The Miami Dolphins coaching staff must be avid readers of Riptide. Because they pretty much ran down the checklist of our
three keys for a Dolphins victory post and came out on top with a thrilling, last second 31-27 victory over the Jets on Monday Night Football. You're welcome, everybody!
It was almost as if they shouldn't even have bothered playing the game. Every analyst, talking head, and odds maker swore that Rex Ryan and the Jets' vaunted Oh-My-God-My-Face-Done-Got-Melted!!! defense was going stuff hot coals down the Dolphins pants, go have themselves a ham sandwich, and call it a night. The Jets had the kryptonite to stop the Wildcat, they said. Poor Miami's gonna have to rely on Chad Henne to win it, they said. The odds are just stacked against them, they said.
They were right.
But the Fins overcame those odds, and much more. They overcame two fake punts. They overcame terrible calls by the officials. They overcame ESPN color man Ron Jaworski's constant disparaging of the Wildcat (though it was tough for him to speak coherently, what with Jets QB Mark Sanchez's balls in his mouth and all). And, yes, they overcame that scary Jets defense.:D
