Fish No Fluke

Don't be against the Dolphins this year in any game where they are an underdog. Why? This team has a very potent running attack. Move over Adrian Petersen the two headed monster in Miami of Brown and Williams just got better by subtraction. It's already tough enough to defend the Dolphins NFL Wildcat offense with Williams, Brown and speedy receivers running around the end but the loss of Chad Pennington just made them better.

No offense to Pennington he is a superb NFL quarterback who led the Dolphins to a division championship in 2008 but when he went down with a season ending injury in comes Chad Henne and the Dolphins become a serious force to be reckoned with in the NFC East. Not that Henne is a great QB but his strong arm will start to stretch the field and make former first round draft selection Ted Ginn the type of receiver he was projected as when coming out after his junior season at Ohio State. Ginn can now use his world class speed to stretch the field and safeties must respect the long ball because Ginn can run past the corners and where Pennington could not get the ball down field Henne can.

Now that Ginn gets better fellow receivers will get better as the short passes will open up. No longer will the safeties be able to crowd the line of scrimmage not that they were all that effective against the Dolphins prior to Henne but now they will be almost non-existent when Henne is on the field. Even when Henne is not on the field the Dolphins can bring in running back /quarterback Pat White who can throw and run the ball effectively which is going to baffle opposing defenses for the remainder of the season. Bill Belicheck and his Patriots will have their hands full trying to compete with Miami with their young defense versus the plethora of problems the Dolphins offense now poses.

In week #2 the Dolphins proved they could compete with the elite teams as they nearly knocked off the NFL's superman Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts as they used a ball controlled offense to keep the Colt offense off the field for 45 of the 60 minutes of play, unfortunately the game ended in defeat for the Dolphins but don't expect that anymore.

The NFL is a better league now with the Miami Wildcat offense and now potent passing attack that has Miami on the verge of a high octane ball controlled offense with a serious deep threat. Anyone who took Miami to win more than 9 games this season can start counting their money!