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Miami's secondary has come through for the second week straight. The Dolphins' defense came up with three crucial picks on Jay Cutler Sunday, inspiring Miami to victory 26-17. The win put the Dolphins back at ...

Dolphins-Broncos: Interceptions Key in Miami's Win Over Denver

by Paul Smythe (Scribe)

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Game Recap

November 02, 2008


Miami's secondary has come through for the second week straight.

The Dolphins' defense came up with three crucial picks on Jay Cutler Sunday, inspiring Miami to victory 26-17.

The win put the Dolphins back at .500, and in the AFC East playoff race a year after they were only able to win once the entire season.

Pennington didn't throw for any touchdowns and threw an interception, but was still very effective with 281 passing yards.

Miami's kicker, Dan Carpenter, deserves a lot of credit for finishing four different drives with a field goal.

Ronnie Brown didn't pile on the yardage with only 59, but he was able to break free for a 30-yard run early, and he scored a touchdown to seal the game late in the fourth quarter.

Dolphins' receiver Greg Camarillo caught 11 catches for 111 yards in a great performance by yet another Miami wide receiver.

Last week it was Ginn who did great, and this week it was Camarillo, which further proves that anyone can get it done in Miami's versatile offense.

I would hate to be a defensive coach trying to figure out which receiver to pressure the most. We'll see how Seattle can do next week.

Hats off to another win from a very good Miami team.

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  1. Sayre Bedinger 8 months ago

    I hate to say it, because it TOTALLY goes against my personal views, but the Broncos got absolutely hosed on a 77-yard touchdown pass from Cut to Marshall. Miami shut down the Denver rushing offense, so I'll give them credit there, but otherwise I wasn't impressed. Ronnie Brown did nothing, Pennington did nothing. When the Broncos throw three dumb picks and the points you scored off of it proved to be the difference in victory, it's just not impressive to me.

    The real story here is that Denver is mediocre at best right now, and unless they decide to stop turning the ball over they will pee it down their legs yet again.

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    • Paul Smythe 8 months ago

      I with you on the call. You gotta just let them play sometimes, but he called it. Nothing we can do about it now.

      But, Brown scored an important touchdown late in the game, how is that nothing? Pennington threw for 281 yards, which is pretty good in my mind. You can't say that they didn't do anything, because they did.

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    • Rob Steele 8 months ago

      Marshall definitely pushed off and you cant cheat to win ;) Go Phins

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    • Kris Cardella 8 months ago

      Bravo to Jason Allen for selling that one though. I'm really starting to like this guy after 2 years of wondering why he hasn't been cut.

      And yes, the Broncos are an average team. But it's always hard to win in Mile High.

      Mark my words, we will be 4-0 against the AFC West when the season is over. Thanks NFL scheduler!

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  2. Sayre Bedinger 8 months ago

    Bro, I may be the biggest homer there is, but you have to man up and realize that your team didn't really play that well. Denver shot themselves in the foot, and I'll give you this: That was a HUGE win for Miami. They needed it badly and they got it. But when your boys win by nine points because of a very questionable PI call and three interceptions, that may be the worst D you have played all season, and truth be told Broncos fans are singing their praises right now after that performance, because that was the best part of our day.

    Cutler's mouth is bigger than his arm, that is our problem right now.

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  3. Sayre Bedinger 8 months ago

    Denver? I hope you are kidding if you don't know that we have one of the sorriest defenses in the NFL then you did not do your research. That was one of the better games they played this season, and we have your offense to thank for it. That is what I'm trying to say.

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  4. Flippers_Revenge Revenge 8 months ago

    Holy smokes Batman! I like our chances this year. We just need to kick our special team in the buttocks. Beating Denver, San Diego and Buf has made people stand up and take notice.

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  5. Kyle deManincor 8 months ago

    miami played great D, denver cant run, first time in years they wont have a 1000 yard back, marshall complains too much and even ripped his own team after the game, that team is a mess, plain and simple, luckily they are in one of the worst divisions in football, dolphins fan rejoice, we have potential to go 6-4 our next two games, and the d was amazing. porter had another sack, the seconday was pretty solid, and the offense was effective enough again, great win

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    • Sayre Bedinger 8 months ago

      actually, they didn't have a thousand yard back last year so...

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    • Paul Smythe 8 months ago

      You are right on every point except for the 1000 yards last year thing

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    • Sayre Bedinger 8 months ago

      Plus Denver can't run b/c the only healthy back on the team was Torain who has never played in his life and only had three carries. Hall and Pitt were put on IR. I'm not one to make excuses though, and Denver just needs to limit turnovers

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    • Paul Smythe 8 months ago

      And that is very true. If there weren't turnovers, then it would have been a completely different ball game

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  6. Chris F 8 months ago

    As a HUGE Dolphins fan, I can say that Sayre is 100% right about our offense yesterday. Completely anemic... that is, until it REALLY mattered in the 4th quarter. And that's the difference between last year and this year.

    However, for those fans screaming about Marshall's offensive pass interference penalty, I need only point to Eddie Royal's huge KR in the first half wherein the Broncos committed a heinous amount of blocks to the back that went uncalled. Bad calls go both ways, friends.

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  7. Kris Cardella 8 months ago

    Pennington is my hero.

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