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The Dolphins cling to their slim playoff hopes vs. the Steelers today.  In the last two weeks they have come out flat.

To win today, they MUST come out sharp.

Then, hopefully, the Browns and Raiders can pull upsets and Houston can lose.

Then, it will all come down to Sunday Night's game, the Bengals vs. the Jets.

Long odds, indeed.

It will be very interesting to see what happens in Miami this offseason.

GO DOLPHINS!!!!!!!

Can we make a new thread dedicated specifically to nutjob conspiracy theories so it doesn't ruin every thread?

Should be interesting to see who plays today.  It's also Pat White's last chance to complete a pass this season.

I wish somebody knew.  How Many TDs has he been on the field for?

I still believe what I believe, but I will edit my first post just so it won't ruin your live blogging experience

The bad news for me is:

1) I start my job today at 3, so I will miss part of the game

2) I'm at my school in the lab, where the only computers that work don't get cbs.sportsline.com's live stream. 

Better Get used to seeing Heath Miller all day.....hmm I said that last night didn't I? :D

Well, the Steelers are ramming it right down the fins throats

Good news from Cleveland, bad news from Houston

Wow... just no coverage AT ALL on Santonio Holmes. Nice job D. Way to NOT cover a simple in-route. F'n pathetic.

1/8th through the game, and Pittsburgh has taken a 7-0 lead.

FABULOUS!!!!!!!!

I gotta wonder, are the players wearing down because of Sparano's intense conditioning drills.  They've melted down the past several weeks.

Wonder all you like, it doesn't fit the reality. The Dolphins have STARTED flat in every game the past several weeks. They FINISHED strongly.

Were they getting worn down, those two would be swapped.

^^^

Well, maybe the FINISHED strongly because the other team let up.

It makes me think our Defensive Plans Suck.....We have No clue how to stop people in the first half,and come up with a plan how to stop people at Halftime....

Written by someone who CLEARLY hasn't watched the games.

^^^^

I have watched both of those games, thank you very much

The Dolphins come out running with Ricky

The Dolphins moving the ball well looking to answer that TD.

Houston is leading NE 7-0, Jax is trailing Cle 3-0

Lex Hilliard ties the game (pending the EP) with his second rec TD in as many weeks.  RB is going to be a very interesting question for Miami this offseason.

Ronnie
Ricky
Cobbs
Hilliard

I mean, 2010 is an uncapped year, but what if they throw money at Ronnie and they set up a cap in 2011?  They'll be screwed.

Let's see if this defense can come up with a stop.

Is our O-line really that good or are Hilliard and Cobbs good backs?

If it's uncapped...Ronnie's not a free agent....

Our defense has really really sucked this month.  It's baffling.

Okay... what the f*ck have they done with the grass today? Or did someone switch cleats for the Dolphins? They've been slipping and sliding ALL over today. Offense and D. That last slip by our blitz cost a touchdown.

What really sucks, NE is about to tie Houston and Cle is tied with Jax

It's like watching 2007

Would someone please hurt Pat White so we can play football!!!???

^^^^

Pat White's doing fine.

It's the defense that's the problem

Pat White has no business being in the frwaking game!!!

Who is K. Sheets?

Doesn't appear like anybody wants to play D in this one

Steelers force a fourth down, should the fish go for it?

A Field goal, but it won't do any good if the defense can't stop the Steelers

Giving them the ball at the 44 doesn't help

Steelers start at their 44. Not many Dolphns play the first half anymore.

NE takes the lead over Houston.

I have about a half hour left until I have to leave for work

woo hoo finall madea play on defense

Jax and Cle are still tied

Cleveland is driving

Play overtuned.  If that was a bad call, it lends creedence to my conspiracy theories

why call timeout ... just give them the td cuz we aren't going to stop them11

Hopefully they can keep this close enough so that their second half rally will be enough this time

Sorry to disappoint but it wasn't a bad call.

Well Cleveland has scored against Jacksonville to go up 6 or 7.  If the Dolphins can make a rally, and Houston can lose, we will go into the four oclock games still alive

Our defense has outdone themselves to only give up a FG.

Well it keeps the game close.  Hou is about to take the lead on NE, and Jacksonville leads Cleveland

Hey Cf, Good Afternoon!...Too bad we're on the wrong end of the score....


It was the right call......

Well, can the fish get a TD here and go into halftime tied? 

I'm watching Jax and Tampa while listening to Miami. I hate having to watch jax instead of miami.

Um, no, Henne gets picked.

Seriously, can't blame the guy that much.  He's gotta be like an arena football qb because the defense is playing so bad.

wtg Bell!!

Bad news from Houston as the Texans were stopped on fourth and goal, but fumbled into the end zone, where one of there lineman recovered for a TD

The last few weeks, the D has come out flat, but then picked it up, can they do the same here?

Nothing lends credence to your theories. The call was bad, the overturn correct.

Hopefully the defense will continue their trend of picking it up in the second half

Come on Offense, get a TD and let's go into halftime tied.

