mosi said:
This game is going to be tough. The fins have a very good run defense and Brady has never had a great passing game against the fins. I see a tight game - more like 13-9 or 10-3. Something low scoring and tight until the end. Just like the games used to be in 2003!
I agree.
When it comes to AFC East games...particularly the Dolphin games...throw out the records. It does not matter. The Dolphins could be 0-15 and us 15-0 beating every team by 4-5 touchdowns all year and I'd STILL be sweating the Dolphins game.
In the Belichick era:
2000 - 0-2, we got killed in Miami then the last game we at least pulled them back out of the locker room for a hail mary with those guys wearing shower towels LOL.
2001 - 1-1, we got killed in Miami and then beat them in the game where Brady caught a pass.
2002 - 1-1, we got killed in Miami and then beat them at the end after being down 11 points with 5 minutes to play (Ricky Williams had like 160 yards that day), yours truly was at that game.
2003 - 2-0, we finally win in Miami in a wild game in OT...then crush them at home in the snow ball game.
2004 - We beat them at home then suffer an impossible fluke loss on MNF near the end of the year!
2005 - We beat them in Miami again...BARELY. Then lose to them in the last game with our second stringers.
Overall: 6-6 in the Belichick era!
By comparison, 9-4 vs. the Jets and 11-2 vs. the Bills in the Belichick era.
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The Dolphin defense is still hard to score on....
We will need to be deeply focused this week and play hard.
We cannot suffer a let down.
The Dolphins on the other hand will be playing loose and playing to win because they at this point have nothing to lose.
We must win this game...it is a MUST win!!!!