Let's Get On A Roll

With the latest win over the Redskins it's great to know that we're not dead in the water. We finally were able to beat an NFC East opponent, making it critical for us to beat the Giants and Cowboys when we face off against them again later in the season. But the issue we have yet to overcome is the fact that we haven't posted back to back winning games yet.

Every time we've won, there has been the expectation we will get on a roll like in years past and string a few wins together. That hasn't happened. After the hammering of Detroit, we fell flat against the Giants, returning from a rested BYE week we beat the Jets, but then crumbled in the final minutes against the Bears. Following that disappointment we went on to shut down Adrian Peterson and show glimpses of offensive success in the red-zone, but that hope was soon deflated with a domination by the Cowboys.

So lets try this one more time.

The Miami Dolphins are in the most desperate of situations, win less through their first 9 games, the team that was expected to rise up within the past few seasons has fallen flat on their face time and time again.

Now when dealing with a team that has nothing to play for besides dignity at this point, there is always the chance that they will dig down deep and pull out a win just to per serve their own competitive spirit. In prior years we've faced situations similar to this, but we were usually a much higher ranked opponent at that time and needed to guard ourselves from a let down.

At this point it would obviously be an upset to drop a game to the Dolphins but it's not like we're on a winning streak, with a tendency to sleep on an opponent. It is necessary that we don't look ahead to the following week, a national game against the New England Patriots, but at this point that match-up just terrifies me.

If we can beat the Dolphins and build a little confidence, prove to ourselves that we can start putting some things together, then we're still in this thing.

But with the way things have gone so far this season, I guarantee you that no one is assuming anything.