Calvin Clean
Miami will surprise in 2009
Here is the quote from Pro Football Talk:
Link: http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm
WE LIKE THE FINS TONIGHT
At quarterback, Miami finally has a player post-Marino who doesn't provoke the response, "I asked you to tell me who the starter is, not the backup."
...But due to an ugly divorce from the Vikings, Culpepper now has a chip on his shoulder the size of a baby elephant's road apple. And Culpepper has shown in the past that when folks doubt him, he delivers.
The receivers in Miami are better than any of the guys Culpepper was working with in Minnesota last season, before his knee was blown apart at Carolina on October 30. Although the Miami offensive line is middle-of-the-pack at best, it's good enough to give Culpepper time to find an open receiver...
...When the Steelers have the ball, well, it won't be pretty. Look for eight men to crowd the line unless and until quarterback Charlie Batch shows that he can force the strong safety into pass coverage. We like Willie Parker, but he's not the kind of guy who'll be able to move the chains against a game plan designed primarily to shut him down.
And the coaching edge goes to Nick Saban, primarily because he desperately wants that which Coach Chin has recently won -- a championship. Saban is the epitome of focus and drive and determination. Is he quirky?... Stern? Absolutely. But six straight wins to close out the 2005 season have gone a long way toward convincing everyone in the organization to overlook the fact that he's not a touchy-feely-kissy-huggy kind of a guy.
As we see it, the Dolphins are on the right track, and Saban knows that the best way to put the rest of the NFL on notice that the Dolphins should be regarded among the elite teams in the AFC is to go into Heinz Field and make the Steelers fans wish they'd stayed home and watched their Super Bowl XL DVDs.
It won't be a high scoring game, but we think the final stats will reveal a manhandling by Miami 20-10.
Link: http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm
