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Roster Analysis: A look at the Miami Dolphins’ free agents and whether they will return in 2012
Already this offseason we’ve given you a snapshot of the Dolphins’ roster heading into the 2012 season, and looked at the team’s top five positional needs for next year. Today, we take a look at the Dolphins’ own free agents, and whether or not they will be returning to Miami next year. A few things [...]
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21 hours ago
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Chad Pennington: Dolphins ‘extremely close’ to joining AFC elite teams
We spoke to Chad Pennington a couple of days ago at the TEST Football Academy workouts with draft-eligible players at FAU and wrote about how he’s very close to a decision on retirement and feels the Dolphins’ quarterback situation is headed in the right direction as long as Matt Moore remains in the picture. We [...]
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2 days ago
Miami Dolphins roster analysis: Top 5 position needs for 2012
The 2011 season just ended four days ago, but wouldn’t you know it, the 2012 season is already upon us! The NFL Combine will be held in Indianapolis in two weeks (Feb. 22-28), then free agency begins March 13 at 4 p.m. And at some point in between, the Colts will probably release some guy [...]
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4 days ago
Indy columnist: Peyton Manning ‘not throwing like an NFL quarterback yet’
With Peyton Manning’s possible landing place if and (more likely) when he is released by Indianapolis in the next month, a couple of interesting tidbits surfaced Wednesday that should keep the pot boiling. First and foremost, Indianapolis columnist Bob Kravitz said on Tony Kornheiser’s nationally syndicated radio that he knows people who have seen Manning [...]
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5 days ago
Reports: Enigmatic Ricky Williams calling an end to 11-year NFL career
Ricky Williams, one of the most talented but also enigmatic players in Dolphin history, has decided to retire, according to multiple reports. Williams, who rushed for 10,009 yards in an 11-year career with New Orleans, Miami and Baltimore, kept his followers confused to the end, sending out a tweet Tuesday that read: “Thank you all, [...]
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6 days ago
49ers, Dolphins have best odds in upcoming Manning Sweepstakes
It could happen any day. While the Indianapolis Colts don’t have to make a decision on Peyton Manning until March 8, when they will owe him a $28 million bonus if he is still on the roster, the decision obviously could come sooner. It’s become almost common knowledge that owner Jim Irsay has decided to [...]
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6 days ago
Signs indicate Tom Brady, nearly 35, could be nearing twilight of his career
Dolphin fans have to be getting tired of looking up at Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in the AFC East. This past season marked the ninth time in 11 years since Brady took over as the Patriots’ starting quarterback that the Patriots won the division. But the mere fact that Brady keeps setting [...]
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7 days ago
Las Vegas prop bets spice up the action on Super Bowl Sunday
With Super Bowl XLVI kicking off in a matter of hours, it’s always fun to take a look at the myriad of proposition (or prop) bets the Las Vegas bookmakers offer as a means of spicing up the action on what figures to be the biggest sports gambling day of the year. The sports book [...]
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8 days ago
Who is Joe Philbin? Former Iowa players Brian Ferentz, Matt Bowen explain what makes the new Miami Dolphins coach tick
While we cover the Super Bowl here in Indianapolis and watch the Peyton Manning drama unfold – Manning’s camp says he’s been cleared medically, and Colts owner Jim Irsay says he has not been – we return to our regularly scheduled Dolphins coverage and a look at new head coach Joe Philbin. We’ve heard plenty [...]
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10 days ago
Channing Crowder ready to resume his career _ just not in Miami
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11 days ago
Analysts: Signing Matt Flynn to big free-agent contract too big of a risk for any team but Miami Dolphins
The Peyton Manning saga takes a different twist every day. One day reports emerge that his rehab from neck surgery isn’t going well enough and he’s likely to retire, the next he says that everything’s going fine and he looks forward to playing football in 2012. The Dolphins are monitoring closely, because they will be [...]
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12 days ago
Super Bowl XLVI Media Day: The Day in Photos
The annual circus known as Super Bowl Media Day took place Tuesday morning at Lucas Oil Stadium. Every player and coach on each team (more or less) was made available to the media for an hour, with such outlets as Nickelodeon, VH1 and the Howard Stern Show partaking in the festivities. Overall, Media Day was [...]
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13 days ago
Latest Peyton Manning update driving Matt Flynn’s stock skyward
As my colleague Ben Volin wrote today, the focus in Indianapolis at least early this week has been a lot more on the ongoing Peyton Manning/Jim Irsay soap opera than Sunday’s Super Bowl. Some largely overlooked information delivered by Peter King prior to Sunday’s Pro Bowl has altered the context of that conversation yet again. [...]
