There aren’t many NFL fans who don’t know about the “Suck for Luck” campaign.
You know, the team with the worst record gets the top draft pick and, consequently, highly-touted Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck.
But, until last week, there was someone who claimed ignorance to it -- Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Mike Nolan, who could certainly use Luck right about now.
“Suck for Luck?” Nolan said to the Palm Beach Post when asked about it. “I haven't heard that. I really haven’t.”
Seriously?
Well, it probably doesn’t matter now, because the Dolphins are off the snide after defeating the Chiefs, 31-3, Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.
“The guys played good and the coaches coached good,” Dolphins coach Tony Sparano told the media after the win. “Those guys kept believing in the locker room. They were pretty daring today, to come into a place like this and win a football game — that’s a really good team out there — credit to the people in the locker room and to those coaches.”
As the score implies, it was a solid, statement-sending win for the Dolphins (1-7). And a lot of the credit goes to the play of quarterback Matt Moore. He was the first Miami signal-caller to throw for three touchdowns since Chad Pennington back in 2008, as he threw for 244 yards en route to a dominating Dolphins W.
Running back Reggie Bush, tight end Anthony Fasano and wide receiver Brandon Marshall also had big games, showing the production a lot of people expected from the Dolphins since the season started but haven’t seen until Sunday.
“I’m just happy for the guys in the locker room, I really am,” Sparano said. “All I’ve wanted to do for seven weeks is to see these guys smile. I’m happy for them, happy for people in the organization and happy for the coaches.”
So, are the Dolphins out of the Suck for Luck campaign? Hardly. But they’re looking a lot better than the dismal Indianapolis Colts who look like a pop warner team without quarterback Peyton Manning.
And expect Miami to keep playing the way Nolan was thinking until his interview with the Palm Beach Post. No one in that locker room in thinking about Luck, and they shouldn’t be.
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