Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams picked up the slack left from injured teammate Ronnie Brown, and then some. Williams finished the day with 119 yards rushing and 3 TDs as the Dolphins rolled passed the Carolina Panthers, 24-17. Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme had an off-night, only throwing one pick.
Dolphins coach Tony Sparano hinted his team might abandon the wildcat without Brown, who was placed on injured reserve Wednesday. Miami didn’t use the formation until the second quarter. It coincided with the Dolphins’ first touchdown drive—Chad Henne’s 14-yard touchdown pass to Williams, who wrestled away from linebacker Na’il Diggs. –Y! Sports.
Maybe this is the ether talking, but these Thursday night games seem to be boring as all hell, and it’s obvious to see why–coming back from a Sunday game and then ratcheting oneself up to play again four nights later is difficult. There’s only so much a coaching staff and a team can do to prepare in that amount of time. But the league seems happy to air them anyway, and with the matchups being as woeful as they are, the networks don’t seem to be complaining as much as I am.
Miami Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter was asked about his team’s upcoming matchup against the Patriots on Sunday
“Never really too much cared for New England,” Porter said. “Still don’t care for New England. The hate’s been there for a while, especially after all the cheating they did back in the day. I can honestly say I don’t agree with it, but it happened, and it’s over with now.”[..]
Porter also commented on Patriots quarterback Tom Brady:
“When a guy can tell a ref when to throw a flag and he gets it and stuff like that, he got his own rules. They made the whole [rule that you] don’t go at the legs because of Tom. So when he feels that someone is coming at his legs, he just points at the ref and he gets a flag. So you’ve got to honestly say that he got his own rules.” –ESPN.
It’s bizarre to think of such a frightening individual actually goes by “Joey.” But damn, I think Roger Goodell would put Tom Brady in a dress if Mr. Porter asked him. Yeah, I’m just calling him Mr. Porter now to be safe, and I should add that Mr. Porter is a wonderful person without any sort of chemical imbalance whatsoever.
The great thing about “South Park” it’s never really imposed an unfunny period on its viewership where the only point of the show was to impose partisan values on everyone. Yeah, I’m looking at you, Homer Simpson, you big fat idiot. What “South Park” has lacked in glitzy animation, it has always made up for it with terrific…just watch the goddamn clip. It’s Japanese guys killing the Miami Dolphins. I can only hope they started with Ted Ginn. No death is too painful for that guy. Also.
Numbers are all around us. Some of them are completely meaningless, but some of them aren’t. And some of them kick ass.
0:06. Time remaining when Miami Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown ran up the middle from the Wildcat formation to score his second TD of the night, giving the Dolphins a 31-27 lead, and the game’s final score.
61. Approximate time, in hours, between then-Browns wideout Braylon Edwards allegedly punching out Cleveland-area promoter and “Friend of Lebron” Edward Givens, and Adam Schefter’s announcement on Twitter that Edwards had been traded to the Jets for two players and two draft picks. Read the rest of this entry »
With the season-ending “capsule” injury to Chad Pennington and the Miami Dolphins’ subsequent acquisition of the almost-awesomely-named Tyler Thigpen, the focus turns to second-year quarterback Chad Henne, who will get his first career start against Buffalo in the Sunshine State on Sunday.
Henne was a four-year starter at Michigan. He completed 59 percent of his passes. Bill Parcells liked him enough to draft him. All of those things speak well of his ability to step in and perform competently, especially after a week of preparing as the gameday starter. Oh, and they’re playing the Bills and their Pop Warner offense. But breaking in a new QB is the least of Miami’s issues.
Everyone knows the problems with this offense. The receivers stink, Tony Fasano is MIA, etc….But the strength of Henne is his arm strength, we keep being told. And Ted Ginn Jr. has streaked open down the field a few times this year and never been hit. That’s the pass Henne can hit. That’s the one that can change a game.
It’s why Henne really should be a better fit for this offense than Pennington. But saying he’s a better fit doesn’t mean he’s a better quarterback. He’s got to show that. –Dave Hyde.
We’ll see what Miami can muster as the Jets start running away with the AFC East. At 0-3, Miami is already hard-pressed to repeat as division champs. Henne might not be playing to salvage the season, but only to position himself for 2010. also.
It’s hard to believe that Colts tight end Dallas Clark only catches 5 or 6 balls a game, because every reception he makes seems to be some backbreaking third down conversion to sustain a critical drive in a big game. But Clark mixed it up last night, catching a pass on the first play from scrimmage and taking it 80 yards to the house en route to a 27-23 win.
“Give credit to our defense,” Clark said. “They were out there for probably 100 plays, and for that last drive I know they were tired. For them to come up with those plays and keep them from scoring was just tremendous effort.” via.
Indeed, Miami enjoyed three times to Indy’s time of possession, so it looked like a foregone conclusion that Miami would reach the end zone when they had the ball and 3:13 remaining, but no. Clark finished the game with seven catches with 183 yards and a touchdown. And then he probably went out and bench-pressed a cement truck while getting blown by a parade of gorgeous Latina women. You know, because that’s just how he rolls.
