Issue 5:
Current Record (6-6, 4-2)

My apologies for not being up to par on putting up a Wildcat Weekly after a very crucial victory in Carolina. To be honest, graduating college isn't as easy as I thought it would be, plus I was a bit down after that tough loss to Buffalo. But how about beating the Patriots at their own game Sunday! We hung in there and Chad Henne eclipses the 300 mark and throws for 2 scores. If Henne outshined Brady and Vontae outshined Moss, then hell, I'm pretty damn excited for the future.

Handing the Pats their first consecutive loss streak in three years sure feels good. Yes, we hate the Jets, but I love knowing that we are the team that gives New England the most trouble. I mean, if we can beat them (and it feels like we beat them every year) we can beat anybody right? We get this swagger after a victory like that, even makes me just want to scream "I'm the Juggernaut bitch!" to anybody in a Patriot jersey.  Crazy how, the Patriots have not won a road game in the country this year, while the Fins are 5-0 in December under Sparano.

One of the few times, we were happy he was NOT sacked.

What impressed me Sunday...

The Pats gave the ball over twice in the red zone, we converted on two fourth downs that led to scores.

We got pressure when we needed to and they didn't.

Henne is one resilient robot man. The dude makes some bonerific throws. Every week he makes an awesome throw that makes me gotta have more Henne! I mean the TD pass to Hartline was a throw only 5% of QB's out there can make. And he loves that cutback route on a roll out on fourth down to Camarillo. I loved watching Pennington, but I feel alot happier having Henne in there on 3rd and 8's because I feel that he will convert it 9/10 times. I don't know about you but I'm willing to bet our conversion percentage on 3rd and more than 5 is probably 2 times higher than last year.

VD is otherworldly. How the heck did he catch this!?

Quick Hits:

• The Indianapolis Colts have 113 wins this decade (2000-2009), tying the Niners of the 90's and 3 wins above the Patriots this decade as well. If, and WHEN, they win one of their next four games they will have the most wins EVER in a 10 year period. This is what happens when you have a franchise QB like Peyton Manning. Gotta be happy that we might have a great QB in the future as well. The Dolphins of the 70's have 109 wins, BTW.
• If Tim Tebow's tears cure cancer, then the world might be saved after Saturday's SEC Championship. Honestly, I know your a competitor Tim, but hold it together. Your college team is arguably the best ever, you've lost like 5 times in your life, you have won the Heisman Trophy and will soon make millions in the NFL. And have you seen your girlfriend, bro? She's effing angelic. In fact, if you weren't so PERFECT you'd say SCREW football and sit and home and play with those funbags like a cat batting at string. Showing glory to God is one thing, but I think even Jesus thinks you're retarded.
• You may have heard that Tom Brady and Gisele welcomed a baby boy Tuesday. But in other under the radar news, the paternity test is official, Vontae Davis IS Tom Brady's Daddy!

OWNED! (Pic courtesy of Matty)

Wildcat Weekly Points-

Feel free to comment below and predict the score and 3 other minor predictions about Sunday's game in Jax.

For example, here's mine...

Miami 31, Carolina 28

1. Henne throws his first game of 3 TD passes.
2. Randy Starks will have 2 sacks. Wake will have one.
3. We have a TD pass of 50+ yards.

Closest prediction is the Nostradamus of the Week and gets 5 WW points!

Here are the point totals so far:


Matty-6
Mosul-5
Chupathingy-5 (Last Trivia Winner)
NCMike- 5 (Predicted Carolina Score)
kdock-5
BuckeyeBill- 3


Trivia:

You know the drill. First to post all 5 correct answers below gets 5 WW points!

1.) Who leads the team in tackles? How many does he have?

2.) Which week did our offense have the most total yards?

3.) In how many weeks did we not have a turnover?

4.) The Miami Dolphins had a perfect season record in the 1970s. In that particular season, they had two running backs who rushed for 1000 yards. Who was their third running back who also rushed for over 500 yards in that season?

