Nobody said the victories had to be pretty, but for a franchise recovering from a 1-15 season, they will take the wins however they can get them. Yesterday the Miami Dolphins beat the Oakland Raiders in a 17-15 snooze-fest that is best described as forgettable.

Miami took the early lead on a 40 yard TD run from Ted Ginn Jr and led 7-3 at halftime. Chad Pennington would be sacked for a safety in the 3rd quarter to make it 7-5, but late in the quarter a Patrick Cobbs rushing TD would put the Dolphins safely ahead (seemingly) at 14-5. The 4th quarter would see the Raiders put a scare into the Dolphins. The Raiders would get a FG to make it 14-8 and then returned a punt 92 yards for a TD to take the lead 15-14. Miami would get one last shot at the ball and make the most of it. With 4:20 to go, Miami started at their own 20 and would drive 10 plays and 61 yards to set up Dan Carpenter for a possible game winning field goal. With 38 seconds left Carpenter would nail a 38 yard field goal to give Miami the 17-15 win.

There are no rules about how you are suppose to win in the NFL, and that is good for the Dolphins. In the two games this season that they were actually considered the favorite, Miami has not been impressive. The past two weeks Miami has been considered the favorite over Seattle and Oakland and have come away with 2pt, hard fought victories.

On the plus side, Miami is winning these close games against bad teams, and that is all that counts in the end. Chad Pennington is proving more and more potent and efficient each week, the running game behind Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams is stronger each week, and Ted Ginn Jr is beginning to show the promise that got him drafted in the 1st round. Best of all though, the Dolphins are on a 4 game win streak, have a 6-4 record, and the Fins are 1 game out of 1st in the AFC East.