Reply #6: I love it when the haters start to think there's a chance [View All]

[Awsi Dooger]

You can sense the delicious rooting interest every week.

And many of the predictable sources have already shown up in this thread, and elsewhere.

I've been annoyed at the Titans for more than a month. The damn Ravens blew it again, just like last year hosting New England. Baltimore led Tennessee 10-6 with only the final drive to stop, and couldn't do it. At home. Versus a division rival. Pathetic.

This Titans team can maul you. I'm hardly certain they will fail. I've been a pest on Dolphin message boards for 6 weeks emphasizing this team had an opportunity to run the table. Their foundational stats are terrific and in many ways they are gaining momentum right now, while the '07 Patriots were beginning to decline at about this point. At least I've been taking advantage at the betting windows. The last two weeks have been a joke, -3 at Chicago and -2.5 today at Jacksonville. You're basically asking the Titans to play one competent half to cover numbers like that. Next week they will be in a severe "up" scenario against the Jets, coming home off two big road wins. That game could be another lopsided win unless Favre is out of his mind. This is the point the home crowd starts to believe and it's hellish to even compete as a visitor.

Regardless, it's hilarious how the haters try to downplay the early '70s Dolphins. Last year we had the typical nonsense that several other '70s teams were superior. I had to rattle off the basic facts, like the 27-10 drubbing of the Stabler Raiders in the '73 AFC Championship Game, a year after the victory at Pittsburgh in the '72 AFC Title Game. Let's see, when Griese was in the game the Dolphins went on a 6-quarter 66-10 run against the Steelers over a 3-game span from '71 to '73. The haters love to deny any of that ever existed. A year later it's still valid, along with the best 2-year record in NFL history, 32-2 with two championships. Did some really say Mercury Morris was only relevant for one year? LOL. He had a greater role in '73.

Anyway, best of luck. 9 more to go.