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Well, the first half of the season is almost over. I for one didn’t think we be looking at the possibility of finishing the first half at 1-7. But as of about 2 weeks ago, I didn’t know that we would even have that 1 win. With the poor play of our O-line, and the ridiculous decisions made by our QB, I think every fan can see why I held that opinion. There are however some bright spots after watching last weeks game. I haven’t enjoyed watching a game that much in quite some time. It was like we were a totally different team. From the coaching staff, down through the players the team as a whole had a different “buzz” around it, than I had become used to. With trick plays, and a “go for broke” attitude, it was just so much fun to watch. I felt that we finally doing what needed to do, and that is letting our players make plays. Not trying to be perfect, just letting our players do what they love to do. Have fun, and play football. I have seen us play the field position, ball control game to many times, and it was definitely refreshing to see something different. Here’s some of the key stats that led to the victory, in
my opinion of course. I hate to mention this, but there are some things we still need to work on. We gave up 6 sacks last week, and the Rams only had 10 sacks for the whole year coming into our game. That’s pitiful. But at the same time, I felt that overall our O-line looked better than they had. They really looked like they are beginning to gel. One side note on the sacks is that Jay didn’t try to do more than he could and he held on to the ball. No lateral to an O-lineman. Ha-ha. Another thing is our average yards per pass. We finished with an 8.6 yards per pass average. That by no means is a bad average, to put it in perspective, Minnesota averages an 8.7 yards per pass average on the year. We average about 5.47 on the year. But what I’m saying is that against St.Louis we had a touchdown pass of 71 yards, and 44 yards, plus a 48 yard pass by Marty Booker. Take away those three plays, and our yards per pass average are 3.9. That is definitely an issue that needs to be taken care of. I’m not trying to take away from our performance, but just stating the facts. The most exciting part of the game for me was the hit Tony Bua laid on Bryce Fisher. I was going crazy after seeing his neck snap back like that. The fire that kid has is awesome, and obviously contagious. That hit just totally topped off the energy level of that team, and was great to ride into this week with. Our confidence is definitely higher than it was, and a win this Monday would be great. The keys to success this Monday night are very simple and clear. We MUST stop the run and make Pennington take some chances. We can’t play from behind, we have to score first and keep the Jets from playing ball control offense. We have to score when we are in the red zone, even field goals are fine. But we can’t waist our drives. If we can manage to do those things, we WILL win the game. Go Phins!!!
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