mike nolan

Three years later, Mike Smith and John Harbaugh are in the playoffs. The head coaches of Atlanta Falcons and Baltimore Ravens are once again leading legitimate Super Bowl contenders into the postseason. Smith and Harbaugh are a combined 65-31 in those three (regular) seasons, with Harbaugh reaching the Divisional and Conference championship games in his [...]

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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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Week 4: New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins

For the second consecutive week, the Dolphins return to prime time.  And once again, they’ll face a division rival with designs on the playoffs. Last week the Dolphins (2-1) lost a heartbreaker to the vomit-inducing New York Jets 31-23 in front of a rabid, sold-out Sun Life Stadium on Sunday Night Football. They’ll try to [...]

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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 [...]

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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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It was uncomfortable. But in the end, the Miami Dolphins (1-0) pulled it out, edging the Buffalo Bills (0-1) 15-10 and ending a string of four consecutive losses on opening day. On a day when the offense failed to shake many of their preseason struggles, the defense came alive and came through to give Miami [...]

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