Archives for December 17, 2006

‘”He has a good grasp of our system,” the coach said. “He’s worked hard. He’s a smart individual.”‘

”’We usually talk after the games,” Evans said. “After the game, [we] figure out how each of us is doing. We’ll speak once a week. Usually the week we play each other, we probably talk a little more because I’m coming down, got people down there. Vice-versa when he comes up here.”’

‘Bills coach Dick Jauron is a former special teams coach and Bobby April is considered a special teams guru. The Bills lead the NFL in net punting (39.7), are second in punt return average (11.8) and are third in kickoff return average (24.8). The Bills held the Jets to one return for three yards last week. Dolphins punter Donnie Jones placed three kicks inside the 10-yard line last week, but Miami’s return teams have not been special this year. ADVANTAGE: Bills.’

‘It was Hunt who gave Levy his first NFL head coaching job, in 1978. And, though Hunt approved Levy’s firing in 1982, he also had a hand in helping him get the head coaching job four years later with the Buffalo Bills, with whom Levy reached the Super Bowl four years running.’

‘Dolphins 23-10…Bills 16-6…Bills 15-12.’

Scouting report (Miami Herald)

Dolphins Q&A | Zach Thomas (Miami Herald)

Super Bowl event to feature Dolphins greats (Miami Herald)

Dolphins have dough, but class of free agents thin (Miami Herald)

Inconsistency is a constant with Dolphins (Miami Herald)

Bills’ Evans has friendly rival in Dolphins’ Chambers (Miami Herald)

Patriot Act applies to Fins (Miami Herald)

NFL teams looking for an edge (Miami Herald)

A closer look at the top three candidates for NFL Defensive Player of the year (Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel)

NFL’s Popularity contest (Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel)

Hunt had big influence on Levy (Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel)

Two-minute drill with DT Dan Wilkinson (Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel)

Who deserves it most? (Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel)

Breakdown: Dolphins vs. Bills (Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel)

Is Dolphins’ Taylor the team’s all-time greatest defender? (Palm Beach Post)

Head-to-head (Palm Beach Post)

Sean marches in (Palm Beach Post)

The scouting report (Palm Beach Post)

Roster overhaul likely in ’07 (Florida Today)

Dolphins at Bills (Orlando Sentinel)

‘”It’s a terrible bargaining agreement, terrible,” Wilson said he told the other owners. “If we’re going to give all this money for the building of the stadium, we’ve got to knock out the qualifiers [to get increased revenue sharing for small-market teams]. It’s incidental, but it would give us just a little to pay for the extra costs of the stadium.”‘