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I do. Whenever the ball is snapped, I feel comfortable knowing a competent quarterback is behind center. I always get excited when I see Ronnie Brown bust through the line to pick up some tough yards. I'm really excited to see Camarillo and Fasano start to make big strides as professionals. Heck, even Tedd Ginn is becoming an interesting commodity.

I couldn't say that in years past. The 2006 Saban team and the 2007 Cameron team (gag) were just unbearable. I'd get a hole in my stomach just watching joey harrington or cleo lemon pass.

What about you, fellow dolfans?

i've only seen 3.25 games - texans, jets, cardinals, and the last quarter of the pats game :(  i wish i could watch more

I only watched one Dolphin's game this year.  It sucked!  >:(

The bar I go to is mostly Bills fans, while watching the Pats - Rams game, every once in a while I would glance at the Dolphins game.  It was a very enjoyable game.  I didn't really need to watch, anytime I heard booing from the Bills fans I knew to cheer for the Dolphins. 

Chad Pennington means more to this offense and this team than you will ever know. 

I am enjoying watching the games, but not as much as in the past.  I still cringe regularly at how many mistakes we make on defense.  I also cringe when we punt or kickoff.  The team is so unpredictable this year which is entertaining in a way but also drives me nuts.  It seems like our defense is always on the field.  Our run game is very boring and our pass game is not very explosive. 

The wildcat thing was fun on a few plays, but is getting kind of dry as of late.  I feel better knowing Pennington is under center but more in a security blanket way, not so much an awesomeness sort of way.

Maybe in the near future we will be more explosive and more consistant, thats when the fun starts.

  I've only seen four games this year.  Jets, Patriots, Chargers, and Ravens.  They'll be showing the Denver game this Sunday, so I'm looking forward to that.  Watching a competitive 3-4 team is certainly a lot more palatable than watching an overmatched, out of shape, and undisiciplined 0-7 team.

I've quite enjoyed the games this year. The Dolphins games, anyway. For some reason, I completely soured on football last year. I used to watch AT LEAST 4 games a week (not all live, of course) week in, week out. Last year, I don't know, I just stopped caring. It wasn't fun to watch games... even games that were supposedly good... I would find myself doing other stuff, zapping away to watch a movie, picking up the paper, something. That's still the case this year. I think I'm averaging 2-3 games a week and if the games get boring, I stop paying attention. I really don't know what happened...

So while my enthusiasm for the Phins has returned, my general football appetite isn't what it used to be.

I have seen every game and, what I like about this team is that the offense is not predictable.  In past seasons, I would be able to look at the formation and see what play was about to be run.  Not this season.  At the same time, the defense is stepping up and making plays, which is always fun.

In the past, I have considered the Dolphins' offense to be very "vanilla" and no real creativity.  This year, that's about all we have is creativity.  I enjoy watching this team a lot and winning a game here and there doesn't hurt either.

I haven't had this much fun watching dolphin games since Marino was quarterback...It's exciting to watch an up and coming team like ours.

I agree with Brian on this and I just have to give a little tip-of-the-hat to the Wild Cat: I really do look forward to the new wrinkle each week, even if it's just RB/W taking the snap and running it left end (the weak side). I'm still waiting for Ronnie to throw a TD to Pennington.

Glad they aren't the epitome of sucktitude anymore, but I'll be enjoying this team even more when Henne finally gets a crack, and we get some more guys in on D.  And yes, I've watched every game.
 

Considering what we have been through.........you bethcha! I'd like to see Sprano grow a pair and take a few more chances here and there, otherwise how can anyone say we are not on the right track? 

I hate watching the special teams. Other than that I have been pretty excited for what I have seen except for our ability to stop 3rd down.

I hardly ever get a chance to watch them, so when I do get to watch a game,  it's really a big deal to me, even if they lose.

I've watched all of Miami's games this year and really do enjoy watching this team. Reasons I can think of that make this team more enjoyable to watch than last year's squad...

* Efficiency at QB... I never thought I'd get all bunged up over Chad Pennington, but hs is sooo much better than what we had last season.

* Defensive intensity... If Roth-Crowder-Porter played with their 2008 intensity in 2007, we definitely would've won more than one game.

* Confidence in coaching... Last year, I wondered how prepared the team would be each week. This year, I KNOW they are going to be prepared, and that they will have a game plan that gives them a chance to win the game.

* Continuity... Last year, with all the injuries, it was hard to really get behind some of the replacement players, as I knew that they were bandaids that would be discarded afterwards. This year, I see a focused rebuilding effort, and see the players as bricks that will still be here next season.

We actually have a chance to win games this year.  I'm very happy about that. 

Paul Pasqualoni's defense makes me want to throw something at the TV.  I live in upstate NY he was the head coach at Syracuse, it was all we heard about how he was going to bring the program to national prominence etc, he was terrible. 

In fairness to him and putting my anti Pasqualoni bias aside, I can't tell if it's him or if we need a new secondary/linebackers or both.  So I'll wait until next year and see if we draft anyone in those areas.