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| Rudy's Superbowl run with 2013-14 Miami Dolphins | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 1 2012, 08:48 AM (2,588 Views) | |
| Rudy | Dec 1 2012, 08:48 AM Post #1 |
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MIAMI DOLPHINS 2013-14 This Miami Dolphins team was under-estimated and overlooked at the start of the year. But this isn’t the same Dolphins team people expected to see at the start of the 2012 year. Many changes have taken place. OFFENCE Ryan Tannehill continues to improve and looks to be the answer at QB. He had a strong 2013 regular season. ![]() Reggie Bush left for the Detroit Lions in the offseason while young RBs Lamar Miller and Daniel Thomas more than capably filled the void. Miller’s speed made him one of the league’s best rushers while Thomas filled the short yardage roles and got quite a few carries himself. ![]() Signing Kellen Winslow was one of the best moves any team saw in free agency. He was able to stay healthy and was a tremendous weapon in the passing game. James Jones was acquired via trade and Braylon Edwards (hurt half the season) were the new starting wide receivers. Young Louis Swain has the most speed and made some big plays despite inconsistent hands. ![]() The OL featured anchors in Jake Long at LT and Mike Pouncey at C. Young Jonathon Martin is steady at RT while free agent guards filled out an OL with the lowest starter rated at 81. Edited by Rudy, Dec 1 2012, 08:59 AM.
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| Rudy | Dec 1 2012, 08:48 AM Post #2 |
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DEFENCE The front seven is extremely strong with top notch DTs in Randy Starks and Big Paul Soliai clogging the middle. Cam Wake is the top rated player and plays at RE although his production is sometimes limited due to the RE/ROLB being artificially slowed down by EA’s engine giving the LE more ease to make plays. Lawrence Jackson was signed to be play LE and almost set the sack record in his first year with Miami. Again, the lowest rated player on the DL is 82. We led the NFL with 61 sacks this year. ![]() The LB corp is also strong with all starters rated at 85-86. Dansby fills the middle while Kevin Burnett manned the weakside and nickel spots. Free agent acquisition DeAndre Levy was solid on the strong side while Koa Misi backed up all spots. ![]() The secondary is the weakest part of the defense with both safeties rated 79-81. The starting CBs are 84-85 with the nickel back at 78. The 2013-14 Dolphins defense ranked 3rd against the runs (yards) but first against the pass. The team was middle of the road with regards to interceptions. ![]() The team finished a perfect 16-0 in the regular season and got a first round bye in the playoffs. Edited by Rudy, Dec 1 2012, 08:52 AM.
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| Rudy | Dec 1 2012, 08:52 AM Post #3 |
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PLAYOFFS The first matchup in the divisional round was the Peyton Manning led Denver Broncos. They knocked the Dolphins out of the playoffs last year and were looking to do it again. They took a 23-7 lead in the 3rd quarter but Tannehill led two straight TD drives and two two point conversions to tie the game. Peyton Manning had completed 80% of his passes for 200 yards and 2 TDs with 0 INTs until the 4th quarter when he threw his only pick of the game. That led to the game winning TD for a close 30-23 Dolphins win. The next matchup was against Phillip Rivers who holds on to the ball far too long. The Dolphins sacked him like crazy and the OL and DL of 12-4 San Diego were not good. This led to an easy 26-0 AFC Championship. |
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| Rudy | Dec 1 2012, 08:52 AM Post #4 |
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SUPERBOWL 48 IN NEW YORK AT MET LIFE STADIUM It was a cold Superbowl this year. 31 degrees in New York as the Dolphins took on the Packers with the Patriots favoured despite the perfect Dolphins. Reminds me of 1972 when the perfect Dolphins were also underdogs! Aaron Rodgers wasn’t the only great player on his team. Both lines were pretty solid and Clay Matthews is a beast. I must say a couple things about the presentation. It was pretty nice for the Superbowl. EA actually added a new theme score at the beginning; there are more pre-game shots along with the F-16 flyover. It felt nice. I won the coin toss and elected to receive although I don’t generally get off to good starts. The Packers totally stuffed my running game in the first half. The halftime stats showed they completely dominated me. My only highlight was an 80 yard kickoff return where I was tackled at the 15. I tried to punch it in on 4th down, inches from the goalline but was stuffed. That really hurt. I trailed 13-3 at half time. Their defensive plays confused me at times and their various blitz packages nailed me. Clay Matthews had two sacks during the game and GB totalled 6 overall. Worse yet, Green Bay’s Shonn Greene was running the ball on me and he finished with over 100 yards on the day. The second half didn’t start out a lot better than the first. I struggled to run the ball but got my passing game going a bit. Again I got a first down inside the 5 yard line but ended up settling for a FG. I had a hard time stopping the Packers offence and they scored a TD early in the 4th quarter and took a 27-13 lead. I felt like the undefeated Patriots as they saw the Giants ruin their perfect season. The Patriots had a two TD lead and also had the ball back and were marching. They got inside my 30 yard line when Rodgers took a shot deep. My FS Chris Clemons picked him off in the end zone! The first turnover of the game and it was huge! I score a TD to cut the lead to 27-20. Again the Packers are driving on me and get inside my 25. Aaron Rodgers scrambles inside my 20 but fumbles on a hard hit! I recover and with only a few minutes left in the game I score a TD left and the game heads to OT at 27-27! Overtime I win the coin toss, get the ball but only manage one first down and punt. I force GB to punt as well. Finally on the next possession Lamar Miller busts two decent runs to get me in FG range. I get the ball down to the 23 and on third down I kick the winning FG! 30-27! It was awesome. My hands were sweating badly since the start of the 4th quarter and I was sweaty overall lol. I can’t remember the last time I actually won a Superbowl in Madden. ![]() The post-game presentation was nice. Again there was some different music played in the background. Confetti rained down as my players celebrated. Ryan Tannehill was awarded the Pete Rozelle trophy as the player of the game. He finished 24-49 for 343 yards and 3 TDs with no picks (sacked 6 times). Aaron Rodgers was 25-40, 283 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT (and one costly fumble). The Dolphins sacked him four times. Shonn Greene was 17-123 and 1 TD. Lamar Miller ended up 17-91 although a good part of those yards were in OT. Daniel Thomas only had 8 carries for 8 yards. Kellen Winslow led all receivers with 11 grabs, 147 yards and 1 TD. My young kick returner had 6 returns for 221 yards (80 long). Troy Aikman then came out and presented me, Ryan Tannehill and Braylon Edwards the Lombardi trophy in front of Roger Goodell. It was a nice touch and a thrilling end to a perfect season. ![]() ![]() |
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| Rudy | Dec 1 2012, 08:54 AM Post #5 |
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A NEW LEGEND? In only his second year, Miami Dolphins head coach Rudy Dolphin has a perfect season and a Superbowl trophy. That follows up a rookie campaign where he went 12-4. He doesn’t stack up to Vince Lombardi but he does rank slightly higher than Jim Schwartz and Jason Garrett. ![]() |
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