I was amazed, the Dolphins Game, is Being shown Locally..We're getting snow...So the recptions is skipping occasionally....

The Back has whiffed a couple of times on blitz pick up.....I thought Ricky Dropped that Flig,that mase it 2nd and 20.....Ricky would have done better to bat it down instead of catch it....

Well, they are moving the ball, Jacksonville is now down 10, and Houston is up 3

hilliard needs to learn to block

Big play by Henne

Wow that Turf just cameout from under Bess...Nice footwork by Bess either way....It looked a little like Bess was Moonwalking!

I gotta go to work soon

yay ... play stands!!!

Plays like that aren't going to help the Dolphins here.

What a waste this could turn out to be

Pathetic offensive performance to finish this drive!!

umm why do we keep putting Fasano and Hillard to block woodley?

What a squander.  At least they get the ball to start the second half

Pats tie the Texans.

The Jaguars trail by 10

The Dolphins are down 7

I'm off to work.

Enjoy the rest of the game, people.

The good news is we are only down 7. pretty sad when that is good news!

Shouldn't a tight end and rb be able to stop a LB?

Fasano has a bad hip....And seems to be getting over powered....The one, Hillard slipped down....luckily Henne got rid of the ball..

I'd think They should....but they seem to be getting beat,and we still keep trying it....They have Carey Crashing inside.....

Hey guys!  Considering how poorly they played, they are not out of the game.  If they pick it up in the second half like the last few weeks, they can and will win.

It's been a regular slip-n-slide out there today. No idea what's going on. Bess has slipped multiple times, Ginn at least once, our OLBs multiple times, Ricky at least once...

Our Oline is Pathetic.  With the Salary Cap being non existent next year hopefully the Dolphins will cut Crowder and either Draft or get a Killer Middle Linebacker that can actually read a play. That said......we are lucky to be only down by 7.  ::)

Afternoon, STL....

^ Sean Witherspoon comes to mind. :)

Hey B!  I freaked out when the game did not show up on Sunday Ticket until I realized it was on locally.

^^^Me too!

Henne Hurt? I don't like Pat White in the game...

We are screwed if Henne is out of the game.

Did anyone see the injury to Wes Welker?  I heard he was carted off.  Knee injury?

weird... maybe a mild concussion or something?? doesn't make the slightest bit of sense unless he is somehow hurt.

when they showed Henne on the sideline,That's the way it looks when he's got a concussion......Pat White looks lost.....the blitz up the middle doesn't help.... :D

Yeah Welker looked like it was pretty serious....

Relax people, Henne is fine. He was going over photos and plays with the coaches on the sideline. They just decided to give White a series.

Funny sack, btw. Two Steelers go through COMPLETELY untouched, one right up the middle. Nice blocking, guys! I was looking forward to seeing White attempt a pass from the shotgun. Oh well...

eye injury

Eye injury?

Tommy picked the Steelers.  I have double reason to cheer for the Dolpphins

How about winning this game guys? The Broncos could use your help.

Is being forced to cheer for the Dolphins making you vomit? :)

Pretty much, yes. At least I know we don't clearly need Miami to win as long as Houston beats New England. Believe it or not though I hate Pitt alot more then Miami.

Here we go giving work to a bad 2nd pick rather than our new QB who needs it.

Hmmm... I still say Henne is fine. He got a bit of a black eye (they just showed his face and you could see it), but he can see out the eye just fine, so there's NO reason he couldn't play.

I think I would rather have Henne out there with one good eye.

They need to sit Ricky. no need to hurt him if we aren't playing to win.

obviously henne can't play and is injured. weird injury, but injured nonetheless

henne doesn't have a bad eye. nothing wrong with him.

^^^LMAO...

Run Forest Run.!...oops..PAT....

Umm yeah,Let's not get our team mates killed.....

I'm going to be the first to say this: I like that White is in there. He's looked like SHIT so far this season. Completely scared and clueless. We need to figure out how much more time and effort to invest in him (at quarterback, anyway) and giving him some time on the field is probably the only way to determine that.

This sucks.  I hate thinking that we are going to need help from our defense to score.

He's a bad pick at 2.

they are talking on the radio about how he has no arm and that Henne has spoiled us

I'm laughing right now. Man, that was the SORRIEST "out" I've ever seen an NFL quarterback throw (queue jokes).

I'm very glad i sold my tickets. i would have been furious if and felt i got screwed ifi was there!!

It reminded me a Culpepper as a Dolphin.....

They should have had Pat play WR if they wanted him in so bad.

^^^ dude what don't you understand about an injury and not being able to play?

"Dude" ... I understand he isn't hurt just like everyone else does.

^^^^ I'm on the "not injured" bandwagon as well.

The only thing I can figure is maybe he cannot see right out of that eye.  It does not look bad just looking at him.

I'm not watching the game but if the Dolphins own radio announcers question it I'm betting he didn't just conviently get hurt at halftime.

They showed a full frontal of his face. It's not like the eye was swollen closed or anything.

I know it looks fine, but he could have blurry vision or a scratch on his cornea.

