Comments from CBS analyst Dan Dierdorf on the Patriots-Dolphins game, as provided by the CBS public relations staff:
On the game itself. "It’s hard to sweep a team during the regular season and that is what Miami is trying to do because they won so convincingly the first time around. One would have to think that New England is going to spin off a really good game this week against Miami. If Miami muscles up again and beats New England for the second time this year, coming off a 1-15 season, it would be a bigger loss for New England than it would be if Miami loses."
On Miami. "What a great story this season is for the Miami Dolphins. To put their season in perspective so far, if a year from now we are sitting here talking about the Detroit Lions in contention to win their division, we would say that is just not possible. Are you kidding me? I know the economy isn’t doing well, but that is outrageous to think that. The turnaround of the Dolphins is one of the great stories of the 2008 NFL season."
On the AFC East race. "If they get by New England, the Dolphins have, with St. Louis, San Francisco and Kansas City factored in there, a very attractive end of their schedule. Now, they will also have to go to Buffalo [in Toronto] and to New York. Miami winning this week would not make them the favorites to win the division but it certainly could set up an interesting end of the season playing the Jets."
On New England. "New England was embarrassed the first time they played Miami. That was the first time Miami showed that “wildcat” formation and just went crazy on the Patriots. The Patriots were embarrassed. This is the National Football League and an embarrassed football team is an angry football team. And an angry football team usually is very focused and plays very well. This is going to be somewhat of a hostile Patriots team that shows up Sunday to play the Dolphins. This will tell us a lot about New England, whether they can channel being mad into quality play."
On Matt Cassel. "Another great storyline to this game, is Matt Cassel making himself a lot of money? Even though they lost to the Jets last week, he played a very good football game. He is really coming on. Is he making himself some money by becoming an attractive commodity on the market next year?"
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