Trust...

I'm deciding to do another type of post before I go back to my hating and loving of different positions. This post is about how I feel trust falls into my love for the Miami Dolphins. I've found it hard to develop a trust for players on the team with regards to how they perform in crucial moments, but nonetheless I've developed a list of players I trusted last year and how my trust has evolved to this current year.  I have a player from Offense and Defense that were my most trusted players of the year, so on to my list:

Last year:

Offense: Chad Pennington

I jumped on the Pennington bandwagon quite early last season. After the Patriots game I was sold and it wasn't for his play during that game, it was for his ability to step aside and let Ronnie Brown steal the show. I admired his poise, leadership and all out ability to earn my trust as a game manager. I hate quarterbacks that throw picks like crazy and last season Chad only threw 7 during the regular season, that made me trust that he wasn't going to give it to the other team when we needed to keep the ball and do something with it the most. There were many times when I had no finger nails left after nervously hoping we would win games, which we did and most the time they were extremely close. During the close games I had more confidence in him than I could any other quarterback on any other team. He had an insane ability to manage the game and do what needed to be done when it was most needed. Chad Pennington was my most trusted player last season and there are many times this year where I find myself very nostalgic for the one year when Pennington was our man. I still wear his jersey these days because I acknowledge that he was one of the best things to happen to Miami in quite some time.

Defense: Joey Porter

I am on of the biggest Joey Porter fans you can ever find, which would explain why he is my favorite NFL player and favorite player on the Dolphins. Last year Joey was huge, bigger than life. I had more trust in Joey to keep us in games and save us games when it meant it most to the team. Does anyone remember when we were playing the Niners last year and Joey came up HUGE with a sack on Shaun Hill? Well if you forgot, watch it now. When that play happened, I went crazy. Joey saved that game, he further proved that we were going to win the AFC East. Last season Joey was the second best thing to happen to our team and after 17.5 sacks, I'll never not trust Joey, I just might not trust him as much as I used to.

This year:

Offense: Ronnie Brown

I trusted Ronnie like crazy last year but after Chad Pennington went out for the rest of the season, I decided that Ronnie was my most trusted player on offense. When Ronnie runs the wildcat, it is almost sure that it is going to be great for our team. Sometimes the wildcat doesn't produce like I would like, but nonetheless Ronnie can win games out of the wildcat. The Monday night Jets game anyone? I went out and bought a Authentic Ronnie jersey after that game, he became the man in my mind after that game. I've made it clear that I hate guys that throw interceptions or fumble and Ronnie doesn't fumble like some other "great" running backs do, has he even fumbled? The nfl.com stats sheet says he hasn't and I'll take that. He fumbled once last year, once. I love Ronnie Brown and want him on our team for life, I trust Ronnie the most on offense this year and it will probably remain that way.

Defense: Randy Starks

^Hell yeah, take down Peyton.

Randy, Randy, Randy, you are huge this year, HUGE. I have gained so much trust for Randy Starks this year that it has became insane. He has saved the game, in my mind, once so far this year and it came against the hated Jets. I never thought I'd ever actually trust someone who played for the Titans but oh my goodness is Randy Starks awesome. Last year he had 3 sacks and this year he already has 4.5, this might just be the year of his career and I hope that he remains a Dolphin and keeps coming up huge for us. How about his Tom Brady sack today? Huge. I am now a huge Starks fan and he has earned his way as my most trusted player on defense. Keep it up Randy!

So I'd also like to get some other thoughts of mine off my chest here in this post so here:

• A message to all the other teams in the NFL: Stop running the wildcat, or the wildhorses or whatever the hell you want to call it. You are the reason why other teams think that the wildcat is a gimmick. You are not going to be as committed to it as us and you make it look like a fluke play so stop running it. It doesn't work for you Philly and Denver, I'm pretty sure it hasn't worked for you since the Pats game. So cut the shit.
• I'm tired of hearing about how Ginn is costing us game and how he should have caught that crucial pass during the game today. Also, it wasn't his fault that he was drafted so high, because last time I checked - he isn't the GM for the Dolphins, so give it up. He doesn't lose us games, he is one player on a team of 52 others.
• I don't want Chad Henne to be the next Dan Marino because I actually want to win a Super Bowl and not have a million stats to look at. I want to win the big one, so no I don't want Henne to be "Marino 2.0" or the second coming of Marino. I want Chad Henne to be Chad Henne and I want Chad Henne to be a winner and a big winner at that.

So that's all she wrote. Have at it...