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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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My daughter (my oldest; as of December 8, I have two and I have to get used to not just saying “my daughter” anymore) was upstairs taking a nap as Buffalo iced Sunday’s 17-14 win over the Phins.  She came downstairs shortly after it was over.  Since she is 2 1/2, she doesn’t know much [...]

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After the team’s disastrous special teams performance in their 41-14 loss to the Patriots, Dolphins fans wanted blood. And they got it. Head coach Tony Sparano fired the unit’s coach, John Bonamego, Tuesday morning and promoted his assistant, Darren Rizzi. Rizzi, in his second NFL season under Bonamego, came to Miami after one season as head [...]

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I was at the game Sunday, with seats in the Jim Kelly Club.  Having parked my behind in the 300 level seats a few times, (or, as I call it, The Slums) been hit by snowballs, had unprintable insults fired in my direction and had bodily harm threatened against my person more than a few [...]

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I guess if you told me the Phins would be 2-3 at the bye, I’d be disappointed, but not crestfallen.  I thought 3-2 was reasonable, and really, they probably should be 3-2, having honked a thoroughly winnable game against the Colts, who suddenly look like (with the Giants) the class of the NFL. So, what [...]

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Dolphins punter Brandon Fields could be facing some competition for his job. According to ProFootballTalk, the team worked out Britton Colquitt, Adam Graessle, and Ricky Schmitt on Tuesday. Fields currently ranks 22nd league-wide in net yards per kick (37.9) and 18th in gross (44.5).  [Net average subtracts return yardage] If Fields isn’t being pushed a [...]

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