i know that we will be much better than what people are predicting now. and second i see u point out green bay up there and i think they are going to be great. there offense was good last year but now that there defense is getting a huge upgrade you better watch out for those packers. I am now packer fan except i did root for rodgers b/c of all the farve crap last year and greg jennings b/c he was on my fantasy team : )

let them predict away… I know the Fins have more heart, more fight, and more discipline than most of the NFL teams… i won’t say all, but off the top of my head I can’t think of anyone that tops them.

I am GLAD they are playing the toughest schedule, because I damn sure don’t want to hear any excuses when we win the AFC East again this year.
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WHERE were the Dolphins in the power rankings BEFORE the 2008 season? #31? #32?
WHERE did they ACTUALLY end the 2008 season? ’NUFF SAID

had us at 31 and Atlanta at 32 last year, so these power rankings are irrelevant. Of course they might actually piss off some team members and make them play harder. So if we moved up the list from 31 to 17, then we should finish at #3 if things go to plan!!

“I love when the Dolphins fly under the radar. I love when they get no respect. There’s nothing more fun than being the underdog…and succeeding. That’s what made the 2008 season so special – perhaps the most enjoyable season in my lifetime.

And that’s also why the 2009 season could be just as special."

He predicted the BUFFALO BILLS, along with the Pats, will make the playoffs. Which means we will finish either 3rd or 4th in the division. And I’m guessing he’s the kind of guy to hop on the Dirty Sanchez bandwagon so he’ll have us at 4th….

Bills… playoffs… he put that in writing.

talk us down…count us out…left aside and neglected from the media spotlight. Perfect. Another under the radar season.

Do you remember how you felt to go 1-55 then to 11-5? What would it take this season? 11-5 to …the play offs again?

Sparano & Co will use this as a motivating factor….lower ranking then the Packers ??? (they sucked last year)!
These Fins will rip the power rankings from the Reporter’s nuts and hand them to their wives!
Our secondary has the making to be awesome, defensive front only getting better, O-line getting bigger/stronger/more aggressive, one of the best RB combo’s in the league, Receiving corp only got better & we have more QB options (this year)after a great outing by Mr. Pennington last year!
Lets shove it down their throat!!

Matty, you got a fair amount of shouting power here on the Phinsider. And if we yell at the same time, reminding these puddleheads of their preseason prognostications, maybe we can (publicly) make them eat pigskin -all season long!

this butthead thinks he can predict future injuries….

I was so incensed when I read Mike Florio’s write up. The guy is five pounds of shit in a four pound bag. I mean, if anybody is talking just for the sake of talking, this guy is it. It’s amazing the ignorance and bias these supposed "sports intellectual media moguls" show. This Mike guy just drools over the Pats like a male sex addict drools over a Hustler magazine spread. (tongue sticking out the corner of the mouth, teeth baring, chest-a-heaving with moans and groans and eyes bugging out from the tight grip…)
It’s just a carry-over from the Pats losing the Super Bowl in their quest for the perfect season. And they hate that the mighty Dolphins are the only undefeated team; and beat them for the Division crown last year.

This kind of dribble is offensive. If this were tied to politics, we’d hear that the Dolphins are racists. (I once heard a piece of shit announcer during a Basketball Draft say, "the Jazz picked a white guy, what a surprise.") I had a come-apart. As you can see, it still bothers me.

I was wondering, Matty, if you were gonna pick up on all this worthless frappin’ editorial noting. You did. And calling them out is the right thing to do. Thanks!!

He’ apparently takes pride in defending everything Al Davis says or does.

From a view of how power rankings work these are not weighted the same at all.

Strength of Schedule
If the Fins have #1 or #2 toughest schedule, then our division should be in the same area of ranking based on that. I imagine right now strength of schedule is weighted pretty high because we don’t even know current rosters. So you can’t say that the Pats are #1 in power rankings based on that.
Verdict: Fail

Returning Players
If you are basing this on having a good off season in FA pick-ups, resignings, and Draft Picks these would be weighted pretty high as it’s your only indication of what the roster is going to shape up as. If we are so low that means we had horrible free agents, we didn’t keep anyone good, and our draft was a failure. So obviously this wasn’t weighted at all because you have teams like the Redskins, Seahawks, and the Bengals ahead of us.
Verdict: Fail

Probabilty of Key Injuries
What a Joke, are you serious here?
Verdict: Fail

Previous Record and Playoff Appearance
I see 13 teams ahead of us that didn’t even make it to the playoffs, and about half of those didn’t even have winning records.
Verdict: Fail

Final Verdict: I wish they would have just called these “Shot in the Dark of What We Think May Happen Kinda Sorta But Not Real” Power Ranking. These guys sat online, found team logos and played Connect 4. Matty, call em out, and call em out loud!!!!

I like the fact they are counting us out at this time. They are probably pissed still that none of them got to look like a genius last season by calling our “record setting” turnaround.

I will have to admit it also makes me feel better being on the shorter end of the stick with nothing to prove and a chip on the shoulder because I think we all remember when SI put us in the Super Bowl when we got Culpepper and we all know how that turned out.

GO DOLPHINS !!!!!

Does this Florio guy wear a paisley turbine and play with a crystal ball?

These are [from another planet] sized men, slamming into each other with tremendous speed, weight and strength ………………. injuries?

What is crystal ball reading about the Dolphins can happen to any team.

Maybe it doesn’t take any balls at all to be Florio-like.

just as I was doing my post, I run into this….

http://glaadblog.org/2008/11/18/anti-gay-humor-in-sports-media-has-to-end/

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For reading a Peter King column, so I didn’t have to.

Coffee, Story about airport, Brett Favre, Sanchez, football, Coffee, The Sopranos.

Who cares what clowns think, we are building a dynasty.