ESPN- Their choked-up owner looked for a handkerchief. Their hero searched for oxygen in a mosh pit of flying beer and helmets. But Cleo Lemon surveyed a 50-yard patch of green grass, his eyes searching for one thing. A yellow flag.
In a season with so many bad breaks and losses that stretch from summer to mid-December, that's what you come to expect, especially if you're the quarterback of an 0-13 team. One good thing, inevitably, must be followed by something bad.
But the flag never came, and now south Florida finally can exhale. The Miami Dolphins will not be the first team to go 0-16 in an NFL season and will not join the lonely ranks of the winless '76 Buccaneers.
On a day when everything seemed to be going wrong -- again -- something finally went right, as backup receiver Greg Camarillo caught a quick post route and sprinted for a 64-yard touchdown in a 22-16 overtime victory over the Baltimore Ravens.
It should be noted that Camarillo had just one career reception before Sunday, and that the only other time he has drawn any postgame attention was in November, when his late holding penalty helped doom the Dolphins in a 13-10 loss to the Bills.
In a season with so many bad breaks and losses that stretch from summer to mid-December, that's what you come to expect, especially if you're the quarterback of an 0-13 team. One good thing, inevitably, must be followed by something bad.
But the flag never came, and now south Florida finally can exhale. The Miami Dolphins will not be the first team to go 0-16 in an NFL season and will not join the lonely ranks of the winless '76 Buccaneers.
On a day when everything seemed to be going wrong -- again -- something finally went right, as backup receiver Greg Camarillo caught a quick post route and sprinted for a 64-yard touchdown in a 22-16 overtime victory over the Baltimore Ravens.
It should be noted that Camarillo had just one career reception before Sunday, and that the only other time he has drawn any postgame attention was in November, when his late holding penalty helped doom the Dolphins in a 13-10 loss to the Bills.
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