Well, it appears that Dan Campbell has scared the suck right out of the Dolphins.
After a sluggish start to the season that saw Miami eek out one win in four tries, the Campbell Era took off like a phoenix rising from the ashes and then grabbing a bazooka and blowing people's faces off with it. The Dolphins not only beat the Tennessee Titans on Sunday 38-10. They obliterated them with a complete game that saw the offense, defense, and special teams all drop-kick the Titans' collective throats while announcing to the world that Dan Campbell has arrived and that everyone should be afraid.
So while we can talk about how the team the Dolphins beat is terrible and hasn't won a home game since the George W. Bush administration and how it's probably not a great idea to get overly excited about Campbell's debut — we won't.
Because wins are rare around here. And even rarer are blowout wins where the Dolphins own all phases of the game. So we won't talk about how the Titans are terrible and have a rookie quarterback and have won only a single game this year and are fresh off a season where they went 2-14. We won't talk about that stuff. Because, why urinate into the Victory Monday coffee?
Instead, we'll talk about the best things that happened in this game. In ALL CAPS. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW DAN CAMPBELL WOULD WRITE THINGS:
**STATUE OF LIBERTY PLAY ALERT**
By the time you figure it out, Jarvis Landry is already in the end zone.
#MIAvsTEN http://t.co/RRHb2Ku0hd
— NFL (@NFL) October 18, 20151. THE OFFENSE BLEW UP
The offense was a monster on Sunday from the word GO, mercilessly smashing the Titans in the face with a piano over and over again until their defensive players had piano keys for teeth. Bill Lazor not only ran the ball a lot (WHICH IS HUGE!!!!) but he got innovative on our asses, busting out a Liberty Play with Jarvis Landry to cap off Miami's opening drive with a sweet touchdown. Bill Lazor is very clearly afraid that Dan Cambell is going to beat him into a pile of dust with his bare hands.
Former TE's coach now interim head coach Dan Campbell's reaction of the tight ends having caught both touchdowns. https://t.co/7zZXM903sf
— Greg Jansen (@GAJ13) October 19, 20152. RYAN TANNEHILL WAS SOLID
Holy crap
3. THE KRAKEN HAD FOUR SACKS
Cameron Wake was once again THE KRAKEN on Sunday when he completely obliterated the Titans' offensive line and plowed into Marcus Mariota's face all day long. The Dolphins hadn't recorded a sack since week one, and yet on Sunday, Wake was able to reclaim his title as Baddest Mother on Your Block and sacked Tennessee's rookie quarterback four times. This is what fans had been waiting for since the beginning of the season — for Wake to brutalize the competition and take over games singlehandedly.
Since week one, Wake has been a shell of himself, invisible and ineffective.
On Sunday, Cam Wake was all
Where has this been all year? #LamarMiller with a @MiamiDolphins TD! Dolphins up 17-3 over @titans #phinsup https://t.co/FiPAy1RszK
— Art Vandelay (@PJordan_32714) October 18, 20154. LAMAR MILLER RUSHED FOR 113 YARDS!
It's bananas what can happen to an offense when the running back is actually given the ball to run.
VICTORY SPEECH!!
Go inside the locker room after today's win in Tennessee!
https://t.co/S1v70rdGij
— Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) October 19, 2015Last week, there was a big hubbub made about how Ryan Tannehill trash-talked some of the practice-squad guys by saying he would build them a trophy case. There was also a report, which he denied, that said he made fun of their paychecks. But this week, Dan Campbell went out of his way to give huge credit to practice players during his postgame victory speech.
After Stephen Ross' awkward introduction and game-ball delivery, Campbell talks up Chris McCain and Sam Brenner as guys who helped the Dolphins prepare all week.
Side note: What did Campbell do to Ross' arm when he shook his hand? It looks like Ross has puppet arms.
#DanCampbell era begins with a splash #Dolphins #BelieveInTheProcess @ian693 @MiamiDolphinsUK @GregLikens pic.twitter.com/78DxyLtBmb
— Lisa Siegel (@finatic1972) October 18, 20156. EVERYONE LOVES DAN CAMPBELL
Dan Campbell should volunteer to throw a red barbell.
— Ryan Yousefi (@Rizzmigizz) October 18, 2015Dan Campbell scoffs at your penalty for unnecessary roughness because all roughness is so necessary.
— Dan Le Batard Show (@LeBatardShow) October 18, 2015Dan Campbell look's like a bartender who will ignore you for hours
— PFTCommenter (@PFTCommenter) October 18, 2015Dan Campbell for President.
— Will Manso (@WillManso) October 18, 2015@PyroHasReturned Based Dan Campbell pic.twitter.com/sO3Cp9Cjk0
— Jack (@mrjackb1) October 19, 2015Worked today so missed the game. Just finished watching it on the DVR...
DAN CAMPBELL IS LYFE
— Ben Sheets (@benjam_n01) October 19, 2015Dodgeball team is 0-3 can we hire Dan Campbell
— Azam (@AMas92) October 19, 2015FIRST SACK SINCE WEEK ONE DAN CAMPBELL IS YOUR NEW DIETY
— Chris Joseph (@byChrisJoseph) October 18, 2015