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13 days ago
Brandon Marshall’s Pro Bowl MVP performance makes a statement
Brandon Marshall is all about making statements. He made one last week when he told multiple media outlets at the Pro Bowl in Honolulu that he had spoken to free-agent-to-be Matt Flynn about joining him on the Dolphins. He made another one Sunday when he caught six passes for 174 yards and a record four [...]
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14 days ago
Ex-Packer Leroy Butler unhappy with Bucs over Mike Sherman snub
Leroy Butler is not happy with Warren Sapp. And he’s particularly not happy with the Glazer family, owners of the Tampa Bay Bucs, whom he’s convinced allowed Sapp to influence their intention to hire Mike Sherman as head coach. Following that snub, Sherman joined his former assistant Joe Philbin in Miami Friday to become the [...]
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16 days ago
NFL Network: Miami Dolphins officially hire Mike Sherman and Kevin Coyle as offensive and defensive coordinators
The Dolphins’ interest in Mike Sherman and Kevin Coyle as offensive and defensive coordinators has hardly been a secret ever since Joe Philbin was hired as head coach a week ago. League sources told the Post on Wednesday that it would be a major upset if either didn’t get the job. Friday, NFL Network reported [...]
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17 days ago
Indianapolis Star columnist writes Peyton and Colts will soon part ways
If Indianapolis Star columnist Bob Kravitz is correct in his assessment of the situation, the Colts are on the verge of cutting ties with Peyton Manning, a move that could at least conceivably bring Manning to South Florida. In a column posted on the paper’s website Thursday night, Kravitz detailed interviews he conducted with both [...]
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18 days ago
Ex-Packer coach Mike Sherman nears deal to become offensive coordinator
Nine years ago, Mike Sherman gave Joe Philbin his entry into the NFL when he hired him as his assistant offensive line coach with the Green Bay Packers. Philbin is apparently about the return the favor. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Thursday that Sherman is in South Florida today, presumably to finalize details on a deal [...]
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18 days ago
Matt Flynn looking like best QB option for Dolphins
General Manager Jeff Ireland heads home from the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., today, likely no closer to identifying the quarterback he hopes to bring on board for next season than he was when he left last Sunday. Still, amid all the swirling rumors and reports, one fact seems to have emerged: Green Bay backup [...]
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18 days ago
Depth Chart: How do the Miami Dolphins look in a 4-3 defense?
In today’s newspaper, we have a story about the Dolphins potentially looking like a much different team in 2012, even if a lot of the players will be the same. One of those changes will be on defense, where the Dolphins are likely going to switch to a 4-3 base scheme, even after finishing No. [...]
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19 days ago
Miami Dolphins GM Jeff Ireland wants to make a ‘much bolder statement in South Florida’
Jeff Ireland believes that his Dolphins team has the potential to be good. But “good” doesn’t cut it in South Florida, and Ireland knows it. Especially not when LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Ozzie Guillen and Jose Reyes have helped the Heat and Marlins surpass the Dolphins in “buzz” factor. “we have to continue to build [...]
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20 days ago
Miami Dolphins Tipsheet: News and notes from Day 1 at the Senior Bowl
Dolphins news and notes from the first day at the Senior Bowl: * The Dolphins are turning over most of the coaching staff. Joe Philbin met with the coaches for about 20 minutes over the weekend, and most are preparing their resumes. Receivers coach Steve Bush is officially out, and here in Mobile looking for [...]
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20 days ago
Packers coach Mike McCarthy gives Joe Philbin thumbs up
New Dolphins coach Joe Philbin called Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy “a fantastic football coach and a great human being” at his introductory press conference Saturday, and the respect apparently goes both ways. In a conference call with the South Florida media that evening, McCarthy described his former offensive coordinator as “extremely organized” and “very [...]
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21 days ago
Miami Dolphins notebook: Updates on the QB and coaching search from the Senior Bowl
Good morning from sunny Mobile, Ala.! I’m here for the next four days reporting from the Senior Bowl, the college all-star game that draws most scouts, GMs and coaches to the gulf to scout 100 of the best college seniors set to enter the NFL Draft. Joe Philbin isn’t here – he’s assembling a staff [...]
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21 days ago
14 things to know about new Miami Dolphins coach Joe Philbin, the interview process and the team’s offseason plans
Joe Philbin was introduced as the Dolphins’ 10th head coach in a lengthy news conference on Saturday afternoon. Here are 14 things to know about Philbin, the interview process and the team’s offseason plans: 1. GM Jeff Ireland said Philbin has “100 percent … total authority” to hire his coaching staff. All Dolphins coaches will [...]
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23 days ago
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