Like many teams, the Dolphins were reaching out to players on Tuesday, the first day they could sign draft picks, undrafted free agents and begin making trades and negotiating free agent contracts. Teams cannot officially cut players until Thursday at 4:01 PM ET. And veteran free agents cannot be officially signed until Friday at 6 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Apparently, Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall, commenting on freshly-baptized starting quarterback Tyler Thigpen, stated Thigpen has several differences from the two players who were, until two days ago, above him on the depth chart. Of these differences, Marshall said there are “some positives and some negatives.” Now before Marshall is demonized for stabbing his [...]
In 279 BC, King Pyrrhus of Epirus fought the Romans at the Battle of Asculum. Pyrrhus defeated the Romans, but suffered casualties so immense that he said “one more such victory, and we shall be undone.” Pyrrhus fought the Romans again at Beneventum, with similar results. In a related note, there’s a reason you’ve heard [...]
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 [...]