Anyone remember when you would miss school when you were younger because you were sick? One of the best things was being able to watch TV all morning. The only problem was morning/day television is no good. It’s full of soap operas and crappy court room shows. But some women love soap operas. And I mean love. Hey men like them too. Nothing wrong with that. Gossip Girl was a great show. But a soap opera can’t be great unless it has a few elements. Drama, drugs and scandals are all elements that make a soap opera what it is. There are more of course, but these are some big ones. Unfortunately the Miami Dolphins have all of these and then some.
Injuries make the season interesting. The Dolphins were a playoff team last season, but Tannehill was injured so not many people were expecting much. In the offseason Miami had some high hopes as well as expectations. A good free agency and draft made the Dolphins look like they might be the team to dethrone New England. Then Ryan Tannehill’s knee zigged when it should have zagged. Boom out of the entire season. So what does Gase do? He goes out and recruits his old Chicago quarterback Smokin’ Jay Cutler to come out of retirement. There’s your drama. Cutler wasn’t the greatest quarterback in his prime but Gase got the best out of him. Of course nobody was expecting him to be Aaron Rodgers out there. But that kind of drama brings in a lot of attention. And there’s no such thing as bad publicity. The Dolphins owned every headline in the NFL for a week straight on just this issue alone. This wasn’t even their only injury. They had about 6-7 fairly big injuries that impacted this season before it even started.
Everybody loves a great feel good story. When Katrina hit New Orleans and the Saints won the Super Bowl a few years later the world of sports went crazy. And in Peyton’s defense he couldn’t have won that game. It would be like racing a kid with prosthetic legs and absolutely dusting him. It doesn’t look good no matter how you put it. But Irma was just that for Miami. It was just a much smaller scale than Katrina. But I guarantee if Miami ends up making the playoffs or even comes close then a ton of headlines will talk about how they bounced back. The city of Miami rose together as one in the face of adversity. It really writes itself. Natural disasters are also a huge news topic/headline grabber. That’s another soap opera element in favor of the Phins. I’m sure they wish it didn’t happen but you might as well use it to your advantage. Pull at people’s heartstrings. You’ll end up riding it all the way to the bank.
What’s a good soap opera without a little white lightning? Chris Foerster was the Dolphins offensive line coach. I say was because he resigned yesterday. I wonder why. A video was released Sunday night of Foerster snorting what appeared to be cocaine right before a meeting. And I thought our line was just missing blocks and assignments. But it gets better. He also confesses his love for some poor gal throughout the entire video. Who said chivalry is dead? That’s more romantic than Romeo and Juliette if you ask me. The NFL needed a great love story and now they have it. I’m just waiting for Don Johnson to roll up in his Ferrari or Ace Ventura to pull up and investigate the whole thing. Only they could get to the bottom of this. What happens in Miami stays in Miami I guess. It’s as if Miami didn’t already have enough attention with Jay Cutler. The Dolphins surely will stay in the headlines this week after this incident. But here’s a thought nobody was thinking. Coach Foerster was just taking one for the team. He got people off of the Jay Cutler situation for a few minutes. He fell on his sword, and we should all try to be as noble as him.
The NFL this season has been filled with drama and it’s not even halfway through. I know ratings are down, but it’s exciting stuff to watch everything unfold. Only time will tell for these Dolphins, but if it stays like this I can fully expect them to be renewed for another couple seasons.
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