"Wannstedt's just all wet."

[WilliamPitt]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?id=1899034

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Late in the third quarter, Dolphins tight end Randy McMichael flinched, and Patriots linebacker Rosevelt Colvin pushed him to the Gillette Stadium turf. McMichael didn't appreciate it and he let Colvin know it. And one can't help but appreciate how symbolic a play it was, one representative of the position both franchises find themselves.

The Dolphins are down right now, way down, and like everyone else, they're looking up at the Patriots.

There was a time not long ago when the Patriots would only manhandle Miami in their dreams. Now? The Dolphins are living a real-life nightmare, while fans in New England envision their team going undefeated. It was less then two years ago, in fact, on the final weekend of the 2002 season, when the Patriots had to rally from 11 points down with four minutes to play to win here in overtime, that these two teams could be considered equal. They both finished 9-7 that year and missed the playoffs on a tiebreaker.

Now? They aren't even close. They're not in the same ballpark. They're not, figuratively speaking, in the same league. Miami and New England are playing the same sport, they're just on distinctly different levels.

In this tale of two teams, New England is living in the best of times; Miami the worst. The Dolphins are mired in their longest losing streak in more than a decade; are off to their first 0-5 start since the year the franchise started (1966); and have lost four straight regular-season games to the Patriots for the first time since the late '80s. The Patriots, with a 24-10 win Sunday, won their league-record 19 consecutive game (including playoffs) and a victory next week over Seattle would tie them with the 1933-34 Bears with 17 straight regular-season wins.

As time expired, Rodney Harrison and Richard Seymour doused Bill Belichick with a bucket of cold liquid, all at once a celebration and an acknowledgement of an accomplishment from which the Patriots had tried to distance themselves. The distance between Belichick and his counterpart, Dave Wannstedt, could not be any greater. Wannstedt's just all wet.

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[democracyindanger]

1. In over his head

Watch him on the sideline. Always looks the same: Like he's bailing water out of a sinking boat.

[JCMach1]

2. Wannstedt is history and he knows it...

Without a coach, a QB (or any offense for the matter) the Phins are down and out... :(

However, what goes around comes around... and on a day in the not to near future we will say the same of the Patsies... Sorry, lifelong Dolphins follower.

Also, the Pats WILL NOT go undefeated this season. They ARE NOT that good!

[Swamp Rat]

3. Geaux Saints!

Oh when the Saints, go marchin' in, Oh when the Saints go marchiiin'innn, I want to beeee iiin daaat numberrrr, oh when the Saints go marchin' in!

[WilliamPitt]

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