5.) Only 6 non-kickers have led the league in scoring. Of these players, give me the name of the only WR to do it, the only RB to do it more than once, and the RB that holds the most points for a single season in NFL history.

So that's it boys and girls. We face a surprising 7-5 Jaguars team and the team that loses this game probably won't be featured in the playoffs. One game at a time, let's walk into their stadium and steal one. I expect a confident Henne and an aerial attack to rain down on their secondary! Let's go Fins, its about time we got over the hump and became a team over .500. LETS GO FINS!!!

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Issue 4:

Current Record (4-5, 3-1)

A lot of emotions after a crazy, crazy week. Usually a victory against an in-state rival gets us a bit more exited. But, of course all this is partly due to the sad sad news coming Thursday evening.

To a fallen soldier!

Medic, Mosul, I need your help with this one. Ronnie, I love you man, but you gotta stop doing this to us, brother! I mean, at the end of the game and everything, this is too reminiscent. We all remember the last season you peaced on us. You left us to die as the laughing stock of the NFL! In fact, If it wasn't for Greg Camarillo, well, we won't even go there. Ronnie, you pulled a Ron Burgandy here and left all us in tears.

I guess this is Ricky's team now. So everybody, grab your favorite strand of sticky icky and light one in his honor. One love, my brother.

Last Sunday's game and looking forward to Carolina on a Thursday night can definitely be best described as the Good, The Bad, and the Very Very Ugly.

THE GOOD

THE BAD

THE UGLY!

Listen, we know the BAD and UGLY of Week 10, but I'm gonna try to keep this a positive post and to avoid 'THE SKY IS FALLING' theme that is oh so common on our blog. We're not Cleveland, we'll make it through the negatives. Yes, we barely beat a 1 win team after collapsing in the 4th. Yes, we made a unthinkable INT with minutes left in the final quarter. But we fought through it, just like we will continue to fight for the rest of our season. Since Henne has started, he's 4-2 with losses coming against New England and New Orleans. He's also had 2 game winnning drives. Not bad for any QB IMO. Opposing teams, don't think we're bending over like Brady and letting us you rail us for the remainder of the season! This is why I'm gonna focus on the good for the remainder of my post.

THE GOOD:

• We won our game and the rest of our division lost. This is HUGE, and anytime it happens we need to appreciate it!

The Bills, who never really were a threat in the first place, are in shambles. Getting a Big F U in Tennesee and then your head coach getting canned. Yikes!

New England had the arguably best team in football all wrapped up when Bill Belicheck flexed his giant ego and tried to do the usual act of "I've got the biggest balls in football". He may have the biggest balls, but maybe not the biggest brain, and needs to remember he doesn't have the greatest QB, the Colts do. Their schedule gets increasingly difficult and one can't help to look ahead at that Week 13 matchup in Miami that could be for the lead of the division.

And the Jets... where do I start? I guess I'll just be the bigger man and leave at the fact that Maurice Jones Drew felt too bad to score against your lowly defense. And Rex Ryan cried like a schoolboy bitch. And you've lost 5 of the last 6. And you play IN New England. And, Rex Ryan is beginning to look alot like Dick Jauron. But way, way fatter. I mean I could mention ANY of these things, but i'll take the high road. We all remember how trash talking ended up for Calvin Pace!

• JT is still the real OG of Miami. It feels great. It's like the guy is Benjamin Button and never ages. Or Jack, but less hairier, u know?

