The NFL is Hard to Watch Right Now

Not because it's boring. It's anything but! New England is lighting the lamps on offense and potentially going 16-0. Quarterbacks like Tony Romo and Bret Favre are gunslingers that always provide an excellent show. Plus, the huge wild card hunt in the NFC is unpredictable. THe NFL couldn't be anymore exciting. Unless you're like me... a helpless Dolphins fan. Yes. It's true. I am a Miami Dolphin fan. My skin is aqua and I bleed coral orange. I've had to keep that fact silent for now because, as everyone is laughing about, the Fins are 11-0... in the losses to wins column. But I am tired of everyone selling Miami short by saying this team will lose every single game. Everyone says the Dolphins are hideously bad this season. Oh really? What are you basing that opinion off of? Their record? If you use that logic then teams like Jacksonville must be pretty mediocre sitting at 8-3. However, the Jags are playing just as well as the Pats are. Saying Miami is terrible by their record isn't the right way to go. Let's look at their loses... yes, I know there are 11 of them. Of all of the 11 loses, 3 games have been lost by a margin of 17 or more points. 2 of those loses were to, get this, New England and Dallas. The Pats and Cowboys are viewed as the 1 and 2 teams in the league. The Fins lost by 17 to Dallas and 21 to the Pats. The rest of their games, besides a 10 point loss to Cleveland (which isn't bad considering the offense the Browns currently have) and Philly, have been FIELD GOALS (3 points)!! This means Miami knows how to keep it close, but just haven't sealed the deal. The Dolphins are on their way to winning more than 1 game. Miami's next game is against the New York Jets. Last outing, Miami put up 15 against the Jets in the 4th quarter. The Dolphins onside kick attempt failed and the Jets knelt their way to a "W." This time will be different. John Beck is the future of this organization (More on him later.) His first start against the Eagles may have been sour (9 of 22, no TD's but no INT's) but he's certainly sweeter than Cleo Lemon (Haha, pun.) He's certainly playing better than Kellen Clemens (My Oregon fanhood runs short sometimes.) Plus, even with Ricky Williams (He was not a waste!) and Jesse Chatman hurt, backs like Lorenzo Booker or Patrick Cobbs could still run all over the Jets run defense. There's at least one game in the win column. The Bills follow that (A tough game at Buffalo that I would not expect to win) as well as the Ravens (No offense to score means the Dolphins win), New England (Yeah, we'll upset them! You'll see...), and the Bengals (One huge game against Tennessee doesn't prove anything. One more average game for Chad Johnson and his spirits will down and so will the team.) I foresee 3 wins. The Miami Dolphins will finish 3-13. Still, there is hope on the horizon for the Fins. :)