Game Rewind: Cowboys 27, Dolphins 25

In cutting veteran defensive ends Charles Grant and Marques Douglas, both signed on the eve of training camp, the Dolphins didn’t just chase off players with a combined 18 years of NFL experience on a single Sunday afternoon. They also showed uncommon faith in rookie DE Jared Odrick, the first-round pick out of Penn State who has held down the starting right end role since Phillip Merling suffered a season-ending Achilles’ injury in late July. It may not have been a coincidence that Odrick had his best game of the preseason last Thursday at Dallas. He went through his first three preseason games failing to make a single tackle, although he did have a fumble recovery and a quarterback hit in his pro debut against Tampa Bay. But Odrick was seemingly everywhere against the Cowboys, acro-batting down a Stephen McGee pass at the line and on the very next play chasing down Tashard Choice 34 yards downfield after Choice had made Jason Allen, among others, miss tackles. Maybe this had somet...