“The real prize, the touchdown for London, would be to get a team based here”, Osborne told The Associated Press after a meeting.
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LONDON (AP) – Call it the Toilet Bowl.
Osborne also met NFL Hall of Famers Dan Marino and Curtis Martin, who are in London ahead of the Miami Dolphins vs New York Jets game this Sunday.
It has certainly become a topic of conversation since both teams arrived in London on Friday. I’m not sure what the all-time low is for sacks in a 16-game season, but, with just one to date, I’d be willing to bet that Miami is on pace to break the record. In addition to the toilet paper, the team’s bringing a chef and other boring essentials like extension cords and cereal.
Mr Shpigel said the players and coaches were “such creatures of habit” and the Jets’ had wanted to replicate as best they could their operation in the US.
Interestingly, the four teams that played in the conference championship games each had early-season struggles a year ago. Well, that ball is being carried by Ryan Tannehill, whose jersey is sitting at No. 27 at the moment among the individual players.
Getting out of the country might be exactly what the Dolphins need after consecutive ugly losses served to ratchet up the heat under coach Joe Philbin’s seat.
“I thought he was solid”, Philbin said. The Dolphins are 1-2 after winning their opener. As the Dolphins practiced in London on Friday, The Post spoke with Coombs on the state of American football overseas, if the British are as baffled by the Dolphins, too, and the nightmare that would ensue if the New England Patriots brought their footballs to England. “We’ve talked a lot about making first downs and having balance and rhythm on offense”.
You drive on the wrong side of the road there so Ndamukong Suh and Sheldon Richardson have helpfully volunteered to drive the team busses. They are a frustrating team to watch because you know they can do more and I think that is what ultimately sinks them in this game where leadership will be key.
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The NFL is one of the UK’s fastest growing sports and the three league games now played in the capital as part of the London series have been a rousing success since they began in 2007. Nothing will be known until the Dolphins take the field on Sunday and Ross gets a look at how they play.
