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 [...]
Today is the day that coaches and general managers around the NFL absolutely dread. It is the day that they’re forced to fire more than two dozen young men who’ve given their blood, sweat and tears in hopes of being a part of their company. The did their part on Saturday, chopping 26 players to [...]
Game 2 of the preseason is behind us, and while it’s dangerous to take too much out of a preseason game, we learned a bit more about this team and what it might be in store for the 2011 season. Once again, head coach Tony Sparano said he did not gameplan for Carolina, so this wasn’t a [...]
We’ve officially passed the halfway point in the season (“Already?!”). And your Miami Dolphins are a disappointing 4-4, two games behind the Jets and Patriots. They’ll try and right the ship at home against the Tennessee Titans (5-3). But first let’s catch up on the week’s happenings. News On Wednesday, head coach Tony Sparano named [...]
Following a big overtime win over the Packers at Lambeau Field, the Dolphins (3-2) will try and win their first home game of the season against arguably the league’s best team, the 4-1 Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers played the first four games of the season without quarterback Ben Roesthlisberger. Despite getting down to their fourth-string [...]
Following the Dolphins’ 15-10 victory over the Buffalo Bills in the Sept. 12 season opener, Miami fans responded with a nearly uniform tepid enthusiasm. True, it was the team’s first win in the first game of a season since 2005, but any excitement was tempered with the reality that, well, these were the Bills. Irrespective [...]