Steve Svekis
Post-game analysis
Dolphins 24, Bills 23
OVERVIEW: What's the big deal, the Dolphins won an ugly 3-2 game, right? Oops, almost forgot the dueling 21-0 scores in the first quarter and fourth. I put this in the top 10 of most exciting and satisfying Dolphins games I have attended. Nick Saban finally got a win that was more pulsating, even if more flawed, than his great pro career opener, the 34-7 walloping of 9-3 Denver in September. Sage Rosenfels, a free agent after the season, made himself some money with a relief performance that rivals the legendary Don Strock effort off the bench in the 1982 playoff game against the San Diego Chargers. Ironically, Don Criqui, CBS' play-by-play announcer for Sunday's game, was NBC's play-by-play man for that classic 41-38 overtime loss to the Chargers, where Strock relieved David Woodley to throw for 403 yards in three quarters. And Chris Chambers had an out-of-body-experience game, with 15 catches and 238 receiving yards, both club records.
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Post-game analysis
Dolphins 24, Bills 23
OVERVIEW: What's the big deal, the Dolphins won an ugly 3-2 game, right? Oops, almost forgot the dueling 21-0 scores in the first quarter and fourth. I put this in the top 10 of most exciting and satisfying Dolphins games I have attended. Nick Saban finally got a win that was more pulsating, even if more flawed, than his great pro career opener, the 34-7 walloping of 9-3 Denver in September. Sage Rosenfels, a free agent after the season, made himself some money with a relief performance that rivals the legendary Don Strock effort off the bench in the 1982 playoff game against the San Diego Chargers. Ironically, Don Criqui, CBS' play-by-play announcer for Sunday's game, was NBC's play-by-play man for that classic 41-38 overtime loss to the Chargers, where Strock relieved David Woodley to throw for 403 yards in three quarters. And Chris Chambers had an out-of-body-experience game, with 15 catches and 238 receiving yards, both club records.
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