This was a huge road win in Denver for the Miami Dolphins. It was a game where the defense rose up to the challenge in the thin Denver air and held the Broncos running unit to only 14 yards on the ground. The Dolp;hins finally had success against a big receiver as they held 6'5" Brandon Marshall to only 2 catches for 27 yards.

Joey Porter had the Dolphins only sack and now has a total of 11.5 sacks.

The Dolphins kept the pressure on Broncos quarterback by usually only rushing 3 linemen, but they forced him into 3 interceptions: Jason Allen, Will Allen, and Brannon Conron. Will Allen returned his interception 32 yards for a touchdown.

The Dolphins offensive line did a decent job in pass defense, but could not block a team of grandmothers from the old folks home down the street when they needed to run the ball. Time after time Ronnie Brown was pummelled behind the line of scrimmage.

The Wild Cat was ineffective in the first half and was not even used in the 2nd half. 

QB Chad Pennington's passes were high and had 3 drops from his receivers. Still, Pennington engineered the perfect drive in the 4th quarter as the Dolphins ate up over 8 minutes on their touchdown drive that left only 3 minutes on the clock.

Be sure to come by in the morning to read Rich's observations on the game. I am out of here! Before I go, ruminate on this: The Dolphins are now 4-4 and the Cowboys are 5-4. Go figure.

Go Dolphins!

Miami faces Denver this afternoon in a 4:00 time frame on CBS in a game in which Miami will try to battle back to .500 and back in the thick of the AFC East race.  The Dolphins are coming off of a 25-16 win over AFC East leader Buffalo last week while the Broncos are coming off a bye week.

The Broncos got off to a hot start but have struggled recently and come in to the game banged up as well with the loss of Champ & Boss Bailey in the lost to New England a few weeks ago.  The Broncos feature one of the bright, young QB in the league in Jay Cutler and one of the very best young WR in the league in Brandon Marshall, a big WR that has given Miami fits all year long.  Defensively, the Broncos have really struggled and are 30th in the league in total defense and show no signs of getting better.

Denver best bet to have a chance to win this game is to get into a shootout while I believe Miami can come in to this game and employ the game plan of the Jacksonville Jaquars and dominate with the run game and control time of possession and get out of Denver with a win. 

Keys to the game will be keeping Brandon Marshall from having a huge game and getting after Cutler with pressure from the front seven, and once again, please someone join Joey Porter in putting pressure on the QB.  Miami has a chance to dominate with the run game and Chad Pennington just needs to continue to do what he has done, which is be solid and consistent.

Most experts are going with Denver, but this is a game I believe Miami has a great chance to win.