ChitownPhins28
Basement Dweller
First of all, this is all through the prism of 'hindsight'. I was mad as hell when we lost to NE and I felt, for years, that we wouldve done much better against the Bears than NE did .
But, watching some games from the 85 season on YouTube, including the Monday night game at home vs NE which we barely won, I saw we were, again, substantially flawed and our victory against the Bears was aided by great fortune.
Final score was a 14-pt spread. Take away the blocked punt and deflection ball caught by Duper and it's a tie game. Those 2 events would not have repeated. That game was a 'Murphy's Law' game for the Bears. I loved it cuz I love the Dolphins and never liked the Bears that much even though Im from Chicago. The 'why' of that is its own, not-very-interesting story.
But, Im just saying: We still love, to this day, gloating about that reg season victory and watching the video and all that. Well, it wouldnt be so enjoyable if we had gotten smoked in the Superbowl. AFC teams were getting smoked almost every 80s SB.
Watch those games from 85 on youtube and tell me again why we do so much better, because the Patriots handled us well 2 out of 3 games. We couldnt stop their run game and their pass rush made it tough on us. They were a better team in 85. The Pats that got smoked in the SB were a better, more balanced team than the Dolphins that year.
But, watching some games from the 85 season on YouTube, including the Monday night game at home vs NE which we barely won, I saw we were, again, substantially flawed and our victory against the Bears was aided by great fortune.
Final score was a 14-pt spread. Take away the blocked punt and deflection ball caught by Duper and it's a tie game. Those 2 events would not have repeated. That game was a 'Murphy's Law' game for the Bears. I loved it cuz I love the Dolphins and never liked the Bears that much even though Im from Chicago. The 'why' of that is its own, not-very-interesting story.
But, Im just saying: We still love, to this day, gloating about that reg season victory and watching the video and all that. Well, it wouldnt be so enjoyable if we had gotten smoked in the Superbowl. AFC teams were getting smoked almost every 80s SB.
Watch those games from 85 on youtube and tell me again why we do so much better, because the Patriots handled us well 2 out of 3 games. We couldnt stop their run game and their pass rush made it tough on us. They were a better team in 85. The Pats that got smoked in the SB were a better, more balanced team than the Dolphins that year.