The wins keep coming, providing proof this franchise is headed in the right direction. However, the past four games serve as evidence the ship is beginning to take on water. Injuries are finally stacking up. The penalties are starting to pile up. Opposing running backs are racking up yards. The pass...

While the NFL might produce a couple of ugly games each season, and Sunday's Miami-St. Louis snore-fest was certainly one of them, there is no such thing as an ugly win in the NFL. Ugly wins don't exist in a league where everyone has motivations, including the players who suit up and play hard for b...

This game will go a long way towards determining if the Dolphins will finish 2008 with a record above .500 or not. Good teams can put away bad teams. Right now the Dolphins are an average team, which has beaten a few above-average teams, and struggled to put away some bad ones. Sun-Sentinel columnis...

It will blow your mind how many line combinations, secondary blitzes and various pass rushing strategies the Dolphins used against the Patriots in Sunday's loss. There were lines that featured Jason Ferguson, Randy Starks, and even rookie Phillip Merling as the nose tackle. There were lines that fea...

That embarrassing loss to the Patriots could potentially be a season-altering defeat. It can either take the wind out of this spunky team's sail, or define the kind of spirit the Trifecta's Dolphins will have. Winning the AFC East now appears to be a long-shot since the Jets are hot, and there's a c...

All Tech and All Potter An NPR segment about social networking in the workplace was on the air today. We're also taking listener questions on the "All Tech Considered" segments now, so that's pretty cool. We're starting to get some good notes from readers on the All Tech Considered Community area. I...

When Broncos cornerback Karl Paymah disrespectfully called Greg Camarillo an "Average Joe" I must admit I loved the nickname, and still use it. But this is one of those instances where a demeaning nickname gets flipped into something positive. To me, Camarillo was the "Average Joe&quo...

So this is what playoff intensity football looks and feels like. The Dolphins were taught an important lesson by the AFC's tenured professor. Better yet, the NFL's dean of payback, Bill Belichick, whose Patriots gave all of Miami an open handed slap during Sunday's gut punch of a 48-28 loss. The sta...

Write too much It's been a very busy week, but I'm seeing light at the end of the Chunnel. Here's the highlights of new stuff. I think after this week, I'll be freed up to write more personal stuff in this space and less link-dumping. I had a story in the Sunday paper, a big holiday gift guide on te...

The last time Bill Belichick was beaten twice in one season by the same team was in 2005 when the Denver Broncos knocked off the Patriots in week six and then came back that season and pulled off a 27-13 victory in the playoffs. Getting that double dip is like witnessing an eclipse. It doesn't come ...