Whew! A rivalry week in which the sideshows nearly overshadowed the results is a delicious week indeed (but they didn't, because the good guys won. Again. Yaaay!)  So much hate, so much to talk about, and one glorious post-game photo.

Here are the high points:

Zero to Hero: The backlash against Ginn over the last few weeks in Miami was so severe, even former Dolphins got in on it: "He's an embarrassment and a coward," said Bob Kuechenberg, who still needs a hug and a hobby. "He's got alligator arms. It's sad." (Actually, that would be awesome. But we digress.)

Tony Sparano benched Ginn to start. For our part, we only called for him to be fired on the field against New Orleans.

Ginn, however, would have the last laugh on the day, getting his "mind right" and using his widdle noodle awms to return two kicks in a quarter (for 100 and 101 yards, thankyouverymuch), the first such NFL accomplishment since 1967. When he turned to the crowd after a touchdown and made the "shhhh" finger, he could easily have been talking to Dolphins fans and Jets fans alike.

Does it redeem him totally? Not even.

But it does mean that media needs to keep trashing him, because Angry Ginn is a Good Ginn.

It also means Chad Henne needs to incorporate punts into the offense. Ginn can catch those.

Scooore-boooard: As a friend says, "There is no such thing as 'classy' teams and fanbases." So we'll settle for calling the Jets "stupid."

They belittled the Dolphins after they lost a few weeks ago, and they belittled them again after this game. How long can you keep calling Miami the inferior team while you lose to them, without making yourself look ridiculously moronic? 

Too late.

Case in point: Bart Scott. His post-game comments were a bit on the sarcastic side:  "It's tough. They're a great team. They'll probably contend for the Super Bowl."

Rex Ryan? No better. "Sometimes things just don't make sense," he said, pointing to the stats column showing Miami's offense was held to a measly 104 yards. Perhaps your coaching? Just a thought.

And guess what, Jets? You lost anyway, so the Dolphins are "great"-er than you.

Twice.

Shut it.

Easy, breezy, verbal pugilist Peezy: There was a little matter of a pregame skirmish between Joey Porter and Jets safety Kerry Rhodes. Porter ran his mouth, Rhodes shoved him, Jason Taylor stepped in all Jason Taylor-like, and before it was over, Rhodes had taken a swing at Cameron Wake. In other words, it was glorious, because we like our Dolphins scrappy and it's not like anyone gouged an eyeball.

The offense has problems. [Fingers in ears] la la la la lalalalalala!

Dare to dream: If the season ended today, Pittsburgh and Houston would get wild cards. The Dolphins get them both at home before season's end. The Fins aren't among the runners-up, either, though they'll face two of the three on the road. And if they win at New England next week? We'll have the audacity to hope.

Stranger things have happened -- like Ted Ginn, hero.