Was This the Greatest September Victory

Was This the Greatest September Victory

It's easy to get caught up in the moment, be a prisoner of the moment as they say, but it's impo sible to ignore the magnitude of what the Miami Dolphins accomplished against the Malcolm Jenkins Jersey Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.It's also impo sible not to start looking back through the franchise's history to try to come up with better September victories. And doing that, it's very clear that the 42-38 comeback victory, thanks to the heroics of Tua Tagovailoa, Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle and company, belongs in the top 10 on that list.Actually, it ranks very high on that list. Very, very high.Let's examine how high we'd put it as we count down the top 10 Miami Dolphins September victories.This Week 2 Monday night game ended up being the Dolphins season opener because their Week 1 game against New England was postponed in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. And what an opener it turned out to be, as Dan Marino directed a late game-winning drive capped by a Mack Hollins Jersey Mark Higgs touchdown run.While there was a lot of excitement heading into Marinos first full season as a starter, the opener seemed daunting on the road against a Washington team coming off two Super Bowl appearances. It wasnt daunting after all. Marino threw five TDpa ses to start his historic pa sing season.The first Sunday night game of the 2001 season featured two teams that had made the playoffs the previous year, and the Dolphins prevailed thanks to a 65-yard touchdown reception by running back Lamar Smith and, of course, the famous Zach Thomas pick-six that he punctuated with a flip into the end zone.Scroll to ContinueTwo years after they both were first-round picks, Marino and John Elway faced each other for the first time at Mile High Stadium and it was no contest. Marino pa sed for 390 yards and three TDs, while Elway was held without a touchdown pa s.In addition to being a game that featured a lot of big plays, including Jakeem Grants kickoff return for a touchdown and a 75-yard TDpa s from Ryan Tannehill to Kenny Stills, this game also had the distinction of being the longest in NFLhistory thanks to two weather-related delays of over an hour.This much-anticipated rematch of the 1971 Christmas Day playoff Mike Quick Jersey cla sic turned into a bit of a dud after the Dolphins jumped to a 17-0 lead on their way to an easy victory, and it set the tone for the Dolphins march to a perfect season.The game loses points in the countdown because the outcome was decided early, but there might not be a more Chuck Bednarik Jersey satisfying victory on this list based on what the Dolphins did to the Patriots while unveiling the Wildcat. It was simply glorious for Dolphins fans. Ronnie Browns performance that day was unforgettable.With a giant flag draped acro s the field as the NFLresumed games after the events of 9/11, this was bound to be a memorable day regardle s. It became even more memorable when Jay Fiedler scrambled for a game-winning touchdown in the final seconds, his triumphant fist-raising in the end zone captured for the front page of Sports Illustrated.The 1994 season opener at muddy Joe Robbie Stadium featured a cla sic shootout between Drew Bledsoe and Marino, made even more remarkable by the fact this was Marinos first regular season game since his Achilles injury. As a bonus, the game-winning touchdown came on a fourth-and-5 when Marino connected with Andrew Sendejo Jersey Irving Fryar for a 35-yard score.Yep, we've done it. We've put this game right at the top of Dolphins September victories. We actually went back and forth between this and the 1994 game and really thought about going with the latter because of the Marino Achilles angle, but this one could end up serving as a launching pad to Tua becoming a franchise quarterback, it also had the great comeback that broke a 711-game NFL streak of teams losing when down by 21 in the fourth quarter, and it had the record-setting day by Hill and Waddle. So, yes, we're going with this one at number 1. Call it recency bias, prisoner of the moment, whatever. We feel it belongs at the top.

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