Jessejames, I understand what your saying, it is very tough to believe it will continue, considering how we have seen this story before quite a few times, but I also believe there is something different this time.
What we are watching right now is pretty much what I believe most of us expected to see from this team this year (Well, maybe not anywhere this dominant, but still winning, and on occasion, some dominance), we thought if Albert stayed healthy, this team's Offense was going to score quite a bit of points with it's deep WR squad, an explosive RB like Miller, and an upgrade at TE with the addition of Jordan Cameron (No disrespect to Clay who was and is a great TE in his own right).
The defense was no less exciting, with the addition of just one player, one special player. Suh is that one player that makes the entire defense better, and even though the secondary was not ungraded, even though the LB squad (to be more precise, basically M-LB) was not upgraded, but because receiver would have less time to run their routes before the QB became hamburger, because RB would have a hard time getting past the D-line, the secondary and LB squad got better with just the addition of Suh. Consider having to block Suh on a passing play, while allowing Wake, and Vernon to have to only handle single pass-blockers, or on a running play to have to get through Wake...Mitchell...Suh...Vernon.
This team had high expectations.
Then they lost Albert...that was not the reason they underachieved, but it helped. They were averaging running the ball 10 times a game...that was not the reason they underachieved, but it helped. Wake was playing hurt...that was not the reason they underachieved, but it helped. Lost Delmas for the year...that was not the reason they underachieved, but it helped.
The real reason they were underachieving was they was playing with no fire, they with playing with no hear, no passion. When Miami got rid of Philbin, and promoted Campbell, I said that if he can at the very least light a fire under them, this team will be competitive, and they were, but he did much more then that.
In practice, he changed it up where they were allowed to hit each other, allowing the starters to be more game day ready. Dan also added a few more wrinkles at practice... Oklahoma drill, tug-o-war, Rugby circle, unit that wins, wears the victorious black uniforms for rest of week. The team did not just respond, they were like individual volcanos ready to erupt at any moment, they liked Campbell so much, the famous "Will run through a way for him." quote was heard again and again.
This is what I earlier called the domino effect if things started to work, and this is far from over, this team is on an out of their minds high, and I am sure Dan and the Coaches are doing all they can to control them from getting to high, but when they reach that football field, it's up to you if you want to get in their way.
Do I believe Miami without doubt will beat the Patriots? No, It can go either way, the Patriots are a very smart and talented team at home, with above average coaching, but if Miami does not win, the Patriots will have felt their presence in a big way, and this version of the Miami Dolphins will not go into a fetal position and start slowly losing their confidence, this version, like the Patriots do, will take it out on the next opponent.
I don't believe this team will be going away anytime soon.
