I 100% agree.. he needs to get more touches on special teams. However, I think Tony is being smart by not overusing him early in the season. Thats how guys get injured, and if we do have a shot a the “P” word then we’re ganna need him down the stretch. Look what Reggie did tonight, almost single handedly won that game for them. Almost had 3 punt return for TDs.

Party pooper. Why not talk about playoffs? Seen our schedule? Witness the pass 2 teams we beat? 14+ point lead at the half of both games?

Luck Smuck. We weren’t lucky Rivers overthrew Jackson. Rivers isn’t that good. If we’re talking lucky, SD was lucky we missed that FG or the rout was on.

Ya know what, us Fin Fans have been through hell ever since Shula was pushed out. JJ having a break-down, Whanny/Spielman, Saban, it was a free fall till we hit rock bottom with Cameron.

Fact: We are one TD pass at the end of a game (or stopping Brett’s pass on 4th and forever) from being 3-1.

Fact: Brady is out for the season and Trent Edwards was knocked out of the game with a concussion. This divison is up for grabs.

Fact: It looks like we got a very good, well coached football team. With a competent coaching staff and front office for a change.

Fact: We have a favorable schedule this year. AFC/NFC West.

Fact: We just steamed-rolled over the 2 teams that played for the AFC Championship last year.

Ya know what? I feel good about my team. For the 1st time in a long time I feel we might have a shot at making some noise. And learning from the past I’m not sure when/if this opportunity will come again. I’m gonna live it up.

its not just me!!

im normal!!!

i dont think i have ever agreed with you more matty

As Neo pointed out one of our losses was “unlucky” but even if Rivers had hit that long TD pass we still would have won that game. After that one TD drive in the 2nd half our defense and OL dominated that game. I just can’t believe we didn’t score in the second half. That’s probably because we didn’t need to, if we had I confident we would have. You are right there can be a lot of luck and bad calls (as SD knows) that determine games and we need to keep our expectation in check but inplying in any way that Sunday’s game a lucking victory is WAY out of line!

And for me the game ball is C Penne, that guy stood and delivered under pressure. Threw the ball hard and obviously very accurately. The Offense was so balanced it simplied amazed me.

SD have to put there tongue up to there ***sses and accept that this was there 1st TRUE LOST!!
We have pay our dues and now is time to collect or at least it looks like.
About the Texan? I know we have never won to them, but we have never been playing fundamental football. The 0-3 record END this sunday with a Victory of the Dolphins. I don’t feel sorry for the texan and they lossing games at the end( remember us last year), Matty I, if you want to gave them respect for there efford, good for you, but me, I SAY " SCREW THEM" and if what they get this year is a 1-15, so be it.

but this team is for real. You don’t dominate two perennial Super Bowl contenders (no matter who was injured) without being pretty damn good. I agree we shouldn’t start making P-word reservations just yet, but every 2-2 team in the league is thinking playoffs, why can’t we? Nobody expected us to be 2-2. And with NE still getting used to Life After Brady, the division isn’t a going to be a runaway. Buffalo will come back to the pack eventually, especially if Edwards is out for any period of time. And the Jets are a Jeckyl and Hyde team (and they’re still the Jets, they’ll find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory).

Now, do I think we’ll be in the playoffs come January? It’s possible. At the quarter-pole of the season, the East is the only AFC Division with every team at 500 or better, so the AFCE may put 2 teams in if the trend continues. But the rest of our division plays the same easy-ish schedule we do (AFC/NFC West) We need to beat Denver, and Oakland, because those are the 2 teams left that I think will beat the other teams in our division. And we gotta beat the teams we’re clearly better than (STL, KC, SF). If we can split with our division, that puts us at 9 wins. If we beat BAL, look out. We are perfectly capable of winning 9, as long as the team continues to play the same tough, physical, mistake-free football we’ve seen the past two weeks.

Neo, I like what you said, in particular.

Matty, I disagree with you about STs. I usually feel like you and I are mostly on the same page about most topics, but this is one case in which I feel like the stats you are using to back up your argument do not jive with the reality of the game play.
Why? Simply because STs are not putting us in a hole this year, they are not losing games for us. We had a few knucklehead plays in the first couple of games, like kickoffs out of bounds, or 20 yd punts, but for the last two games, the play has been solid. Forget the stats and remember the fiasco last year.
Last year, STs would always do the wrong thing at the wrong time and take away any chance to win… like allowing a big return right after we scored and were hoping to get the ball back one more time, or a flag during a good Miami return calling it back.. that kind of thing. It is not just about the numbers, it is about WHEN and HOW the plays occur, and dude, STs are not losing the games for us this year.

Now, do they need more work? Yes. Of course.

And I COMPLETELY agree about putting Ginn back there for KOs. I also thing they should put Ginn in practice at DB. Not because I think he should play that position, but because he needs to get over his apparent fear of contact.

As for the posters talking about luck not being a part of our wins, let me remind you about the PI call in the 4th quarter, when the Fins were trying to get out of their own endzone. 3rd and 9? From the Miami 2? Ring a bell? The ball was thrown way over Martin’s head. From every angle they showed on television, that ball was uncatchable. That could EASILY have been a “no-call”. Probably should have been. But instead of 4 and 9 from the Miami 2, the Fins got a new set of downs at their own 30, and proceeded to run almost 4 and a half minutes of the clock, finally giving the ball back to S.D. at their own 20.
So I ask you, do you think 4th and 2 from the Miami 2 could have turned the game around? I was personally thanking the football gods for that one, which is only something I do we we get a lucky break.
Be real folks. We are looking DAMN good, but we are thin at several positions, and an injury or a few bad calls can make things start to look very different, very quickly.
knowutimean?

but saying that SP is not blowing thing up is an understament. How can you say they are not doing stupid stuff went they(Bess) fumble the ball at the 25?, Thank good, opur D responded like pros, and took that game to themself, them the O make there stament. SP is the weak link(LOL) of this team. They have put us in tought situations and we have overcome them.

We need to stay focus and the playoffs will take care of its self! We can make it if we keep this intensity up!!