Monday, November 7, 2011

Finally

The Dolphins won their first game in what was a rout of a Chiefs team that had won four games in a row.  This was a successful game from both the offensive and defensive standpoints, even without Vontae Davis who was held out of the game for non-injury related reasons.  Matt Moore had by far his best game completing 17 of 23 passes, with 3 touchdowns, no interceptions and a 147.5 passer rating.  He had the first three touchdown passing game for the Dolphins since Chad Pennington did it in 2008, when they won the AFC East.  Reggie Bush added 92 rushing yards on 13 attempts, including one touchdown.  He also had 3 catches for 50 receiving yards, giving him the best game as a Dolphin.  Brandon Marshall also finally contributed in a big way and had 8 catches for 102 yards and a touchdown.


With such great contributions from so many of their key components it really showed what the Dolphins can do when they are playing well together.  In addition, the defense had their best game of the season, giving up only 3 points.  The defense does have considerable room to improve considering the Chiefs time of possession was much longer than the Dolphins.  All in all this was a great win for the Dolphins who were really struggling and looking as if they may loose all of their games this season.  Only time will tell if this was a one week fluke, or if they will build on this win for the rest of the season.

2 comments:

  1. I don't like Matt Moore. He was responsible for a stupid little upset at the Rose Bowl that cost us a trip to the BCS. Done now.

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