Miami Dolphins TE Anthony Fasano ready to take leadership role

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``Some younger guys are going to need to step up,'' Fasano said. ``We're going to depend on them, and it's my job to help them get ready for it.''

``David's absence leaves a little meat on the bone out there,'' coach Tony Sparano said.

Fasano, of course, already had plenty to chew last season. He took nearly every offensive snap as the team's primary ``Y'' tight end, which could cause some to assume the extra ``meat'' will instead be left for Haynos.

If a tight end shows the potential to handle a big load in the passing game, Sparano is a coach who knows how to utilize that talent.

Considering Fasano witnessed it firsthand, there's no reason to think he won't be looking to pick up the slack Martin's absence leaves behind.

It's also the reason this might be Fasano's best chance to become the elite tight end Miami's coaching staff believed he could become when it drafted him with a second-round pick in Dallas three years ago.

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`Our offense is a week-by-week thing, playing off the opponent's strengths and weaknesses,'' Fasano said. ``I'm ready to do anything they ask me to do.''

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