Based on yesterday's display by the Miami Dophins would it be fair to say that they're now the worst team in the AFC ? Or might it be more fittingly said the worst team in the whole of the NFL ?
Jason Taylor of the Miami Dolphins talks with the Patriots' Bill Belichek after his team's 49-28 loss to New England at Dolphins Stadium , Miami. picture courtesy of ap/photo / Hans Deryk....
Based on the dislpay by Cam Cameron's team it's hard to see them sinking any lower than they already have done and not bring the game into disrepute. Their unravelling and comprehensive beating at the hands of the New England Patriots places the franchise in the unwanted situation of being the only team in the AFC without a win and standing alongside the St Louis Rams as being the only teams in the entire NFL without a win. One can summize that based on the display by the Dolphins it'll be harder for them to come by their first victory than it will be for the St Louis Rams. Even if it is marginally so. The Dolphins' next game will be against the NY Giants. Whilst the Rams will be playing against a rejuvenated Clevelnd Browns team.
Patriots' wide receiver Randy Moss catches a touchdown pass in the second quarter against the Miami Dolphins. Trying avert the catch is Dolphins' safety Renaldo Hill. Moss would score two touchdowns in the game bringhing his season's haul to eleven , leading the NFL in TD receptions. picture courtesy of ap/photo/David Adame.....
Stranger things have happened but one can't really envisage the Dolphins upending the Giants at this moment in time. Especially a Giants' team that seems to have finally found its stride. It'd appear also that the younger Manning is now playing with some sort of confidence that's bolstered by a defense that's playing with such stealth and ferocity. But what can we make of the Dolphins and they're being mired in mediocrity. We all saw that last under the tutelage of Nick Saban that they weren't going anywhere . And with Saban departing sheepishly much like a coward or a thief in the night. So enters Cam Cameron and the buffoonery continues. It's like watching a silent slapstick movie as it unfurls infront of our very eyes. It's not as if we hadn't been forewarned as to what would happen this season. We'd witnessed the merry go round in succession of changing the quarterbacks from Trent Green to Daunte Culpepper , then demise and cutting of Culpepper who ended up plying his wares in Oakland with the Raiders. As of this moment one can ask who's got the better end of that deal. As the Raiders haven't exactly as of now proved themselves to be world beaters under the helmsmanship of Culpepper.
Rams' quarterback Marc Bulger is sacked by the Seattle Seahawks' Patrick Kerney in Seattle's 33-6 win over the Rams. picture courtesy of ap/photo/Elaine Thompson......
The Rams themselves are mired in their own mediocrity that can be said to resemble a vessel that has had it bow blown away. There's no leadership on the team and under coach Scott Linehan it doesn't even look as he knows how to solve all of their underlying problems. One can presume that quite possibly season's end if not before he'll be shown the door. The game that they'd once been known for the greatest show on turf has all but disappeared. And now has been replaced by something akin to the slowest show on turf as brought to you by an aging bunch of receivers an underperforming , oft injured quarterback and a defense likened to geriatrics in wheelchairs who couldn't catch their own shadows.
Rams' quarterback leaves the field after his team's humiliating loss to the Seattle Seahawks. Bulger threw three interceptions in the game. picture courtesy of ap/photo/John Froschauer.....
Linehan himself is at a loss to explain why it is the team is playing so badly. But when a team is playing with such little conviction in every facet of the game it's very easy to understand why it is they fail. Without real leadership on and off the field there can be very little else but to believe that a team will fail miserably. And that's what we're seeing from both franchsises when it comes to both the Dolphins and the Rams. And for all of the alleged coaching abilities of both Cameron and Linehan. It really is hard to see where and how either of these teams will be able to muster up a win. And one doubts that the NFL looks kindly upon a franchise forefieting a game as a way of extending sportmanship , charity let alone goodwill amongst its teams. So either one of these teams will have to play above and beyond of what they're capable of doing in order to enact a win. Or quite possibly we could well be seeing a team go winless for the first time in NFL history.
Cam Cameron stands on the sidelines as his team faces defeat against the New England Patriots at Dolphins Stadium, in Miami. picture courtesy of ap/photo/David Adame...
For the much heralded Dolphins it would indeed be an unwanted milestone to have attributed to a franchise that has had the league's only unbeaten regular season that ended up with a Superbowl win. But then again it has been their insufferable players of that era that've gone on each season to burst open bottles of champagane when the last unbeaten team in the NFL falls thereby letting their record stand. If that's indeed the only thing that the franchise can now celebrate as an achievement . It basically shows us all that they're not too enamoured with the present predicament of the franchise as a whole. And for the fans themselves it's as if theyre unwilling to accept the mediocrity of the team they support.
A bemused Rams' coach Scott Linehan stands on the sidelines looking up at the scoreboard reallizing that his team has suffered their seventh loss of the NFL season. picture courtesy of ap/photo/John Froschauer.......
So at a guess who'd you think is more liable to win a game first the Dolphins or the Rams ? Or more to the point which of two could go winless for the rest of the season ? Or is it quite possible that we'd rather see the likes the Rams and Dolphins play the game with such ineptitude and just laugh at both with mild hysteria ? Personally I'd like to think that it's neither but then again I'm just a fan of the game. But I do believe that one way or another this could well turn out to be a season of missed opportunities for both teams or the fact that they could both end up with the unenviable acceptance of being called two of the worst teams ever to play in the NFL.
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