CARSON, Calif.
— All those still without http://www.authentic49ersshop.com/shop-by-players-mike-purcell-jersey-c-1_34.html power in South Florida weren
’t alone Sunday. Scores of Dolphins players also couldn’t watch the deciding moment, fearful that the week loaded with more body blows than most teams could absorb was about to deliver the knockout punch.Forgotten in those seconds, perhaps, was that a Dolphins team that so many remain convinced wasn
’t that good in 2016 is again finding ways to beat the odds in 2017. A 44-yard field goal try that NFL kickers ought to make instead sailed wide right, allowing the Dolphins to pull out a 19-17 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers and put an exclamation point on one of the weirdest weeks in team history.Want something else weird? They
’re in sole possession of first place in the AFC East.“
When the kick went wide right, that was almost a moment like, ‘This is for you,’ ” receiver Jarvis Landry said of fans in South Florida who weren’t as fortunate as the players to scurry out of the region ahead of Hurricane Irma.It was for the fans, but also for players who endured a week of practice in a strange city (Oxnard, Calif.) and woke up on a sunny Sunday morning knowing they
’d be the last NFL team to start its season. Except even then, clouds were looming http://www.authenticcowboysstore.com/shop-by-players-cedric-thornton-jersey-c-2_13.html overhead, this time in the form of a starting linebacker, Lawrence Timmons, who mysteriously left the team.
There
’s more, because these are the Dolphins. There was a dreary first half in which one of their star receivers was nearly bent in half, triggering a skirmish in the tunnel both teams use to enter their locker rooms at halftime.
