Dolphins Fall Hard To Patriots

Turnovers and special teams was the reason the Dolphins got smacked up by the Patriots on Monday night here in Miami. The Dolphins gave up 28 points on turnovers and special teams. The night was almost unbearable to watch for Fins fans. Miami started hot at 2-0 with a big win. Now at 2-2, we have lost two weeks in a row to division rivals. It stings, it hurts, and it puts us a game and half back in our division only a quarter of the way through the season.

Dolphins fired the special teams coordinator this morning immediately after last night's game. Two weeks in a row we have given up blocks on special teams. The Dolphins will need to focus on going 4-1 at least over the next five games to put themselves in good shape for the final half of the season.

Getiing Pumped Up For The Jets

Sunday night football will be rocking in Miami when the Jets come to town tonight. The Jets are 1-1 and have a large fan base in Miami. The Dolphins are 2-0 and riding high after there win against the Vikings.

While the Jets run defense has been good this year so far the Dolphins 1-2 combo of Williams and Brown I'll be coming full steam today. The Rivalry has its usual hype and pre-game trash talking amongst the long time rivals. Henne has been very good so far this year and we expect him to be consistent today, we give him 2 TD's and 220 yds passing. Watch Fasano today for the Dolphins you could see some good yards and a potential TD from him. We think Ricky Williams will gave a good today and we expect him to have 100 yards and 1 td. we have Ronnie putting up 100 yards as well with a TD.

Our prediction is Dolphins win 31-27

Camarillo Traded To Vikings For Benny Sapp

The Miami Dolphins traded Greg Camarillo to the Minnesota Vikings for cornerback Benny Sapp. Sapp had 40 solo tackles for the vikings last year, but posted 0 interceptions. The Vikings have been hurt recently for receivers after Percy Harvin had some issues and now Sidney Rice will be sidelined for at least 4-8 game this season. Camarillo played 3 season with Dolphins and put up 552 yards receiving for the Dolphins last year.

The move by the Dolphins may sugest the Will Allen will not be ready in time for the regular season, we will have to wait a few weeks and see what happens.

Training Camp Updates: QB, RB, Offensive Line

Chad Henne has continued to perform well in practice despite some criticism early on. Pennington is his usual consistent but older self, he will have the second spot coming into the season. Tyler Thigpen is doing well enough to keep him above Pat White in 3rd, but that isn't saying much considering White's performance has not been good last year or in practice.

Ronnie Brown is feeling healthy and doing work in practice, he has looked sharp during drills and had some good runs where he broke a few tackles. Ricky Williams is consistent and seems to be just going through the routine, he looks light & quick and seems very focused.

So who is gonna be blocking and holding down the protection on the offensive line ? How about almost 700 pounds of blocking power on the right side between Vernon Carey and potential rookie standout John Jerry. Then on the right side you have the stud Jake Long working with a rather "incognito" guy named Richie ( Richie Incognito). The center position has been up in the air the past few days as Jake Grove may have opened room for Joe Berger to take the starting role. We should know more about the center position in the next few days.

Dolphins take on the Buccaneers Saturday at 7 pm.

Will Allen Has Knee Surgery

Will Allen has just undergone arthroscopic knee surgery after already receiving treatment for ligament repair recently. These surgeries are supposed to keep Allen out of play through the entire pre-season, but signs point to his return from the injury report status to as soon as the first oar second game of the season.

Still Early: Defense Better Than Offense In Scrimmage

The defense played better than the offense during the scrimmage Saturday. The defense got in on the quarterback often and penetrated the offensive line well. The defense held Brandon Marshall to just 11 yards and Chad Henne only completed 50% of his passes. While the defense should be given credit for a good performance Saturday, the offense should not be heavily critiqued just yet.

The pre-season is still young and the Dolphins are moving players around on the offensive side quite a bit. Heck, Sparano even brought in Hartline to take snaps at center. Charles Grant got the best of John Jerry on the day delivering 3 sacks to the offense. Jerry is still trying to be worked in by Sparano so he has not had much time yet to hone in on his strengths. Jerry will develop more soon enough and he shows good potential, nevertheless, Grant capitalized well on Jerry's unsteadiness.

more to come....

Patrick Cobbs Injures Hamstring

Patrick Cobbs has injured his hamstring and the team is not certain on his return date. The Phins just lost Kory Sheets with an Achilles injury last week and now Cobbs goes down with a hammy injury. Sheets and Cobbs were the leading contenders to replace Tedd Ginn Jr. for the kick returner position.