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Happy Birthday Jake Scott

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:33:14 +0000

Super Bowl VII MVP, Jake Scott (the original aqua and orange #13), turns 65 on July 20th. Scott, the starting Free Safety for the infamous “No Name Defense” of the 1972 Dolphins, will also be inducted into the Miami Dolphins Honor Roll during the 2010 season. Looking at the following career achievements, how is he not in the NFL Hall of Fame?

5× Pro Bowl selection (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975)
2× Associated Press first-team All-Pro selection (1973, 1974)
2× Associated Press second-team All-Pro selection (1972, 1975)
3× Newspaper Enterprise Association second-team All-Pro selection (1971, 1972, 1973)
1974 Football Digest NFL Defensive Back of the Year
2× Super Bowl champion (VII, VIII)
Super Bowl VII MVP

Jake Scott Autographed Miami Dolphins Jersey w/SB VII MVP

1972 Dolphins collectibles, custom-made jersey personally autographed by former Super Bowl VII MVP Jake Scott. After earning All-SEC honors in 1968 he joined the CFL for one season prior to joining the Miami Dolphins in 1970 for eight seasons, where he was a pro-bowl honoree five times, won Super Bowl VII and VIII. In Super Bowl VI he had two interceptions in the 14-7 victory and 63 return yards. This includes a picture of him from the signing and a certificate of authenticity from Denver Autographs.

Jake Scott Autographed Miami Dolphins Full Size Replica Football Helmet

Jake Scott Autographed/Hand Signed Miami Dolphins T/B Full Size Deluxe Replica Football Helmet with SB VII MVP Inscription. This item comes with a certificate of authenticity from Creative Sports.

Miami Dolphins History: Top 10 Defensive Backs of All-Time – Since their 1966 inception, the Dolphins have produced 22 top 10 defenses, 11 of which ranked in the top five in the league, thanks in large part to the “No Name” Defense of the early 70s, and the “No Fly Zone” of the early 2000s…

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America’s Game: Miami Dolphins

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:00:04 +0000

The Miami Dolphins of the early 1970s weren’t especially big, quick, or flashy, and they were soundly beaten by the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl VI, but they earned their place in history the following year, becoming the only team in National Football League history to go undefeated (17-0). The Dolphins’ “No Name Defense” of 1972 gave up the fewest points in the league, while the offense-playing most of the year without Pro Bowl quarterback Bob Griese-relied heavily on the ground game. Running backs Larry Csonka and Mercury Morris ran for over 1,000 yards each (an NFL first).

America's Game: Miami Dolphins DVD Set

Griese returned for the postseason and led Miami to a 14-7 victory over George Allen’s Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII, completing the Dolphins’ perfect season. It was a dilemma no other NFL team had ever faced: How do you improve on perfection? But head coach Don Shula believes that the 1973 Dolphins were even better than the team that went undefeated a year before. In Super Bowl VIII, the Dolphins pummeled the Minnesota Vikings for their second-straight world championship. Americas’ Game features exclusive interviews with Larry Csonka, Don Shula and Manny Fernandez (The 1972 Miami Dolphins) and Mercury Morris, Dick Anderson and Bob Kuechenberg (The 1973 Miami Dolphins). Join NFL Films as they recount the stories of the ’72 Dolphins’ run to 17-0 and the ’73 Dolphins’ success in defending their Super Bowl title.

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A Letter to All the “Haters”

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:03:07 +0000

Few sports teams bring out more hatred and emotion than the 1972 Dolphins. But the fact that this team stirs up so much strong emotion after 37 years is a testament to how great they are. Only really good teams are hated as much, or more than they are loved. If a team is insignificant, then people don’t even waste their energy getting worked up about them, they usually just laugh at anyone who tries to defend them. This is not the case with the ’72 Dolphins. Many will try and say that there are so many better teams, or that any pro or college football team of the modern era could beat them. But there are only unprovable opinions. Why do people get so upset? Because they know in their heart that they can’t make a solid argument to counter accomplishment. Speculation and theories don’t cut it in the end. Were the 2007 Patriots a better team, maybe, but that is as far as you can take that argument. Strength of schedule, season length, opponents’ winning percentage, modern conditioning, size and speed of players and anything else you can think of “don’t mean squat”, accomplishment does. What matters is did you take the plate that was set before you and shatter it into oblivion? Only the 1972 Dolphins have done that in the form of an undefeated Superbowl championship season. So when a team like the 2009 Colts choose to abandon the pursuit of perfection in an attempt to improve their chances to win a championship, does it diminish or devalue what the ’72 Dolphins did? Absolutely not! If anything, it makes the accomplishment all the more significant. Football use to be about toughness, with a little bit of finesse seasoned in for balance. I could make an argument that modern teams may be more athletic but they are not nearly as tough. There are so many rules, medical and technological improvements implemented for the protection of players, not to mention larger rosters. I’m not saying this is necessarily a bad thing, but it needs to be thrown into the equation of debate.

Coach Caldwell better hope that his “conservative play calling” wins him a Superbowl, because if the Colts are bounced in the playoffs, the fans will not forget. I would also make the argument that what Coach Caldwell did is more selfish than selfless. What means more to a franchise, winning a championship or winning a championship on top of a perfect season? It’s easier and, in the short term, more beneficial for a coach to just go after the championship. Then he can forever wear the title, Superbowl-winning coach. But so what, every year we have had a Superbowl winner, and every year we add yet another. But you can’t say that about a perfect season. In the Olympics, winning a gold medal is great, but it doesn’t compare to winning a gold medal when you break a record. As Coach Herm Edwards once said, “You Play to Win the Game”. When it comes to the NFL, only the 1972 Dolphins truly took that to heart every week and made good on it. And the record remains…

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