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The Dolphins have lost cornerback Michael Lehan for the rest of the season due to hamstring and ankle injuries. He finishes the 2008 NFL season with only 11 tackles. The Dolphins will miss Lehan both in the secondary and on special teams.
The Dolphins played keepaway from the Chargers holding onto the football for 36:41 last Sunday in Miami. The offense was purring for the Fins who rolled up 390 total yards on the reeling Chargers’ defense. Chad Pennington was very effective once again completing 22 of 29 passes for 228 yards with a TD pass. Ronnie Brown had another great game for the Dolphins rushing for 125 yards on 24 carries (5.2 ypc) with a TD run. Ricky Williams resisted smoking pot during the bye and it paid off as he rushed for 39 yards on 13 carries (3.0 ypc). Ted Ginn Jr. (7 rec, 55 yards) and Greg Camarillo (6 rec, 68 yards, TD) led the way in the passing game last week for the Dolphins. The Chargers could only muster 202 total yards against the suddenly stingy defense of the Dolphins. The Dolphins are now a surprising 2-2 this season already winning more games than they did all of last season.
These two teams look like they are both getting their acts together so this should be a more competitive game than most expect it to be. The Chargers will likely come out throwing the ball against a Dolphins’ defense that is allowing opposing QBs to post a rating of 114.8 so far this season. With that in mind look for Philip Rivers to move the ball around to Vincent Jackson, Antonio Gates, Mike Tolbert, Chris Chambers, L.T. and Darren Sproles. The Dolphins are only allowing 3.3 yards per carry and 90.7 yards rushing per game this season but that won’t stop the Chargers from trying to run the football with L.T.
The Chargers defense is very vulnerable to the passing game allowing 276.3 passing yards per game but the Dolphins really don’t have the weapons to exploit that weakness. But, Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams have to be looking forward to running against a Chargers’ defense that is allowing 100.0 yards rushing per game and 4.5 yards per carry.
PREDICTION: SAN DIEGO CHARGERS 38, MIAMI DOLPHINS 27