inFINSible
Don't believe everything you think.
I think, quite possibly we are the only team in the NFL who could start a season 7-1 or 6-2 and be worse off, mentally, than if we had started 5-3 or 4-4.
I've been thinking about it, and it's like I am dreading a good start out of the gates. Most teams gain confidence and start steam rolling through weaker competition as the season progresses, not Miami. The more games we win at the beginning of the season, the louder the doubters become.
This has got to creep over into the players' minds. I'm talking players from both teams. Our guys don't get confidence from being 7-1. They get questions, and they get predictions of impending doom and unfortunately, it's deserved.
The other teams' players don't fear a 9-2 Dolphins' team like they would a 9-2 Rams' team. THEY play with the confidence we should have.
I would like to hear some other peoples' opinions on this and how they think the Dolphins are going to get over THAT hump this year. The mole hill could become quite a midseason mountain.
I've been thinking about it, and it's like I am dreading a good start out of the gates. Most teams gain confidence and start steam rolling through weaker competition as the season progresses, not Miami. The more games we win at the beginning of the season, the louder the doubters become.
This has got to creep over into the players' minds. I'm talking players from both teams. Our guys don't get confidence from being 7-1. They get questions, and they get predictions of impending doom and unfortunately, it's deserved.
The other teams' players don't fear a 9-2 Dolphins' team like they would a 9-2 Rams' team. THEY play with the confidence we should have.
I would like to hear some other peoples' opinions on this and how they think the Dolphins are going to get over THAT hump this year. The mole hill could become quite a midseason mountain.