There are a lot of choice words you could use to describe this weeks Dolphins game. But there is also some pretty polite words that you could use as well.

Despite all that went on in the first half, whether it was the Dolphins letting the Texans do what they wanted to the Dolphins, or the fact that the Texans scored 27 points right off the bat, and went into the half with a 27-3 lead.

That lead proved to be insurmountable, even to the resilient Miami Dolphins, who have proved to all of the Dol-Fans around the world that they do not give up on themselves.

You could point out all of the miscues that went on in this game, you could argue that the Dolphins do not even deserve to get into the playoffs after losing two straight games, and even losing to the Buffalo Bills a couple weeks ago.

But the truth about this team, and this game showed it, is that the Dolphins never give up on themselves, and the same can be said for the coaches as well.

Head coach Tony Sparano and company has numerous chances to ditch this Dolphins team today, but instead, Sparano whipped them into shape at halftime, and the Dolphins came out firing on all cylinders.

Dolphins Defense Takes On Jekyll And Hyde Mentality:

The Dolphins defense played two totally different halves today.

The first half they gave up 27 points.

In the second half, a big fat 0.

It was because of this defense that you could argue the Dolphins lost the game. But you could also argue that it was the very same defense that saved the day for the Dolphins numerous times, and gave the offense all the opportunities that they could have needed, to put the Dolphins in a situation to win the game today.

The Texans may have outgained the Dolphins in total yardage, and may have held the ball over 5 minutes longer than the Dolphins, but you just get the feeling that the Dolphins should have come away with this one, for the second consecutive week now.

In my keys to the game I mentioned that the Dolphins would simply have to stop Andre Johnson if they wished to stand a chance of winning the game today.

The Dolphins held Johnson to 5 receptions for 71 yards and a touchdown. The touchdown came on a 4th-1 play, with nickel corner Nate Jones on the coverage.

The Dolphins secondary more than shut down Johnson, they really shut down every possible option in the 2nd half altogether.

Granted, the Texans did manage to squeeze the ball into some of their receivers every now and then, but their certainly was no aerial onslaught that we were all expecting.

What killed the Dolphins all through the game was the Texans run game, which was a backfield consisting of a rookie, and a journeyman. The Dolphins made both Ryan Moats and Arian Foster look like Pro-Bowlers today.

Foster rushed for 97 yards on 19 carries and a touchdown, while Moats rushed for 23 yards on 8 carries.

The run game was the most vicious weapon for the Texans today, not only because it out physicalled the Dolphins defense mostly in the first half, but also ran some massive time off the clock, and forced the Dolphins to burn some of their timeouts late in the game, where they probably could have saved some of their timeouts for a more crucial situation further into the game.

The story of the game was Texans quarterback Matt Schaub doing as he pleased in the first half, only to be shut down in the second. This was one of the main reasons for the Dolphins comeback.

Dolphins Offense Comes Alive:

Did I fail to mention that also in the first half the Dolphins offense was dysfunctional as well?

The Dolphins could not move the ball to save their lives, but suddenly put together a two minute drill that brought everything together, and gave the Dolphins a little bit of light after a Dan Carpenter field goal, to go into the half.

Chad Henne finished the game with a scary 55 pass attempts, but amazingly enough, he completed 35 of those passes.

Henne threw for 322 yards, one touchdown, and one interception throughout the game, with the interception coming off of a Ricky Williams dropped pass.

The touchdown pass went to running back Lex Hilliard late in the game to propel the Dolphins back into the thick of the game.

The Dolphins put up 17 points in the second half to show the fans just how much they can drive you to the brink.

In the end, the Dolphins could not pull out the win after being so far behind, but the play came down to two crucial plays in the 3rd quarter to put the Dolphins out of the game, and really screw them out of a chance to win the game!

With the Dolphins on defense and the Texans having the ball around midfield, the Texans passed the ball to running back Chris Brown in the flats. Brown ran about 4-5 steps with the ball, and made a football move, and next, got upended by a Dolphins defender to force a fumble.

Even after taking a good 4 steps, and making a football move, the play was ruled an incomplete pass, and we all know from watching the referees overturn a Redskins incomplete pass in the Saints game a couple weeks ago, that these types of plays cannot be reviewed.

The Dolphins got screwed on this play because the refs simply would not look at the previous play, The Texans were forced to punt shortly after, but this gave the Dolphins the ball on their own 10 yard line instead of their own 40. The Dolphins would have at least been able to try to get into field goal range, and set up a potential rally.

The next momentum shifting play that the refs were involved in was a Chad Henne rollout that resulted in a 63 yard pass play to Ted Ginn, who beat double coverage to get into the end zone, with the ball in his hands moreless!

The play was called back on a late flag that caught fullback Lousaka Polite “tripping” the oncoming rusher.

What really happened on the play that Lou went a little too low, but when Connor Barwin went to jump over Polite, Barwin flailed his legs to make it look like Lousaka did something wrong on the block.

The replays make this play look even worse from a referee’s vantagepoint, and if the touchdown would have stood, this would have changed the complexity and outcome of the game.

The refs continue to screw the Dolphins over, and it just looks like something is going on with these referee’s and how they look to throw late flags that usually result in the underdog getting called for ridiculous penalties.

The Dolphins put themselves in this position in the first place, but one has to wonder, what might have happened if the flag was not thrown on Lou, and if the Brown fumble was actually reviewed.