This is how you do it. [Starts at 18:30 mark] Pretty normal pre-game press conference from Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel…there’s usually a gem in each, & his notion of gratitude & responsibility to everyone around him has been a consistent vibe since he took over the team.
I was always miffed at what seemed like NFL announcer’s tendency to hype the ‘comeback’ stats for NFL quarterbacks. Being a lifelong Dolphins fan, it seemed like Dan Marino was the best, but John Elway always got the hype. Now it’s Old Man Farve that’s getting the boost on this apocryphal stat…and thankfully Scott Kacsmar […]
From the usually-excellent Gregg Easterbrook: In Defense of the Wildcat: Why is the Wildcat being called a gimmick? Nobody says it’s a gimmick when the Patriots run the shotgun spread. Nobody says it’s a gimmick when the Steelers or Packers go with an empty backfield. There’s a presumption that only a conventional set with a […]
More NFL. Sadly, my beloved Dolphins lost a heartbreaker to the Texans on Sunday. Luckily, I knew one highlight that was coming in advance: Here’s SI’s Peter King from last week’s column: With the Wildcat in Miami, necessity was the mother of invention. The Dolphins had practiced the play but hadn’t used it in the […]