This had been a busy week of nonsense for the Miami Dolphins, with Philbin’s non-comment QB controversy, and the Dolphins traveling across the pond to play football in a place where they have a sport called football but is entirely different than what Americans call football. The Dolphins are limping into this game against Oakland on a red-eye flight, without Randy Sparks, Mike Pouncey, Reshad Jones, Dion Jordan, Knowshon Moreno, Shelley Smith and Chris McCain.
There is a lot of distractions and things working against the Dolphins this week, but they need to find a way to play smart sound football. They are going against a win-less Raiders team that can not be overlooked. Ryan Tannehill needs to step up in this game and show all the nay-sayers that this is his team and he can handle adversity. He needs to sharpen up his accuracy, and his receivers need to help him by catching the football.
The fact is the whole team has not played up to expectations this year, and now it is already the 4th game of the season and the Dolphins need to find a way to start playing better before this season becomes a total disappointment.
The best sportsbooks in the world have the Dolphins as a -3 ½ point favorite, which is a great indicator of what Vegas thinks of Miami. The Patriots who the Dolphins beat were a -14 point favorite against the Raiders last week, and Miami is only a -3 ½ point favorite. It is a perfect representation that everyone thinks the Dolphins are not a good football team, and at this early point in the season that is correct. The Dolphins are going to have a very tough game against the Raiders and I wouldn’t be surprised if they lay up another stinker. I hope they don’t, but until they start playing better and more passionate football the Dolphins are not a very good football team.
