If the cosmos isn’t lining up for a 2012 catastrophe, perhaps they are lining up against the Miami Dolphins. The Dolphins front office has had embarrassment after embarrassment and the football team is 0-4. Hope is about as distant from the Dolphins right now…..as Mars. And JUST, when you think the last straw has finally broken the Dolphins camel’s back, another straw falls from the heavens. And by saying ‘from the heavens’, we’re talking about none other than Tim Tebow. In yesterday’s 29-24 loss to the Chargers, Kyle Orton was replaced by Tim Tebow, he who walks on water, when the Broncos trailed 24-10. Tebow sparked a comeback and had a desperation throw for the win to end the game…that ultimately fell incomplete. John Fox has a bye week to ponder whether or not Tebow will start on October 23rd against the Dolphins. However, according to Broncos fans, 92% of them at least, want Tebow to start.
So how does what another team’s QB have to do with the Dolphins? Well, you see, the Dolphins have agreed to have the reunion of the 2009 National Champion Florida Gators on the very day that Tebow will likely make his first start of 2011. Considering the Dolphins have had issues (saying it mildly), selling tickets this season, we can expect about 1/2 a stadium’s worth (or more) of Tebowmaniacs. Sure, from a business perspective this is a great idea. The game won’t be blacked out and Mr. Ross and the Dolphins ownership will get their sellout. I wonder if they’ll be selling Tebow jerseys in the stands? Or even in the ‘team’ stores?
Over the last 2 seasons, the Dolphins have been putrid at home. Over the last 2 years the Dolphins are 1-9 at Sun Life Stadium. And now, ownership is welcoming in the legions and legions of Tebow fans on possibly his most hyped game of his career? I think the chants of ‘defense’ will be louder when the Matt Moore led Dolphins have the ball…don’t you?
What must the Dolphins players be thinking right about now? They are 0-4, 1 of 2 winless teams in the NFL…..Their starting QB is out for the season…..Their coach is a goner when the season is over (or sooner)….The GM who brought them to Miami (most of them at least), is a likely goner too….The Dolphins Owner is having pep rallies, IN THEIR STADIUM, for the opposing quarterbacks. The Dolphins players have to be wondering just what they’ve gotten themselves into. All the Dolphins players can have left is pride and the desire to show other NFL teams that they can still play….because many of them will likely be gone in 2012.