• Yes, it sucks putting Ronnie on IR. There's very little to be positive about here. However, we all knew how good he was, and we all knew in all honesty it probably wasn't our year to hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy. In fact, we're realistically ATLEAST another year away from being a SERIOUS contender. This being said, let's say 2011 is our year; we can use this year to see how our young reserves will fare in the future. We already lost CP10, and we remember how much it hurt. But, looking back we can all probably agree that we're glad Henne got a shot, because CP wasn't the QB to take us to the ship, and we got to see that Henne could be that guy. Now you can't replace a Ronnie Brown, just like you can't replace a Gary Buttiere, but now that him and Cobbs are done in 2009, we need to see if Kory Sheets or Lex Hilliard can be valuable starters for our team moving forward. This is a great way to judge our depth at the RB position. Worst case scenario, and they don't impress, then we might look to the draft to draft a complementary back to Ricky and Ronnie who are accumulating alot of miles under their belts.

• We're not the only one's banged up. Both Carolina's backs are questionable but probably will play. Jordan Gross, their top O-linemen is also on the IR and so is their best LB, Thomas Davis. Yes, going to Carolina is tough, especially because they have been playing well as of late. But if our D can focus on stopping the run and just contain Steve Smith I'm not scared of Jake Delhomme to beat us. Offensively, I think Ricky will hold his own but Henne will need to be a major factor in managing the game OUR WAY, if we want to walk out with a W. Having Ronnie out will allow us to experiment with some more aggressive styles so don't be surprised if Miami airs it out, and if Pat White is on the field early and often. I guarentee you this, we will MOST DEFINITELY learn alot about our team in the next few weeks. 

Wildcat Weekly Points-

Because nobody came close to last week's prediction vs Tampa Bay there were no WW points handed out this week. Feel free to comment below and predict the score and 3 other minor predictions about tonight's game.

For example, here's mine...

Miami 23, Carolina 21

1. Ted Ginn catches a TD of longer than 40 yards
2. Ricky has over 80 yards but no rushing TD's
3. We will be +2 in the TO margin.
   

Closest prediction is the Nostradamus of the Week and gets 5 WW points!

Here are the point totals so far:

Matty-6

Mosul-5

kdock-5

BuckeyeBill- 3

Trivia:

You know the drill. First to post all 5 correct answers below gets 5 WW points!

1.) Currently, who has the best QB rating on our team?
2.) Who has the most rushing yards per attempt on our team?
3.) Who has the most receiving yards per catch on our team?
4.) True or False: Dan Carpenter's FG% is actually better than his XP%.
5.) Who was credited to our only safety last year? Who did we play?

So that's it. Here's to an early football game so we can relax on Sunday and enjoy the other games from around league. Like who do we root for between NYJ and NE?

As for Carolina, I hate to say it, but we desperately need to get to .500 if we want to make a run in the AFC, but their team is in the same boat and will make it a tough matchup. It should be a great game, and if we can squeak out a win without Ronnie we can put some pressure on New England! Let's go Fins!

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THE RULES:

Every Week you have to post your prediction on the score and 3 predictions on things that will happen. The three predictions can be as broad or as specific as you'd like... After the game is completed we will look over whose predictions were the closest and we will vote on the winner or as I will call it Nostradamus of the week. I will also give these winners a shoutout in the next issue of Wildcat Weekly after EVERY VICTORY...

Previous winner: buckeyebill

remember to keep it in the format below and feel free to comment as well, but keep your comments as replies only so every ORIGINAL comment is a prediction.

I'll also include picks for this weeks games.. you can put your picks if you so choose and maybe you might be this weeks winner if you get close enough!

SCORE: Miami 23, Tampa Bay 10

1) DC$ goes 3/3 on FG's

2.) Randy Starks keeps his sack streak alive with another one

3.) 2 picks: Nathan Jones and Sean Smith!

