward/carter just doesnt quite scare anyone, so fiedlers sure had his work cut out for him. i blame him for no part of the slide. its all about the dolphins d falling apart late in the season....its inevitable it seems.
Are you now willing to concede that the Jets are the bonafide best team in the AFC east,
HA! hardly buddy.....the only reason they won it is by default, like i said. the dolphins are a way better team, talent wise, but just dont seem to have the heart to win when it counts. the dolphins and jets met twice this season, and split, with the jets BARELY eeking out a win at home against all of our backups, and the dolphins cruising to one of their easiest victories of the season in their first matchup, with all of their starters. imo, the jets and browns are both unworthy of the playoffs (again, talent wise), and the patriots, broncos, and dolphins are all better teams, but just fell apart at the wrong time.
How about Norv Turner's play calling at the end of regulation? 2 pass plays when you've got the NFL's leading rusher on your team AND your main objective is to eat up time?
yeah, that was a bit weird and frustrating. i guess the thinking was that there were 8 men in the box, and the clock would stop no matter what, with the pats having all three timeouts, but i didnt exactly agree with it either, as ricky was eating up that d all day long. the fact of it is though, we wouldnt even be having this discussion if it werent for one of the worst pass interference calls in the history of the nfl (on fletcher, who didnt even touch the guy) to set up that last pats touchdown.
Well, I hope the Jets were nice enough to send Adam Vinaterri a game ball or something.
well, actually he didnt do anything spectacular, imo.....if you want to send a game ball to a kicker, better send one to mark royals, and one to olindo mare too, considering those two guys basically handed the pats the victory on a silver platter. i still think the refs would be the most deserving of one though.....im sure they had plenty of cash envelopes in their pre-game stockings, probably courtesy of the jets and the patriots.
bottom line in it all is, the dolphins are choke artists, as are the jets normally (see the list on my previous post)......this time you got lucky and your team lives to fight another day. unfortunately for you, your squad will be watching the super bowl from the couch, as will mine, and at the end of it all, youll only have bragging rights by way of a better division record.....not by overall record, and not by head-to-head......so it wont much matter. enjoy it while you can...........id say they earned it, but they didnt (no team that loses to the hapless bears down the stretch earned anything, lol).
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