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Posted: Nov 8th 2009 6:15PM ET by Matt Snyder (RSS feed)
Filed under: Dolphins, Patriots, AFC East

If the
Dolphins had been able to march into Foxborough Sunday and find a way to beat the vaunted
New England Patriots Sunday, the AFC East would have been quite the muddled division. Even the
Buffalo Bills would have been within striking distance, while the
Jets and Dolphins would have trailed the Pats by a single game with eight to play.
After a
Ronnie Brown touchdown pass -- which was surely a flashback to last year's Wildcat-fest in New England -- the Patriots found themselves facing a 17-16 deficit with 4:51 left in the third quarter, and the Dolphins appeared on the verge of the critical road upset.
But
Tom Brady,
Randy Moss and company weren't having that.
Posted: Nov 6th 2009 11:20PM ET by Chris Burke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Dolphins, Patriots

Coincidence or not, after
Tom Brady missed almost all of the 2008 season after a low hit tore the
Patriots star's left MCL and ACL, the
NFL's Competition Committee made clear that it would
enforce more strictly a rule preventing defenders from tackling quarterbacks at or below the knee. It was affectionately dubbed "The Brady Rule" by folks outside the league office.
And the Patriots have benefitted from the increased focus on QB protection, with their opponents picking up five roughing the passer penalties in seven games. One, in particular, raised some eyebrows -- in New England's Week 4 win over
Baltimore, Ravens linebacker
Terrell Suggs gently
brushed Brady's knee, and Brady gestured back at referee Ron Winter, and a flag came flying.
Winter might have thrown the flag regardless of Brady's reaction -- it is in the rule book, after all, though the rule states that forcible contact must me made -- but, nonetheless, the anti-Brady folk out there used it as evidence that Brady gets whatever he wants from officials.
Posted: Nov 4th 2009 4:20PM ET by Tom Mantzouranis (RSS feed)
Filed under: Dolphins, Jets

Every week, NFL FanHouse hits the lowlights from Sunday's action, looking at those players who did the most to move their head coaches that much closer to returning to the Bed and Breakfast business.The
Jets entered Week 8 allowing 20.4 yards per return. The
Dolphins entered Week 8 gaining a hair over 22 yards per return. It seemed we were set for an unremarkable day of kickoffs.
And then
Ted Ginn, Jr. happened.
Posted: Nov 1st 2009 4:30PM ET by Chris Burke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Dolphins, Jets

The Dolphins pulled receiver Ted Ginn from their starting lineup Sunday, just a couple days after
telling him to "get better." Ginn responded by taking back-to-back kickoffs to the house in Miami's key 30-25 win over the Jets in New York -- busting loose for a 100-yard score early in the third quarter, then topping the feat with a 101-yard score just moments later.
Ginn, who was replaced in the starting lineup by rookie Brian Hartline, had no catches (though, to be fair, neither did Hartline), but Ginn rediscovering his big-play ability on special teams was a welcome sign for Miami.
Prior to Ginn's first breakthrough, the Dolphins and Jets were locked in an intense defensive battle. Feely's 55-yard field goal gave New York a 6-3 lead, but Ginn quickly turned the momentum.
Posted: Oct 31st 2009 1:00PM ET by Chris Burke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Dolphins, NFL Analysis

All signs indicate that wide receiver Ted Ginn will see reduced playing time for the
Dolphins on Sunday when Miami takes on the
Jets. Ginn's starting spot has been in jeopardy recently because of a disappointing lack of production -- aside from an 11-catch, 108-yard performance in Week 2 at Indianapolis, Ginn has just seven catches for 103 yards and a touchdown in Miami's five other games.
Despite his pending demotion, though, Ginn claimed that the team hasn't talked with him about marginalizing his role. Instead, according to Ginn, the coaches gave him a pep talk.
"It was more of a motivation talk," Ginn
told the Miami Herald. "Get better. You have to get better. Do what you do but get better.''
Posted: Oct 26th 2009 2:22AM ET by Chris Burke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Dolphins, NFL Injuries

As if blowing a 24-3 home lead and losing to the
Saints wasn't bad enough, the
Dolphins have lost
Will Allen for the season to an ACL injury, the
Miami Herald reported Sunday night.
Allen left Miami's 46-34 loss midway through the third quarter. He limped to the locker room, then returned to the sideline with a brace on his knee.
"Obviously, to lose Will in that situation. It's a close ball game; I thought Will was playing pretty well at the time," Miami head coach Tony Sparano said.
Allen, Miami's top cornerback, has missed just one game since coming to the Dolphins prior to the 2006 season, and just nine games total during a nine-year career that included a stay with the
Giants. Sunday marked Allen's 43rd consecutive start -- a streak that will come to an end next week when Miami visits the
Jets, if the early indications are accurate.
Posted: Oct 25th 2009 9:00PM ET by David Whitley (RSS feed)
Filed under: Buccaneers, Dolphins, FanHouse Exclusive

LONDON -- A bunch of
Patriots went to dinner Friday night and were mistaken for a boy band. Had they been anywhere else, that embarrassing mix up might have caused an international incident. But since England gave us the ultimate boy band, the Beatles, the Patriots graciously ate their meal.
Then they routinely devoured Tampa Bay on Sunday.
Now they head back to the States after proving what we already knew: as
Tom Brady rolls, so rolls the rest of New England's band. And, ready or not, America, Brady is back in rhythm.
"I'm feeling great," he said after New England's win. "I keep rolling."
Posted: Oct 23rd 2009 2:15PM ET by Thomas George (RSS feed)
Filed under: Dolphins, Saints, AFC South, NFC East, CFL

Now that
Drew Brees has revealed he would have joined the
Miami Dolphins back in 2006 as a free agent had they trusted his throwing shoulder was healed, had they believed in him, here comes Brees for an encore visit on Sunday to Miami.
I think the Dolphins and quarterback
Chad Henne know the score.
They know that Henne will enter into a scrap with Brees where Henne had better light it up or be lit up.
Posted: Oct 22nd 2009 1:30PM ET by Knox Bardeen (RSS feed)
Filed under: Dolphins, AFC East, NFL Injuries

On Wednesday,
Miami Dolphins linebacker
Matt Roth returned to practice for the first time since failing a conditioning test on the first day of training camp -- thus ending a strange roller-coaster ride of mysterious illnesses and phantom injuries that lasted almost three months. At least we thought the ride was over.
Roth apparently suffered an ankle injury in his first practice back and will miss Miami's game against New Orleans this Sunday.
Back in August, Roth failed his conditioning test. He failed even though he had signed a statement that every player signs, saying that he was not injured in any way, shape or form.
Posted: Oct 16th 2009 11:35PM ET by Chris Burke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Chiefs, Dolphins, Ravens, NFL Rumors

Through the first two seasons of his NFL career, wide receiver
Dwayne Bowe looked destined to be a superstar in Kansas City for years to come. In 2007, Bowe's rookie season out of LSU, he had 995 yards receiving, then topped that number in 2008 with 1,022 yards and seven touchdowns.
Year 3, though, has not gone as well. Bowe
got off on the wrong foot with new Kansas City head coach Todd Haley -- losing his starting spot in the preseason due to work-ethic questions -- including coming to offseason workouts overweight. He then struggled with a nagging hamstring injury, and has just 15 catches in four games this season.
And with Kansas City 0-5 and apparently in need of a complete overhaul, Bowe's name continues to surface as Tuesday's trade deadline looms.