ROOK’S RECAP 5.0

Oh Joey, If you’re Hurting so am I.

-Concrete Blonde

THE LEAD ITEM:

TWO WORDS: Quarterback. Controversy.

Joey Harrington may be hurting after a loss in his Dolphin Debut, but at least he’s not hurting physically like Daunte. It was clear to see that this team clicked with Joey in control. He had lots of time in the pocket, a consistent pass percentage throughout the game, and he moved the chains. Let’s face it, Culpepper is just not ready to play football right now. I blamed the O line a few weeks ago but the O line was stellar against New England. Joey will get the start next week and I think we will see an even better game with less INT’s. I hope Joey starts every game for the rest of the season. But, sigh, it could be too little too late as the fins are 1-4. Not even Dan the Man could dig them out of this hole.

THE GAME.

I think the Dolphins showed a lot of heart in this game. After a dismal first quarter, they made it close at the half and kept it close for most of the third quarter. The fourth quarter was pretty much a write off though. If you are a Dolphin’s fan, you have to be impressed with Harrington. Except for a couple mistakes, the game might have gone a different way. Turnovers were key in this one. Botched field goals and blocked punts just made Miami look stupid. The pass interference call was the nail in the coffin in this one. And that Chambers catch out of bounds was a catch!! I gotta say Wes Welker was awesome in this game. The guy took a pounding but kept catching the ball. Bottom line is Miami beat themselves as the Pats got 17 or their 20 points off Miami Turnovers.

FINAL SCORE: NEW ENGLAND 20   MIAMI 10

Cheers to: Randy McMichael. Finally caught a few passes. And the Dolphin D…awesome!!

Jeers to: Nick Saban. You should have thrown the flag on the Chambers catch. Pump fakes won’t work in  the NFL

Ally’s All-star dolphin: Wes Welker. Without a doubt.

Dawg-o-Meter: 4

Melanie’s quote of the week: “Well Here comes Wes the magnificent again.” – CBS analyst Dan Deirdorf

THE GAME OUTSIDE THE GAME:

Game aired on CBS. Commentators were Greg Gumbel and Dan Deirdorf. Pretty good job. Better than Buffalo game.

JUNGLE JIM’S PLAY OF THE GAME

Whew...some decent plays, but nothing spectacular...maybe the forced fumble by Yeramiah Bell on the punt return.  Should have been the turning point but the offense couldn't get any points from a short field.

DAWGS IN ATTENDANCE

Shed Dawg Mike

Shed Dawg Corey

Shed Dawg Aaron

Shed Dawg Phil

Shed Dawg Jeff

Shed Dawg Bryan

Shed Dawg Neil

Shed Dawg Steve

LIVE IN FOXBORO:

Shed Dawg Sean

UNEXCUSED ABSENCES

Shed Dawg Barry (Big G Tag after making the front page of miamidolphins.com)

Shed Dawg Johnny

GUESTS  IN ATTENDANCE

Cory from Stephenville

ON THE GRILL

Sausages and Hot Dogs

TWID

October 12, 1986. In what was billed as "Marino-Kelly I," the Dolphins and Dan Marino (24 of 41 for 337 yards) defeat the Buffalo Bills and Jim Kelly (20 of 28 for 218 yards, two INTs) 27-14 at the Orange Bowl. That same week, during the Cold War, Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland, in an effort to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe (the talks break down in failure).

Power Rankings:

ESPN: 25 and falling faster than the leaves on the trees.

Mount Pearl Game Day Temp:  56F

ON TAP: Oct 15, 5:45NL Time, Miami at NY Jets

“See you in da shed”
The Rook can be reached at paul@sheddawgs.com or paulbrothers@nl.rogers.com.

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