Mercury Morris and the 72 Dolphins
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This is not to diss the 72 Dolphins; but I think they need to all get together in Florida, drink champagne and then drop it for good. In my opinion, the Colts sent them a nasty message. The message was "We do not care about the record." Pulling Peyton with the lead in game 15 was a slap in the face to the 72 Dolphins. The fans are the only ones who care about these things. I think it's sad; but it's the truth. It's all about money and the Super Bowl. Although, the Colts must have bad memories. The last time they shut it down during a perfect season they lost their 1st game in the playoffs. The Steelers beat them up physically. They made alot of mistakes and looked like a team not in sync. Just to add: I think the 72 Dolphins record is awesome and I wonder behind closed doors how many Colts players were pissed when Manning was pulled and the backup QB was just terrible.
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Give up a chance to be the Greatest Team Ever, just to take a chance on being just another Super Bowl winner?
Not to take anything away from winning the Super Bowl (it is a great achievement)...but I'd rather be known as being a member of the Greatest Team Ever!
Hats Off to the 1972 Dolphins!!!!!
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<< <i>Personally, I'd be Royally Pissed Off if I was a Colts player! >>
Why would you be pissed? An undefeated season means nothing without a super bowl win, just ask Tom Brady and all the patriots if he would have traded the perfect regular season for a super bowl win. 100 out of 100 players would have readily made that trade.
<< <i>Give up a chance to be the Greatest Team Ever, just to take a chance on being just another Super Bowl winner?
Even if the Colts went undefeated and won the super bowl, they wouldn't be known as the greatest team ever.
<< <i>Not to take anything away from winning the Super Bowl (it is a great achievement)...but I'd rather be known as being a member of the Greatest Team Ever!
Uhm, winning the super bowl is the ULTIMATE achievement in pro football...much, much more important than some dumb regular season record.
i think it was a shame to sit the players, next week they should not take a snap and play all 3rd string players.
next week the games that have no playoff meaning should be canceled, why get someone hurt?
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Our Wr was a crybaby though he didnt set a td record because of this, and I think he was and still is the reason we lost. 0 catches that game....The guy usually had 10 plus.
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<< <i>The letter from Shula was ridiculous in how it talked of how Indy losing confirmed how difficult it is to go undefeated. Indy did not lose because of the pressure to go 19-0. Indy lost because they did not see going undeafeated as a priority and rested their players. I do wish Indy would've run the table just to shut up the '72 Dolphins. >>
i agree whole-heartedly
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<< <i>Did the Colts fans at the game get an exhibition game discount? Of course not. The Colts were the only pro team that I really respected as Peyton Manning is one of the class, throwback players. Now I hope that they get bounced in the first round. >>
Uhm what are you talking about? You no longer respect Manning because he feels the postseason is more important than the regular season, in which they went 14-0 and had the #1 seed locked up? Really? And would you have respected Peyton more if he had been out there in the second half of a meaningless game and gotten injured? Or would you be here screaming at a coach who left his QB in a meaningless game to get hurt?
Good god people settle down. The coach made the right call. Let the first team play a half, look sharp, put up points on a stingy defense, then rest the important and injured players. It's apparent you guys have never played sports on any level to suggest that a meaningless regular season record in any way, shape, or form trumps postseason success.
<< <i> Let the first team play a half, look sharp, put up points on a stingy defense, then rest the important and injured players. >>
Indy put 9 points on the board in the first half and did not look all that sharp. I actually thought their play in the first half would keep them in the entire game.
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Why is it that when an NFL team with a record of 13-0 or better come around in December the sports media always dredges up the 1972 Dolphins and always dredges up the same guy from that team. Mercury Morris. He is annoying beyond belief. He probably makes a living off of being a shill for the 1972 Dolphins team.
<< <i>Arguments can go either way. This I do know, back in high school we were 8-0 and we locked up 1st seed, we sat out qb and main wr ( not me lol) and lost. We were real mad about that, and guess what, we lost to a team that we crushed earlier in the year. I think if we hadnt sat those guys, and lost our perfect season, we would have carried momentum.
