its not just the coach... the line will also move because -9.5 is LOW for this mismatch... after a few days of betting you'll see (by Thursday evening)
I am a true Giants fan who knows football too.....here is the scoop.
A - Yes Justin Tuck ans B. Jacobs will be playing versus Miami next week.
B - Sparano is not gonna get fired at all before the end of the regular season. Dolphins are already tanking the year regardless of the head coach anyways because they want Andrew Luck. Thus its easier too keep Sparano as a lame duck coach than it is to fire and replace him mid season.
Also the Dolphins GM already looked looked like an ass by meeting with Jim Harbaugh behond Sparamo's back last off season to get him to cpme to Miami. He's not gonna develop a reputation of being an ass to his head coaches again after that debacle or else no one will want to coach im Miami again. Thus Sparano stays.
Can Dolphins coach Tony Sparano earn a lifeline?
By Omar Kelly*/*Sun Sentinel**| **Wednesday, December 7, 2011**|**http://www.bostonherald.com**|**NFL Coverage
Photo by AP (File)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The irony of Sunday’s game between the Miami Dolphins [team stats] and Philadelphia Eagles is overflowing.
These teams have matching 4-8 records, but their courses to mediocrity drastically contrast.
The team that called itself the "Dream Team" is filled with Pro Bowl caliber players, and is led by one of the more established and respected coaches in the NFL.
Yet, when adversity hit, the Eagles scattered like a flock of spooked birds.
The other team, the one that began this season with limited expectations and a coach with a toe tag, fizzled out the gate.
The Dolphins fell on their face hard before eventually picking themselves up and finding a good stride, winning four of the last five games.
It’s hard to envision Andy Reid surviving this season, no matter what happens on Sunday against Miami. He’s a good coach, but 13 seasons is too long of a tenure in one spot.
Eventually players tune the coach out.
Many in South Florida believe Dolphins coach Tony Sparano will share Reid’s fate. I was one of those individuals up until last week’s pummeling of Oakland.
The team’s recent turnaround, which had made the Dolphins one of the NFL’s scariest squads, could earn Sparano a lifeline.
This won’t be a popular opinion, but if the Dolphins win-out, finishing 2011 with an 8-8 record, following the horrendous 0-7 start by winning eight of the season’s final nine games, Steve Ross should pardon Sparano.
Before you get your panties in a bunch, consider that an 8-8 record would mean the Dolphins produced a 4-2 division record, which would include season-ending wins over the New England Patriots [team stats] and New York Jets [team stats].
Consider that the Dolphins have a chance to become the first team to win at least seven games after starting 0-7.
A pair or teams — the 1978 St. Louis Cardinals and 1998 Washington Redskins — both finished the season with six wins after such poor starts.
Factor in that Miami has just obliterated a third opponent this season, and suffered four fourth-quarter losses in contests that could have easily went their way.
From a marketing and ticket sale standpoint keeping Sparano would be a nightmare.
It’s hard to sell a .500 year, especially when it follows two 7-9 seasons. But there are some benefits to continuity, and it appears Sparano’s team has finally figured it out.
The offense is scoring touchdowns and protecting the ball. The defense is presently one of the NFL’s stingiest, and special teams finally got its act together.
But is it too little, too late?
"I’m not worried about anything that happened before, or anything that will happen later on," Sparano said. "I’m just worried about what will happen right now."
On the agenda is Philadelphia at Sun Life Stadium on Sunday, then road games at Buffalo (5-7) and New England (9-3), followed by a season finale against the hated Jets (7-5).
The Dolphins have turned this season around by taking a family approach.
Sparano’s protected his baby birds, defending them even during the team’s struggled. And his players have rewarded him by becoming a unified, scrappy, resilient bunch.
The team’s 0-7 start shouldn’t, and can’t be over looked. But a 8-1 finish shouldn’t be ignored either.
"I know there’s a lot of speculation," Jason Taylor said. "It means nothing to us. I don’t think you can find a guy in the locker room that’s really worried about it, including Tony.
"I haven’t met a tougher guy than Tony. He’s like Teflon Don right now. Everything just falls off his back, and he keeps going about his business and could care less what people say."
Taylor continued: "You may not like us, you may be upset that we’re winning, but we really don’t give a damn."
But they would if knew 8-8 could save their resilient leader.
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