NFL Picks:

SF over CHI

TEN over BUF

NO over STL

MIA over TB

MIN over DET

NYJ over JAX

PIT over CIN

DEN over WAS

ATL over CAR

OAK over KC

DAL over GB

ARI over SEA

SD over PHI

NE over IND

BAL over CLE (31-0)

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Issue 3:

Current Record (3-4, 3-0)

Break out the brooms, bitches! It's funny how a Jet victory can cure all. I had a cold during Halloween and went to the doctor and his advice was to get some rest and watch the Dolphins beat up on the Jets, again. And what do you know, 2 1/2 teaspoons of Jason Taylor and Ted Ginn later, I felt like a new man. After a tough loss to the Saints, sweeping our most hated rivals and sending them spiraling into a whole notha' world of mess is about as good as watching people fall. Kind of crazy that our last 2 wins were against the one team we loathe the most. How great it is to see Sanchez on the sideline sulking. Don't get me wrong, it was ugly at times, but we hung in there and found ways to win in which I've never seen before. We might not be the best team in football - but sometimes it's hard to deny the magic that we see from our boys every gameday.

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Big Game Boys!!!

This is the time where you vote for the Nostradamus of the week with the best predictions of yesterdays whupping of the Jest. Here are your nominees...

 

Rzayo24- Close score

I predict we do the Wildcat flipback to Henne deep bomb pass this week…..apparently the way to stop the Wildcat was magically invented last week annd it involves blitzing you corners….go for it….i see a Hillard or Haynos slipping deep for that trickeration

Phins 30 JETS 20

buckeyebill- Ginn intuition

Phins 31-17

Ted Ginn will have 2 TD’S in this game….Call me crazy! But I have a feeling!

 

joel311- Close score

And I think we win by at least 10 so I’m going to guess the score will be something like 33-23.

CaliPhinian- KO return

Phins 27-24

1) This one is going to overtime
2) Fins finally run back a kickoff (or punt) for a score
3) Combined rush yards for both teams will be double the combined pass yards

 

Blaze453- 2 sacks

Phins 27-20

1) 2 sacks
2) 175 combined team rushing yards mia
3) 2 interceptions mia

So there are your nominees folks. Nobody too close but it's up to you to decide who wins the title for Week 8 Nostradamus.

Make sure to vote and provide your own predictions in my post next week when we travel to Foxboro!

And keep your eyes open for a new Wildcat Weekly in the works, we just swept the jets so I have a feeling  it's gonna be a good one. The winner of this Nostradamus of the Week will get a shout out in the new issue. Enjoy the win boys and girls!

Ok so yes I am taking this idea from Canal Street Chronicles (The Saints Blog) because I personally think it's an awesome one. They recieve full credit for this idea, in also run a really neat blog over there as well. Good game to you guys you lucky bastards lol.

Anyways here's how it works...

Every Week you have to post your prediction on the score and 3 predictions on things that will happen. The three predictions can be as broad or as specific as you'd like... After the game is completed we will look over whose predictions were the closest and we will vote on the winner or as I will call it Nostradamus of the week. I will also give these winners a shoutout in the next issue of Wildcat Weekly after EVERY VICTORY...

So I will start it out...

remember to keep it in the format below and feel free to comment as well, but keep your comments as replies only so every ORIGINAL comment is a prediction.

Here's mine for this week, I'm going to play it conservative this week:

SCORE: Miami 24, New York 18

1.) Ronnie Brown will have 100+ yards, and 1 TD

2.) Gibril Wilson gets an INT

3.) Cameron Wake gets a sack.

I believe Power Rankings are tough to do but i believe is alot easier to classify teams in 4 classes. No, I'm not talking Harry Potter guys, I'm talking about putting teams into the following...

• Elite- These guys got what it takes. Any one of these teams can beat ANYBODY and a Super Bowl is in grasp.
• Good- The good teams, can potentially knock off elite teams and should win the majority of their games. Losses don't come often, but these teams are missing either a few key positions or solid momentum from being a legitimate threat.
• Middle of the Pack- These teams can beat good teams but lose to bad teams. Consistency is the key and you never know what your going to get. These teams have to fight and pray for a wild card spot.
• Crap- These teams suck. Plain and simple. Playoffs won't happen so might as well start looking into next year's draft.

Rankings after the jump...

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