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This was the biggest Dolphin win since the Dolphins beat the chargers in the 1992-93 divisional playoff win 31-0. RB Aaron Craver went crazy that day...

Others may bring up other games between then and now...but the Dolphins sparse, rare and non existent playoff appearances and victories since then were predictably followed by trouncings.. and truly no-one seriously thought any Dolphin team between now and then could win...

But today I am witness to the changing of the guard.

Get me some Fede. Bring on McCain...Send in Dion Jordan...Olivier Vernon is awesome! Cameron Wake has an opportunity to set NFL sack records...Randy Starks was a beast! Jared Odrick played very a great game....Derrick Shelby another talent...

I admit, in my life I am often wrong...But about this I called it! I made a thread saying this Dolphin team was like the Giants that one the superbowl against the Patriots...Because the key is to know Brady bunch on his Arse...He HATES to get hit...

This Dolphin team is built to win...Big Stong fast DL - Knowshon Moreno gives us a legit running game - and a good secondary...Thats a team that can win on the road in the snow....

It was not that we won today - but it was the way we won...

Man not since that Charger playoff game 21 years ago have I thought this team could do anything...

Thats a LONG time to wait....
 
1st game at home vs pats, division game, we still have a game to give, it's a very good scenario.

21 years though I can probably find a couple that were more important. But yeah the impact of this game was huge and we should embrace this to the fullest as if it were the biggest win in 21 years because it is damn close to the most important, if we maintain the level of play.
 
Um we beat them last year late in the season while our OL was more of a mess than Iraq. This win is just a awesome win, start lets build on it it and take it slow
 
Ridiculous to say that when we won a win and you're in game versus the Jets several years ago. It also doesn't really feel any bigger than last years win versus the Patriots which had playoff implications.

It's a great feeling to win our opener in an upset but last year we were 3-0 with wins against two reputable teams (at the time) there. It's not even the only time we've upset in an opener, with Denver 2005 coming to mind, though that team wasn't as good.

My excitement for what this means to a season or team is heavily tempered, but as an individual win it ranks up there with the more entertaining games I've watched. We staged a comeback in a game I thought had every sign of being over at half, given the opponent and other factors. We saw our team placed in key situations throughout the second half, and while we saw some disappointing individual plays, as a whole we saw a lot of Dolphin players get the extra little bit that was the difference between winning and losing.
 
There are signs that we're quietly becoming a good team:
-we just played kind of bad and still trounced the Patriots.
-week 15 last year when we were all looking ahead to the playoffs very few of those teams were scary. And we had already beaten most of them.
-looking ahead seasons look daunting. In hindsight last seasons schedule looked easy. Was it really easy? Or did it just look easy because we are better than we think?
-by a lot of measures the defense has quietly been among the leagues elite.
-the team is good and has depth at the key playmaking positions. Receiver. Cornerback. Pass rusher.
-and we are aggressive. The philosophies are aggressive. The coaching decisions are aggressive. How many coaches in the league would have accepted that penalty giving Brady another shot at the first? Aggression shows trust and breeds confidence. Playing not to lose sucks the life out of teams.

I predicted we'd control the division well into the season if we won this game and I'm sticking to that.
 
roy_miami said:
There are signs that we're quietly becoming a good team:
-we just played kind of bad and still trounced the Patriots.
-week 15 last year when we were all looking ahead to the playoffs very few of those teams were scary. And we had already beaten most of them.
-looking ahead seasons look daunting. In hindsight last seasons schedule looked easy. Was it really easy? Or did it just look easy because we are better than we think?
-by a lot of measures the defense has quietly been among the leagues elite.
-the team is good and has depth at the key playmaking positions. Receiver. Cornerback. Pass rusher.
-and we are aggressive. The philosophies are aggressive. The coaching decisions are aggressive. How many coaches in the league would have accepted that penalty giving Brady another shot at the first? Aggression shows trust and breeds confidence. Playing not to lose sucks the life out of teams.

I predicted we'd control the division well into the season if we won this game and I'm sticking to that.
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This team has shown it is capable of beating playoff teams, that is something it has done with startling regularity. They haven't shown that they can make the playoffs. There is nothing good about beating a playoff team one week and losing to a bottom feeder the next. One way or another this team has shown the capability of losing any game, regardless of quality of opponent, and winning a single game versus anybody, the league's best or worst, doesn't prove that they have changed that pattern. 3-0 didn't change that last year. Winning tough stretch games against the Pats and Steelers didn't change that. The other games matter just as much.
 
We're getting there. Needle pointing up vs needle pointing down.

I truly believe it is pointing up.
 
Sirspud said:
This team has shown it is capable of beating playoff teams, that is something it has done with startling regularity. They haven't shown that they can make the playoffs. There is nothing good about beating a playoff team one week and losing to a bottom feeder the next. One way or another this team has shown the capability of losing any game, regardless of quality of opponent, and winning a single game versus anybody, the league's best or worst, doesn't prove that they have changed that pattern. 3-0 didn't change that last year. Winning tough stretch games against the Pats and Steelers didn't change that. The other games matter just as much.
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"Regardless of the quality of our opponent" isn't accurate because we had trouble specifically against one type of opponent: top defenses. 7 of our 8 losses came against top 12 defenses. And our porous o-line might have had a little something to do with that...
 
roy_miami said:
"Regardless of the quality of our opponent" isn't accurate because we had trouble specifically against one type of opponent: top defenses. 7 of our 8 losses came against top 12 defenses. And our porous o-line might have had a little something to do with that...
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Yes. And that's why I'm trying to temper my enthusiasm. I felt coming into the season that the Patriots would have an elite defense this year. And we just put 33 up on em, leaving points on the board.
 
I did not feel excited about last years win against the Patriots. I was glad we won but thought we were just lucky. Brady had us on the ropes on that final drive. We were unable to put them away.

Also we had very little chance of winning the division - and I did not think this team could win in the playoffs on the road as a wild card team.

We actually came within a mis-step of losing the steeler game - even thought Big Ben made an illegal forward lateral the refs did not call it.
So I thought we were simply getting lucky on the tail end of another mediocre season.

This year is different - The Dolphins D-line is special...

Best team in 21 years.

ShorePhin said:
Um we beat them last year late in the season while our OL was more of a mess than Iraq. This win is just a awesome win, start lets build on it it and take it slow
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Next week will be another good test. If we beat the bills soundly then I believe this team is going places.
 
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