Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins
0-1-0, 4th AFC East
Pennington comes up just short in Dolphins debut
Pennington comes up just short in Dolphins debut
ANTONIO GONZALEZ,
Sep 7, 2008
Tired, beaten and having suffered his first loss with the Miami Dolphins, Chad Pennington pointed to the only place that hurt. His heart. Five weeks after he was ousted from the New York Jets, Pennington had 251 yards passing and two touchdowns against his former team. But he came up just short, throwing an interception in the end zone with 5 seconds left to seal the Jets' 20-14 win Sunday. ...More |
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Dolphins Team Report
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Dolphins Team Report Sep 5, 2008
While the football world awaits Sunday's soap opera-like passer's matchup of Brett Favre vs. Chad Pennington, their respective coaches are more concerned about halting each other's ground game.
Both the Jets and Dolphins had porous run defenses last year with Miami ranked dead last, allowing 153.5 yards per game, the Jets were a tad better at 29th, giving up 134.8 yards per game. No wonder they combined for five victories, with two of the Jets' four wins coming against the hapless 1-15 Dolphins.
So forget Chad vs. Brett and all the cliches about vengeance against former teams or Favre needing to prove a point to the Packers that at soon-to-be 39 he's not washed up. This game is about canceling the debut of the Ronnie and Ricky show while slowing up the Thomas ...More |
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| 2007 Team Stats (Game averages) |
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Pts |
Yds |
Pass |
Rush |
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| Offense | 16.7 |
287.5 |
189.4 |
98.1 |
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| Defense | 27.3 |
342.2 |
188.7 |
153.5 |
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