Dec 29 2008
Dolphins Go From Worst To First To Win AFC East Crown
Chad Pennington led the Miami Dolphins into the Jets home stadium and came away with a 24-17 win. The victory of winning the AFC East is sweet but what is even sweeter is that the Jets had kicked Pennington to the curb only a month before training camp started in favor of what they thought would be their savior Brett Favre.The Jets scored first on a 13 yard pass from Favre to Laveranues Coles. The extra point was missed so it made it 6-0. Miami then took the lead 14-6 by scoring 2 touchdowns in a span of 15 seconds. First Pennington hit Ted Ginn Jr. with a 27 yard touchdown pass with just over 2 minutes remaining in the half. On the Jets first play of their next possession Favre tossed a little pass towards Thomas Jones but Phillip Merling stepped in front of the ball and returned it for the touchdown. The Jets went ahead early in the third quarter on Leon Washington’s 10 yard touchdown run and a 2 point conversion. Miami took the lead back for good when Pennington hit Anthony Fasano with a 20 yard touchdown pass. Dan Carpenter also added a 48 yard field goal for Miami to finish off the scoring. Favre made plenty of mistakes and was 20 for 40 for 233 yards and 1 TD but also threw 3 interceptions.After every interception he threw you could see him flexing his arm on the sideline, so look for the retirement soap opera in the next few weeks. Pennington was 22 for 30 for 200 yards and threw 2 TD’S. Next up for the Dolphins they get the Baltimore Ravens next week in Miami to start the playoffs. The Ravens beat the Dolphins in week 7 27-13 but that was way back then. I look for the Dolphins to kick butt then on to the next round.
