2011 Fins Schedule

[MikeO]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/print/schedule?team=mia

Open up on Monday Night.

No September 1pm home games (thanks Mr. Ross)

AT Buffalo and New England in December. Not good!

Thanksgiving day as been reported earlier.

Impossible to predict the schedule, considering we lost HOME games last year in December to Cleveland, Detroit, and Buffalo. Not even wroth trying to guess. Plus if lockout continues those out of conference games will probably be taken off the schedule.

[MikeO]

the other thing that sticks out, we play a 6 game stretch from Sep 25th to Nov 6th with only 1 home game! ouch!

[tubba marxxx]

^^ Idk if you noticed, but Miami's a better road team as of late

[David Fulcher]

the other thing that sticks out, we play a 6 game stretch from Sep 25th to Nov 6th with only 1 home game! ouch!

^^ Idk if you noticed, but Miami's a better road team as of late

...Yeah, I was about to say, especially from the guy who continuously bemoaned (with good reason on at least that point, I'll say) our putrid home record just this past season--and you think that 6 game stretch is a BAD thing?!?!?!   

[MikeO]

to think we will have the same success on the road next year as we did last year is crazy. It was a fluke in every sense.

[tubba marxxx]

^^..yep, you know everything dude

[MikeO]

^^..yep, you know everything dude

its called an opinion....


jees, lighten up!!

[David Fulcher]

to think we will have the same success on the road next year as we did last year is crazy. It was a fluke in every sense.

Yes, it is crazy...so crazy, in fact, that I think you should work on the process of having me committed for commenting on the fact that out of eight whole games, we were pretty terrible at home last season and again, out of eight whole games, we were decent (or far better than we were at home at least, for whatever reason) on the road.  That much of a discrepancy is not a fluke, buddy...I'd call it a trend.  Perhaps the Dolphins just played looser on the road, for whatever reason.  Plus, from what I've heard (unfortunately I've never had the pleasure of being able to attend a Miami home game, but I'm going off of what I've heard from people on here and others), our fans don't always give us the strongest homefield advantage anyways, and in addition, we're starting to lose all of the late summer/early autumn 1:00 PM kickoffs (as you've noted), probably further reducing the homefield advantage so yes, IN MY OPINION, it is possible that that trend could continue.  Not necessarily likely, but certainly possible.  So how 'bout you "lighten up!!" ....."Would you kindly??" 

^^..yep, you know everything dude

This.

[MikeO]

Lot of those "road wins" last year were luck-based.

Playing GB when GB had a ton of starters out that week. We beat their "B" team and just squeeked by in dong so.

Chad Henne completes 5 passes vs the Jets and we win. TOTAL LUCK! When your QB completes 5 passes and you have 30 passing yards and the opposing QB throws for over 200 yards and we somehow win....LUCK!

Farve giving us gift after gift in Minny along with no Sidney Rice and Harvin leaving the game early on. Once again, had everything in our favor and we just squeeked by.

Beating Buffalo, Cincy, and Oakland on the road....not exactly murderers row there. Oakland was decent last year, so that was a nice win but decent for a non-playoff team. They weren't special.

And the "real" teams we played on the road Baltimore and New England, we lost!

[Spider-Dan]

Yes, all of our road wins were lucky or meaningless.

HOWEVER...

All of our home losses were certainly completely straightforward, well-deserved losses, involving no bad luck at all.

3 touchdowns given up by special teams?
With <3min left, review shows opponent fumble in our end zone, but they get the ball back anyway?
1st- and 2nd-string QBs both out with injury?
Carpenter going 0-for-4 in a 3-point loss?

All totally reasonable and common occurrences.

[MikeO]

I never brought up the home losses, thats a whole different topic all together.

don't get your panties in a bunch junior

[Frimp]

I never brought up the home losses, thats a whole different topic all together.

don't get your panties in a bunch junior

Dude, what is with your attitude? Seriously.

[MikeO]

Dude, what is with your attitude? Seriously.

I return the same level of attitude that is shown to me by some!

If some don't like it, look in the mirror!! Seriously, posts are archived. Anyone can take a look. I don't start with the attitude, others do. But I will give it back!

[Spider-Dan]

I never brought up the home losses, thats a whole different topic all together.

Ahem...

Impossible to predict the schedule, considering we lost HOME games last year in December to Cleveland, Detroit, and Buffalo.

MikeO, just to make sure I'm not misunderstanding you:

Do the lucky road wins cancel out the unlucky home losses, or not?

[MikeO]

Ahem...

MikeO, just to make sure I'm not misunderstanding you:

Do the lucky road wins cancel out the unlucky home losses, or not?

I don't think the home loses were unlucky. Our special teams have stunk for years, giving up 3 big special teams plays isn't unlucky, it wasnt surprising with that group.

Carpenter missing 4 FG's it happens. Kickers choke. Happens often in thie league, not unlucky

No team has played with a 3rd string QB before? It happens. Bears did it in the NFC Championship game. They aren't crying!

The PITT loss  Miami had the ball in the redzoen TWICE to open the game and couldnt score a TD. Is that unluky or just a bad team not scoring points? The fumble "play" at the end was unlucky, but that is an unlucky play not an unlucky loss. Beecause Miami had MUTLIPLE chances to win that game and failed.

So no I don't see your point at all