Miami is tanking it just as bad as the Colts did last week. Very nice.

Playing with the guy who was the 3rd QB at the start of the season?  You bet they are.

Shula is on with Mandich, Rose and Cefalo.  

You are right Bronco but we are worse because we are lying about it.

nah, these guys have a direct line to the trainer and tony sporano. they gave him a quick call and confirmed that he isn't the slightest bit injured, is just a pussy, and they wanted to put in a qb that hadn't completed a pass the whole year in the game.

Talk about your conspiracy theories!

Still hasn't completed a pass.

I mean eventally he has to.

^ I was thinking that too, but now I am not so sure.

Joe Rose just said how much more do you have to see? We need to get a QB in that can complete a pass!! LMAO!!!

Well, who are we down to now?  Thigpen?

White's out.....If Henne's faking..he'll be in now...

All the steelers were pointing immediately after he was hit....

yes. thigpen isn't a bad QB

That's called LEADING WITH THE HELMET and is a big no-no. The Steelers defender is gonna have to pay 15 grand for that.

OK . I was just kidding about getting hurt!! I hope it's not serious.

I hope White is ok.

What Class Dick Lebeau, hasn't moved from Pat white's side....He's been right there talking to him....

They can't bring Henne back or it would be a black eye on them.

Fortunately, it didn't look like that was much neck-movement on impact. "Just" a helmet-helmet collision, knocking him out.

Shula is defending the Colt's not playing Manning and so on.

^^ they Panned around and showed Shula in the Radio Booth,Parcells,and Dan Rooney.....

boy henne sure isn't hurt...

Has anyone seen him move?  It's hard to tell with all the players around.  He's moving his arms. TG

what a terrible season for white. i guess he won't complete a pass.

By the way, if the league wants to do something about injuries and concussions, how about actually cracking down on defenders leading with the helmet? It's illegal, but I haven't seen a single game in over 10 years where it hasn't happened, uncalled, at least once. To NOT lead with the helmet, the defender needs to get his shoulder down (unless it's a weakass arm tackle). The way the refs never call this is a joke.

I am about to throw in the towel.  No pun intended.

Report from the Dolphins sideline is that White can move all extremities.

A drop.  Let's see what Thigpen can do.

thats good news... hopefully it's not coming from the same folks lying about henne's injury.

Maybe Thigpen can complete a pass.

they just said on the radio that henne is listed as questionable so he could go back in if he had to.

Not anymore.

Once Thigpen steps onto the field, neither Henne nor White can come in again.

until 4th quarter.  Thigpen has already completed a pass. woo hoo

woah another complete pass

a catch across the middle. thats unheard of on our team

yay touchdown!!!!

Yes, indeed.

Thanks go to the Steelers defender who decided to stop covering his man for ABSOLUTELY no reason.

i hope they let thigpen and henne battle for qb next year and put white into something else

looking back, you have to wonder why pat white was even in the game?  seriously, I'm watching the game with my immediate family and my mom goes "he's soooo small".  exactly.

wot the hell is he doing in the game?  thigpen has been in the league for some time now and at least know how manage the game.

the coaches just got pat white killed almost.  hopefully, he's ok and there's no problems.

Given the fact that most of the draft picks that the brain trust have made the last couple of years have been very good picks, I wonder what they heck they saw in Pat White that warranted not only drafting him, but drafting him at such a high spot.  The guy has looked about 10 times more lost than Beck ever did.  

We need a stop here.

Randy Starks is quietly having a greeaat season!!!

Gentlemen, we have ourselves a game.

if we score a td this game will get pretty exciting!!

I think we need to get Thigpen's signature on an extension if we don't already have him for a few more years.

HOLY CRAP!

Best Dolphins TD this year?

unfreakingbelievable

OMG!!!!! We're going to win this game!!!

My thoughts exactly!!  Where the hell has Thigpen been hiding?

Fuck a B!.....Wooohooo....

This is the best I have seen the passing game all season. Crazy!

Thigpen isn't as good as it looks right now but he is doing the job.  Like i said I hope he and henne get to compete for the starting and back-up positions next year.

FUMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES!...woohooo!

Thigpens escapability is the difference.....

Hypothetical question but i know the team answer.  What if we win and then make the playoffs ... who is the qb for the playoffs?

backup qb is always the most popular guy on the team.

oh crap and the hopes come crashing back down

Texans up now, it may not matter

Steelers are jeopardizing Ben's arm and career here.

Come on defense, one more stop!

Sack Big Ben

Pat white?...Alot of people hate him!...Lol..J/K I know what you mean....

Why are we playing off?  Rape the recievers...Do we really think Ben is gonna Bomb the ball? He's wincing every time he moves....

Texans win.  All playoff hopes are gone. :(

We can still try to win this game.

Well it was fun while it lasted.

Ahhh.  Well, at least it was a good game.  Bad news:  We have to wait until August form more Dolphins football.  Good news:  let the draft talking begin!

We start 0-3 and end 0-3.  The middle of the season was fun!!!