Fins Can Take On Spoiler Role This Sunday
When the NFL scheduled the Dolphins/Jets matchup for week 14, they undoubtedly thought it was a blockbuster game that would have playoff implications for both rivals. After the Dolphins lackluster...
View ArticleToo Early To Look Ahead, Too Late To Look At The Now
The Miami Dolphins have four games left on their schedule, and barring a complete meltdown by several AFC teams, they have zero chance at making the playoffs this year. While many fans want to begin...
View ArticleDolphins Stay Alive: Week 14 Links
The Dolphins received game-breaking contributions from their two biggest stars on Sunday: Brandon Marshall and Cameron Wake. Arguably the biggest story from yesterday’s game was Jets strength coach Sal...
View ArticleThe Trip Heard 'Round the World
In the 3rd quarter of yesterday's game against the Dolphins, cameras caught Jets strength and conditioning coach, Sal Alosi, purposely putting his knee into the thigh of Dolphins gunner Nolan Carroll...
View ArticleVernon Carey's Injury Highlights Dolphins Woes
Vernon Carey has been battling a knee injury most of the season. Against Cleveland he aggravated it further, forcing him to miss last week's New York Jets game. This week, the Dolphins finally put an...
View ArticleWill Bills Take Advantage of Dolphins' Home Field Disadvantage?
There used to be no team I hated more than the Buffalo Bills. Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Bruce Smith, Andre Reed. I get angry just typing their names. Every year in their frigid stadium they would...
View ArticleFins Fantasy Preview: Week 15 Vs. The Bills
The Dolphins head into Week 15 with playoff life, although that life is reliant on some seriously needed outside support from teams like the Ravens, Raiders, Chiefs, Colts and the hated Jets. Many of...
View ArticleRapid Reaction: Sparano, Henne Deserve Another Year in Miami
Sunday’s soul-crushing loss to the Buffalo Bills has spurned a tidal wave of talk over which coach could replace Tony Sparano and which quarterback should dethrone Chad Henne. Whispers of Bill Cowher’s...
View ArticleWith Bill Cowher Knocking At The Door, How Safe Is Tony Sparano?
Let's face it, The Parcells/Sparano/Ireland experiment in Miami hasn't exactly been a booming success. I know they took a 1-15 team to the playoffs in 2008, but it has been a bumpy ride since then....
View ArticleThe Lions Should Serve As A Cautionary Tale For The 'Fins
The Detroit Lions are suffering another miserable season in a century filled with them. They are 4-10 this year, which is an improvement on the 2-14 season before that and the historic 0-16 season...
View ArticleDolphins Offseason Questions Start With RB
The Miami Dolphins faced some high hopes and playoff aspirations heading into the 2010 season, and with two weeks remaining they have more questions than answers. A team that is young and high on...
View ArticleLions 2010 Scouting Report
Lions’ Passing Offense: With franchise quarterback-hopeful Matthew Stafford sidelined with yet another injury, Detroit will trot out either veteran journeyman Shaun Hill or career back up Drew Stanton...
View ArticleMiami To End Disappointing Season In Foxboro
The last time the Dolphins met the New England Patriots was week 4. Each team was 2-1 suffering a loss to the New York Jets. At the time it seemed like a pivotal game that would have postseason...
View ArticleMiami's Season Far From Over
At the time of this writing, Miami Dolphins head coach Tony Sparano still had a job and Jim Harbaugh of Stanford was rumored to be in contact with Stephen Ross about the possibility of joining the team...
View ArticleTony Sparano: The Lamest Duck on the Planet Right Now
The Miami Dolphins are currently involved in one of the most public head coaching searches in recent history. Of course, what makes this one of the oddest head coaching searches in all of history is...
View Article2011 NFL Playoffs Preview
Every January the sporting section of my mind changes gears. With my beloved Miami Dolphins and my hated fantasy football teams no longer relevant I turn my focus toward the NBA. But before this...
View ArticleHanding Out The Hardware: Distributing Awards To The 2010 Miami Dolphins
Most Valuable Player: Cameron Wake Last season, the Dolphins scouting department headed north of the border to check out BC Lion linebacker Cameron Wake. Wake was shattering CFL records, and was...
View ArticleMad Dog Get Well
The Miami Dolphins have struggled over the last decade or so finding an identity. Finding anything that would resemble their history. It seems so long ago that the Fins were relevant and the annual...
View ArticleFocus Turns To Fixing Offense
The Miami Dolphins have a new offensive coordinator. His name isn't a marquee neon sign and fans have yet to grasp the hire but former Cleveland Browns OC Brian Daboll may just be the right man for the...
View ArticleThe Miami Dolphins: Making More People Become Heat Fans Than LeBron James
There is a reason why the NFL is the most popular and most successful professional sport in the United States. It's because you can literally follow your favorite team all year long and there is rarely...
View ArticleFootball Has Passed Us By
Football has changed. It wasn't until this past Super Bowl I fully realized it. When the Green Bay Packers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 it marked an absolute turning point in the game of...
View ArticleThe 2011 Offseason: The Key To Tony Sparano And Jeff Ireland's Future With...
There has arguably never been a more public courting of a coach, than what Dolphins' owner Stephen Ross did with former Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh last month. The major problem with this...
View ArticleMark Ingram in Miami? Not So Fast, My Friend
Pundits nationwide have formed an almost unanimous consensus that Miami will select former Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram with their first-round pick. In the words of Lee Corso, “Not so fast, my...
View ArticleAre Sparano And Ross On The Same Page?
Last week, Dolphins coach Tony Sparano, had some pretty interesting comments for reporters at the owners meeting in Indianapolis. Perhaps most notably among other things, he said, “We’re going to...
View ArticlePennington Earned Respect With Smarts, Guts
Five years ago if I'd heard Chad Pennington tore his ACL in a pick-up basketball game, I'd feel guilty for being overjoyed. It's terrible how being a sports fan can bring out the worst in you, but...
View ArticleBiggest Draft Questions For Dolphins
Will the Dolphins draft a quarterback with the 15th overall pick? Probably not. Jeff Ireland and Tony Sparano are on the hot seat, and any encouragement they might receive to "draft as if their jobs...
View ArticlePouncey Pick Stirs Debate
With the 15th overall pick, the Dolphins did not take RB Mark Ingram. Instead, they selected the best interior lineman in this year's draft, Florida G/C Mike Pouncey. Pouncey immediately improves the...
View ArticleNo Real Bombshells From Dolphins
Dolphins Draft Grade: C+ The 2011 NFL draft has come and gone and it was another pretty predictable one for the Miami Dolphins. Not bad, but predictable. Let’s go through the picks. (1) Pick No. 15:...
View ArticleDolphins Ought To Check Out Vince Young
It just makes too much sense. In all areas of the Miami Dolphins organization, it would just make too much sense for it not to be heavily considered. Vince Young would fulfill what the owner wants,...
View ArticleThe Search For Optimism Stalls
Sometimes I like to pretend that the NFL lockout did not end. I also like to pretend I am closer to 20 than I am to 40 and that I will one day write the great American novel. It's called living in...
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