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Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back “It’s a game of inches.” – One of the oldest adages of football and up close and personal for the Dolphins in this game.  There were plays from the start that showed how an inch or two might have made all the difference, but Miami didn’t get the bounce [...]

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The Collapse of the Defense, the Rise of Chad Henne This Miami team is apparently full of surprises.  Unfortunately, they aren’t all good surprises!  We said last week that the defense would need to bring their “A” game from the beginning against New England, but they missed by several letters and QB Tom Brady had [...]

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The Dolphins will enter 2011 with more than a few changes in personnel, I imagine.  As of this writing, the coaching and GM situations are up in the air, but we can look at the roster, piece by piece, and see where changes might be needed.  I’ll be doing this in three parts: offense, defense, [...]

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Go Get Randy Moss

by Philip Unwin on November 1, 2010

I was going to write about the Dolphins at the midpoint of the season; I was encouraged in several ways by the win over Cincinnati.  Yes, it was 22-14, and came down to the Bengals’ final drive.  It was not, however, a particularly close game.  It was an even first half, and a second half [...]

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The Dolphins entered their 2010 training camp with no less than nine starting jobs seemingly up for grabs. By and large, said competitions have failed to materialize.  But that’s not necessarily a bad thing.  In fact, it’s downright fantastic in some cases. Here’s a look at some of the Battles That Weren’t. • At guard, the [...]

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So Long, Teddy

by Philip Unwin on April 20, 2010

And thus ends one of the more frustrating careers in Dolphins history. Ted Ginn, Jr. (can’t forget the “Junior” part, God knows, we drafted his whole family and wouldn’t want Senior to get ignored) was, of course, unwanted by the vast majority of Dolphin fans.  It was assumed, and with good reason, that the Dolphins [...]

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