Our Wr was a crybaby though he didnt set a td record because of this, and I think he was and still is the reason we lost. 0 catches that game....The guy usually had 10 plus. >>
umm i hope you just graduated from HS, otherwise give it up already.
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<< <i> Let the first team play a half, look sharp, put up points on a stingy defense, then rest the important and injured players. >>
Indy put 9 points on the board in the first half and did not look all that sharp. I actually thought their play in the first half would keep them in the entire game. >>
I thought they would stay after a not so good first half.
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<< <i>Did the Colts fans at the game get an exhibition game discount? Of course not. The Colts were the only pro team that I really respected as Peyton Manning is one of the class, throwback players. Now I hope that they get bounced in the first round. >>
actually the fans did the the nfl exhibition discount. there isnt one. same price preseason or real game. then increase the price for playoff games in increments.
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Plus the year before (71) The Cowboys beat the Dolphins 24-3 in the SB. The ONLY team to ever not allow a Touchdown in a Super Bowl.
The Dolphins 72 record had move to do with level of play.....than how good the were!
Plus the year before (71) The Cowboys beat the Dolphins 24-3 in the SB. The ONLY team to ever not allow a Touchdown in a Super Bowl.
The Dolphins 72 record had move to do with level of play.....than how good the were!
And the year after (1973) the Dolphins beat the Vikes for a 2nd straight Superbowl victory. What does any of that mean?
Perhaps Mercurry Morris and the rest of the 72 fins are bitter old men because people like you make this stupid statement and refuse to recognize something special. bottom line, no other football team has gone unbeaten or tied since or after, how can anyone argue with that? They beat every team they faced that year, they were underdogs in the AFC game agianst the steelers and underdogs to the Redskins. And both times they won, in fact had Garo Y. made the field goal the game would have ended 17-0 just like their record. The redskins could not move the balls on the Fins in that game.
Here's another great stat, in 1972 Greise went down with a broken leg and old man Earl Morral stepped in for 10 games. How would the Colts, Patriots, Steelers, etc do if they lost their starting QB.
Miami accomplished something special that year and no one gives them credit, I would be bitter and wish for other teams not to accomplish that too.
Why - because he sat some starters in menalingless games. A couple of years ago the Pats were undefeated played all their starters and lost the Superbowl to a team they beat in the last game of the regular season. Had they sat Brady in the last game the Giants would not have elevated their believe that they could play with the Pats and Brady might have been healthier to play the SB.
Comments like this is why "fan" comes from the word fanatic....
I'm explaining why Morris is so bitter - he should be. It's point of views like this that makes them so irrate. The fact remains that no other team has done it and that should be something that everyone should consider special BUT most fans (outside of dolphin fans) don't or belittle them
<< <i>f the Colts dont at least go to the super bowl, they should fire that coach.
Why - because he sat some starters in menalingless games. A couple of years ago the Pats were undefeated played all their starters and lost the Superbowl to a team they beat in the last game of the regular season. Had they sat Brady in the last game the Giants would not have elevated their believe that they could play with the Pats and Brady might have been healthier to play the SB.
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Because it was a BONEHEAD move. Every game is important. The Colts worked so hard to get to 14-0, only to throw it all away. Manning and the other starters wanted to play. It also cheats the fans who pay thousands of dollars to watch the stars in action. Any loss will hurt a teams confidence. Look at the saints. Look at how bad the Colts played againsnt a horrible Buffalo team. I guarantee those last two colts losses will affect how they play in the playoffs. Ive seen it happen over and over, when the coaches who sit there star players, when playoff time comes around they perform like s$%&.
You take away one fluke play during that 4th quarter of the giants super bowl, and the patriots would have gone undefeated that year.
<< <i>It's apparent you guys have never played sports on any level to suggest that a meaningless regular season record in any way, shape, or form trumps postseason success. >>
Sorry for the delayed response but I just saw this post.
Michael Irvin said he would trade in all 3 super bowl rings and being in the HOF for an undefeated season.
<< <i>"I would turn in all three Super Bowls and my Hall of Fame bust for one undefeated season," Irvin said during NFL Gameday Morning. >>
That's not taking anything out of context, he really did mean it.
Don't believe me, here's the video provided by the NFL: Link
So, what were you saying again?