The Cam Cameron Redemption Tour Continues…

After handing it to his old team (our team) last week, the dearly thankfully departed Cam Cameron continues to influence the play of the Dolphins this season in his absence ... though finally, in a good way. His big signing last off-season, Joey Porter, who was a no-show through his first 15 games, continued to be a beast on the playing field this year, and Ted Ginn actually had a game where he looked like a first round draft pick—his biggest game by far. Just look at what happens when you play to the strengths of your players! Why couldn't you ever figure that out Cam????

But enough about Cam—nice guy, good offensive coordinator, horrible head coach. We’re so much better off without him. While the Dolphins were in so many games late last year, they couldn’t pull out a win. Or beat any of the three arch rivals. This year’s been a different story. Especially today, with a come-from-behind win against Buffalo. In fact, two of our three wins have come against the Nasty Pats and those Sorry Bills, and had Brett Favre not sprinkled his fairy dust on the football, we would’ve beaten the New York JV team as well.

This was just a sweet win against a team that has caused so much frustration over the years (I still have nightmares of screen passes to Thurman Thomas going for forty-yard gains)--and no one expected it. I’d like to see the R&R express get back on track with the running game, but Ginn’s big day makes up for it, and Ricky had good stats catching the ball.

With Ronnie’s production slacking a bit these last couple of games, it’s a toss up between who the team MVP has been so far—Chad Pennington, who’s been more accurate than Tina Fey’s impersonation of Sarah Palin, or Joey Porter, who’s treated every quarterback he’s faced like they’re Levi Jones at the Texas Hold ‘Em table. Both guys, and Ginn, had huge days. Kudos also to rookie Dan Carpenter, who had another solid day and is making no one miss last year’s team MVP, the kicker.

I'm telling you, we've come a long way: tripling our win total from last year, MVPs who do more than kick the ball and a coach whose name avoids redundancy.