Monday Night Football Tonight

Monday Night Football Tonight:We recently published a post — that we deleted after about 45 seconds — recommending a play on the Dolphins +3 over the Colts in tonight’s Monday Night Football matchup that was primarily reasoned backward from the notion that a play on the Colts looks too easy tonight.  We reversed course because we realized moments after publishing that it’s not what we, or anyone in Cleveland needs to be doing tonight, pulling for a football team with an offensive attack that looks as much like the Browns’ as the attack of these Dolphins does.  So let’s reason backward from somewhere else.We were inclined to think that the Dolphins couldn’t turn the ball over four times again this week, or be as unlucky as to lose three fumbles — two by tight end Anthony Fasano — like they did in their season opener last week in Atlanta.  But then we realized that that’s just the kind of crap that happens to a team that can’t/won’t throw the ball downfield.  The defense knows the ball’s going to go underneath, and POP!  It’s hard enough to pull for one such team in a week to overcome this kind of weakness.  Twice in one week ought to require a really good reason.

Jaguars Taylor FootballTonight, we have no such reason.  We know in Cleveland how quickly it can be back to the toilet after a 10+ win season fresh out.  Peyton Manning will be playing in his happy place, Land Shark Stadium, where he won his Superbowl.  And it’s a made for TV Monday Night Football anniversary.  We know that Peyton loves the camera, and the camera loves Peyton.  Especially when there’s no playoff pressure in the air.

The “looks too easy” crowd was served plenty last Monday night.  Tonight, it will feel good to be on the side of the forward pass, no matter how easy that choice might be going in.  Colts -3 over the Dolphins (3 units).

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Monday Night Football Tonight was first posted on September 22, 2009 at 10:50 am.
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