Lombardi: Monday night loss good for Eagles and more Week 10 thoughts
By Michael Lombardi
“Seventeen and Oh,” a wonderful book written by Marshall Jon Fisher, is an excellent history lesson of the 1972 Miami Dolphins and their undefeated season. Fisher shares stories of the hiring of Don Shula by then-owner Joe Robbie who somehow some way became an NFL owner. Robbie was the cheapest of cheap owners and by giving Shula interest in the team, lured him from the Baltimore Colts. Shula eventually turned this expansion team into a Super Bowl champion. And because of their undefeated season in ’72, those who were part of history have a tradition of celebrating when every NFL team has at least one loss.
Most of them likely didn’t stay up late Monday night to watch the undefeated Eagles lose their firs game of the season. So the Dolphins likely uncorked their champagne, and maybe added a little orange juice to their drink, on Tuesday morning. Straight champagne at their ages early in the morning might make for a rough day.