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From freeman of Bleacher report

There are times when a team completely transforms for the better, from something not good into something great. And the reason is simple. That's what's happening in Miami.

There are times when a team is dominant, and it remains dominant, and it will for some time. And the reason is simple. That's what's happening in New England.

We are seeing the beginning of a potential transition in the AFC East. The Patriots aren't going anywhere. They will remain great, but chasing them are the Dolphins. The Dolphins won't catch them this season, or maybe even next, but they will eventually. Because what you see in Miami are the Patriots' successors.

Imagine a future in which Ryan Tannehill is among the most accurate throwers in football. He has a great running game and receivers. The defense is stout. Ndamukung Suh is the most dominant interior lineman in football. In this future, several years from now, Don Shula is saying how this Dolphins team is like his 1972 undefeated one. In this future, Larry Csonka says Lamar Miller reminds him of Mercury Morris.

That future isn't science fiction. It could happen. It probably will happen. Just not yet. Not now. Because Tom Brady is still playing like he's 28 years old.
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What Dan Campbell has been able to do is get Miami to finally live up to the potential we've always thought they had. This doesn't mean the Dolphins will win all of their games this season. There will be bumps, but the Dolphins might be the most promising team in the NFL and they play in a division where there's no other quarterback not named Brady who can carry a franchise.

There are a lot of things Campbell will get credit for (and deservedly so). He's increased the physicality on both sides of the ball. Gotten the players to buy into what he's cooking. Gotten Suh to play harder and simplified the system Suh plays in.

Campbell's biggest accomplishment—and this is where the "simple" part mentioned earlier comes in—is much simpler. He's unleashed Lamar Miller. Seems easy enough, sure, but Joe Philbin didn't do it. If Philbin had Eric Dickerson, he'd make him into a fullback. Philbin just wasn't a bright coach.
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Tannehill is better because Miller has been unleashed and the offensive line has given Tannehill more time. But something has clicked in Tannehill. He looks like a different human being. His accuracy is suddenly Unitas-like. Wait. Check that. It's Brady-like.

He had four first-half touchdown passes, three for over 50 yards.

Tannehill gives the Dolphins, finally, hope for taking over the division one day in a post-Brady universe. He hit his first 18 passes; there wasn't an incompletion until 7:46 left in the last quarter.

Dayum.

This is what some of you will say: It's the Texans. Calm down, dude.

No, this is bigger than that. We are finally seeing a team that can step into the vacuum of a division where the Patriots no longer dominate. That team might be Miami.
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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ats-finally-have-a-challenger-in-the-afc-east
 
I dont think the author is very good at the best of times, and it is bleacher report, but it amused me
 
uk_dolfan said:
I dont think the author is very good at the best of times, and it is bleacher report, but it amused me
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There is the hope of what this team 'can' be when elements of it are functioning together. We have all hoped for it, imagined it... at some point or another , will we reach that level idk but there is at least hope because we have at least seen it unleashed the last two weeks.
 
Dang you know something is wrong when Omar starts hopping on the Phin's bandwagon. :lol:
 
Albert Romano said:
There is the hope of what this team 'can' be when elements of it are functioning together. We have all hoped for it, imagined it... at some point or another , will we reach that level idk but there is at least hope because we have at least seen it unleashed the last two weeks.
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Yep, this team the last two games is exactly what most of us expected to be week in and week out. It won't be as easy against more formidable teams but this is a glimpse of what it should be. I am just hoping Campbell can retain the energy because if he can, watch out NFL 2015.
 
Good article but it's looking down the road. I actually like the here and now. Win two of the next three road games and we have 5 out of 7 at home in front of sellout crowds in warm temperature for our playoff push.
Beating the pats would be a great start :up:
 
mike freeman ‏@mikefreemanNFL
Pats fans salty because I called the Dolphins contenders.

Jason Cole ‏@JasonColeBR
@mikefreemanNFL @RalphCindrich You could have stopped after "Pats fans salty."
 
@mikefreemanNFL Putting you on the spot: think Campbell sticks?

mike freeman ‏@mikefreemanNFL 2m2 minutes ago

Yes.
 
it will raise eyebrows if Miami does what the Jets and Bills couldn't do, despite the fact we lost to both teams. That's the craziness of this league, we lose to Jax and Buff and Jax beats Buff. So how good is Buffalo?
well at 3-4 not good. We need win/loss separation. we need to be 7-3/8-3 with those 4 of last 5 at home. we can't be 5-5, 6-5, because it forces you to run the table
 
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