SUPER START
Florida’s NFL teams get off to a great start for 2005.
When the Tampa Bay Bucs took Cadillac Williams with the fifth pick of the NFL Draft many draftnics thought Williams too small and slow to warrant such a high pick. Coach Jon Gruden felt otherwise and his faith in Williams was rewarded when the rookie playing his first NFL game sprinted 71 yards on a third and one with under 2 minutes to go to seal an improbable 24-13 Bucs win at Minnesota over the heavily favored Vikings.
The Jacksonville Jaguars, a sleeper pick to make Super Bowl beat Seattle 26-14 behind a nice effort from 3rd year Quarterback Byron Leftwich and First Round Draft Pick Matt Jones. Ageless wonder Jimmy Smith had 130 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
The Miami Dolphins in former LSU coach Nick Saban’s debut as head man in Miami beat Denver 34-10 to start the season with a win for the 13th time in 14 seasons. Quarterback Gus Frerotte hit Marty Booker on a 60 yard Touchdown pass in the fourth quarter which caught the Broncos defense playing without all-pro Champ Bailey totally off guard. Miami’s offense was balanced as well as creative and despite being picked by some prognosticators including yours truly as the NFL’s worst team from a talent standpoint, the Dolphins made things look easy today. Scott Linehan coaching the Dolphins offense made all the difference with an aggresive gameplan that allowed Frerotte to test Denver's secondary on a few deep balls.
When the Tampa Bay Bucs took Cadillac Williams with the fifth pick of the NFL Draft many draftnics thought Williams too small and slow to warrant such a high pick. Coach Jon Gruden felt otherwise and his faith in Williams was rewarded when the rookie playing his first NFL game sprinted 71 yards on a third and one with under 2 minutes to go to seal an improbable 24-13 Bucs win at Minnesota over the heavily favored Vikings.
The Jacksonville Jaguars, a sleeper pick to make Super Bowl beat Seattle 26-14 behind a nice effort from 3rd year Quarterback Byron Leftwich and First Round Draft Pick Matt Jones. Ageless wonder Jimmy Smith had 130 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
The Miami Dolphins in former LSU coach Nick Saban’s debut as head man in Miami beat Denver 34-10 to start the season with a win for the 13th time in 14 seasons. Quarterback Gus Frerotte hit Marty Booker on a 60 yard Touchdown pass in the fourth quarter which caught the Broncos defense playing without all-pro Champ Bailey totally off guard. Miami’s offense was balanced as well as creative and despite being picked by some prognosticators including yours truly as the NFL’s worst team from a talent standpoint, the Dolphins made things look easy today. Scott Linehan coaching the Dolphins offense made all the difference with an aggresive gameplan that allowed Frerotte to test Denver's secondary on a few deep balls.
posted by Kartik at 7:41 PM
3 Comments:
How bout them FINS!!!!!
The Miami Dolphins in former LSU coach Nick Saban’s debut as head man in Miami beat Denver 34-10 to start the season with a win for the 13th time in 14 seasons.
13 out of last 14. Wow, that's come creative math there.
Miami lost it's 2004 opener to Tennesee and it's 2003 opener to Houston.
Under any math formula I know, that cannot be 13 of 14.
Where did you come up with this wacky stat???
I stand corrected. I had remembered the last season opener the Dolphins lost prior to the last few years was the 35-31 heartbreaker at Buffalo in 1991 where Paul Lankford was left one on one with Andre Reed! You are right, I'm so tuned out of the Dolphins these days and their awful uniforms and fans that I lost track. Thanks for the correction. The important info is that the two decent NFL franchises in the state won, the Bucs and the Jags.
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