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The Dolphins will be 1-0.

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To date I have called it almost to a tee with Saban. Just a couple of small examples are - I called Ricky returning, in good grace (for the $) and playing well. I predicted that Kay Jay would make the team based on his running style exclusively - he is a practice squad player - others on this board had him cut and gone. My point is not that I am a great psychic it is just that I have kept my pulse on the Dolphins for 35 of the 40 years that I have been here on this earth. Saban is presenting a package in which he does not emphasize the winning and losing as much as he pushes players and coaches to focus on the fundamentals. In the meantime he is a psychologist - that is he understands that we are all psychological beings and to maximize the results of how these players perform he attempts to access them on a psychological level. He is pushing them to figure out how to fight through the pain and dissapointment and achieve and then accomplish.

This game will be absolutely hard hitting and smash mouth. Jason Taylor will be all over the place - a much more athletic and nimble AJ Duhe. Then Saban will put Crowder Seau and Thomas in the mix to create maximimum mayhem for the Broncos. We will give up some plays but expect to meet the Broncos 2nd string QB.

This defense is going to hurt some people - and Jake the snake is gonna find himself at the bottom of dogpile this Sunday.

Expect BIG things from Boston. The Dolphins ran him almost exclusively in shorter passing plays - quick outs and the like. Boston is gonna go deep and create havok for opponents. Welker will be big on the O as well he and Booker are gonna be set up to run after the catch with the use of quick slants- but mostly expect to see a very heavy dose of Ronnie and Sammy Morris - with this kid from San Diego getting a few change up carries.

The Broncos are about to get on the learning curve. Their flight back to Denver, if all goes right, ought to look like a MASH unit.

More to the point is Dolphin fans are about to get on the learning curve. Forget what you saw in preseason this past month - it means less than zero. Saban was not gonna show one card. Also remember his complaint is about the last 25 players on the roster not about our starters. Early in the year we are healthy and we about to make the Broncos unhealthy! Gad I love that!
 
they reported on nfl total access that jerry rice gave the whole bronco team a great pep talk..... this should pump up the broncos but we still win 24-20
 
I hope we don't see Bradlee Van Pelt out there, I have a feeling he could beat us because he's so dangerous running and I don't think our defense will be prepared for it. He'll create that extra time (as will Jake, a little) and get the ball off deep on us.

I think we have a very decent chance in this game. It's at home. Our D is rockin. We will have trouble on offense, predictably. Should be a good game. If Jason Taylor takes over this game the way he did when we played the Broncos when Griese was the QB, watch out.
 
ckparrothead said:
I hope we don't see Bradlee Van Pelt out there, I have a feeling he could beat us because he's so dangerous running and I don't think our defense will be prepared for it. He'll create that extra time (as will Jake, a little) and get the ball off deep on us.

I think we have a very decent chance in this game. It's at home. Our D is rockin. We will have trouble on offense, predictably. Should be a good game. If Jason Taylor takes over this game the way he did when we played the Broncos when Griese was the QB, watch out.

The O might not struggle too badly. I think they can run against the recycled Browns line. That could set up some play action and I think our WR's have enough talent to give Denver some problems.
 
now that is magnetic optimism...

while i do like Miami at +5.5, i just don't see a victory happening against this Top 5 defense... save for one drive, our offense just didnt look crisp right now, and it will take a few weeks... you can say the preseason means "less than zero," but 19 pre-snap penalties is really troubling...

i love our defense, and we could hold them down and maybe get a break with special teams or something, and win 13-10...

but i just see our offense in big trouble Sunday... i hope i'm wrong and will be pleasantly surprised...

i will say this.. i'd rather overachieve than the countless underachieving teams of 10+ years ago...
 
With our weapons on offense & our D would anyone really be surprised if we won? I wouldn't.
 
Not that I don't like Ronnie Brown, but right out of the box I don't see him producing a very good running game, and Saban already said basically we're not going to pound him he'll probably only get about 10 to 15 carries. I do not have a WHOLE lot of respect for Sammy Morris and his ability to create anything on his own. I know this is the Browncos DL we're talkin about here but different scheme, better linebackers means different production.

I don't see us rushing for more than 110 yards on them, including QB scrambles, Morris, and Brown. Probably less than that, more like 90 yards. I could see some passing happening, but not the type of passing that scores us a whole lot of points. I could see 250 yards of passing, but still only like 17 points.
 
Tommy5988 said:
you didnt mention chambers


I think the assumption that most people are making is that Champ Bailey will take Chris Chambers out of the game.

But anybody who saw Chad Johnson go up against Champ knows that Chris can still affect the game.
 
ckparrothead said:
I think the assumption that most people are making is that Champ Bailey will take Chris Chambers out of the game.

But anybody who saw Chad Johnson go up against Champ knows that Chris can still affect the game.



....or Jerry Porter.
 
Alright its going to be a good game but I think Dolphins will end up taking it. I'm not just saying this as a Homer i seriously believe were the better team right now.
 
Didn't Chris fare pretty well against Champ last season? I thought he had a solid game.. though I may be wrong.
 
I think the X-Factor in this game is the weather. It's the middle of September, and the airs alot thicker in Miami than in Denver. Before the last couple of seasons, Miami was dominant at home early in the season. Mainly because of the weather.
 
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