The Dolphins are coming off an impressive victory. The Titans may not be a playoff caliber team, but they have been competitive in every game they played this year, except for the Dolphins game. However, there are not many blowouts each season in the NFL, and bad teams don’t usually blowout teams. So the hope is that this performance will carry over to the next game against the Houston Texans, a team the Dolphins have NEVER beaten.
There was a video on the internet that showed Dan Campbell’s post game locker room speech. It was short and sweet, and definitely got me fired up. The moral of the speech was that this was a team effort that started with the team practicing hard and physical the week before the game, and that the sleeping giant has awoken.
After finally “waking up” from their sleep walking in the first 4 games (which gave me my own night terror, might I add), this has is a perfect metaphor, because this team has talent. If this Miami can continue to play at the level that they played in the Titans game, they are going make teams work for everything they get. This season may have started out as a disaster, however, this may have been a blessing in disguise. The terrible start, intentional or not, achieved the much needed firing of Philbin and Coyle, the two coaches that all the Miami Dolphins News fans wanted fired before the season even started.
The Dolphins showed sports betting fans that they can actually play football and overcome their obvious blemishes – when they play with their all and are put in position by the staff for success. The coaching staff lead by Dan Campbell, went back to the basics of practicing intense with live contact, and simplified the defensive scheme so players didn’t have to think too much, and instead were able to focus on playing football. The game of football is a very fast game, so it is important that players use their football instincts.
The million dollar question now is whether or not the Titans game was an anomaly or if that was a smelling salt type reaction that has now permanently awoken this team from their four game siesta. I am not giving up on this team, and I believe that this past victory has shown this team that they do have what it takes to win in this league. Clearly the changes that were made in the two weeks since Campbell has taken over as head coach have worked, and now they need to continue to follow that blueprint and see how far they can take it.
Every game in the NFL is a big game, especially considering a team only plays 16 games. The Dolphins have another big game this week when they finally come back home to play the Houston Texans, a team that the best sportsbooks in the world have them favored to beat by -4.5 points. Does the rest of the Miami Dolphins news fans think Miami will build off the Titans performance and be able to win their second game in a row, which would then get them back to a .500 record?
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