The Pittsburgh Steelers ended their season at 9-7 by winning Sunday night’s season finale 30-24 over the Miami Dolphins. Here it is an end in real sense, as Baltimore Ravens’ 21-13 victory over the Oakland Raiders eliminated Steelers’ chance to play into playoffs.
The reigning Super Bowl champions lost their advantage earlier after a late-season five-game losing streak, losing three games respectively to the woeful Chiefs, Raiders and Browns in a span of 19 days.
But anyway the Steelers did not fail their fans so much as they ended the season with a win. Plenty of Steelers fans stayed with their team until the end. Many in the stadium wore black and gold Steelers jerseys to cheer for the visiting team, who sent two Miami quarterbacks to the sideline, including Pat White with a head injury.
The Dolphins also lost their chance to enter playoff. With two minutes left in their season finale against the Steelers, the Houston Texans beat the New England Patriots to remain alive for the playoffs. Winning the AFC East last season, the Dolphins did their best to climb to 7-6 from a 0-3 start. But they ended the season with another three-game losing streak.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Dolphins LB Crowder ended season with foot injury
The Miami Dolphins inside linebacker Channing Crowder will not play any game in Dolphins jersey for this season as he has been placed on injured reserve with a right foot injury, meaning the Dolphins may have smaller chance to go to the playoffs.
The Dolphins cling to only the faintest playoff hopes going into Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. With Crowder being hurt on the second play in last Sunday’s game against the Houston Texans, the Dolphins missed as many as 10 tackles in the first half alone, falling behind 27-0, giving up 306 years in the first half, and losing the game eventually at 27-20.
Crowder, a fifth-year starter, ranks fourth on the Dolphins with 52 tackles. With a contract that will keep him through 2010 season, he may return well enough to help the Dolphins for next season. But for this season, veteran Reggie Torbor will play in his position for the remaining games.
The Dolphins cling to only the faintest playoff hopes going into Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. With Crowder being hurt on the second play in last Sunday’s game against the Houston Texans, the Dolphins missed as many as 10 tackles in the first half alone, falling behind 27-0, giving up 306 years in the first half, and losing the game eventually at 27-20.
Crowder, a fifth-year starter, ranks fourth on the Dolphins with 52 tackles. With a contract that will keep him through 2010 season, he may return well enough to help the Dolphins for next season. But for this season, veteran Reggie Torbor will play in his position for the remaining games.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Confirmed: Dolphins RB Brown will not play against Panthers Thursday night
As the Miami Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown has been ruled out for Thursday night’s game against the Carolina Panthers, his injured right foot also made his status for the rest of the regular season uncertain.
According to Coach Tony Sparano, the team’s leader rusher needed to see a specialist for further evaluation, and it is hard to say when he could wear back his Dolphins jersey. Ricky Williams will start at running back in Brown’s absence. Then the Thursday’s game will be Brown’s first missed game since his season-ending knee injury in 2007, and Williams’ first start for this season.
And 32-year-old Williams is the right replacement to Brown, as the 1998 Heisman Trophy winner and 2002 NFL rushing champion has rushed for 558 yards and is averaging a career-best 5.3 yards per carry. Also, he is confident that he will do the starting job well on Thursday.
According to Coach Tony Sparano, the team’s leader rusher needed to see a specialist for further evaluation, and it is hard to say when he could wear back his Dolphins jersey. Ricky Williams will start at running back in Brown’s absence. Then the Thursday’s game will be Brown’s first missed game since his season-ending knee injury in 2007, and Williams’ first start for this season.
And 32-year-old Williams is the right replacement to Brown, as the 1998 Heisman Trophy winner and 2002 NFL rushing champion has rushed for 558 yards and is averaging a career-best 5.3 yards per carry. Also, he is confident that he will do the starting job well on Thursday.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Dolphins RB Brown will stay on crutches for quite a few days
The Miami Dolphins did not become the second team being beaten by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but they won Sunday’s game at the cost of running back Ronnie Brown, who injured his right ankle in the third quarter of Sunday’s game.
Brown watched the end of Dolphins’ 25-23 win in the locker room after limping off the field with assistance from teammates. He might feel fortunate that his lost fumble before leaving field did not result in significant drop. But not being part of the winning team was still something frustrating.
“I kind of rolled my foot to the inside,” he said. “It’s tough coming out of the game. Fortunately we were able to get a W. I just don’t like being on the sidelines.”
He was replaced by Ricky Williams who ran for a season-high 102 yards for the remaining of the game. And Brown ran for 82 yards and a touchdown before leaving field still wearing his Dolphins jersey. The Dolphins’ leading rusher this season will have some tests to determine how long he will have to stay on crutches.
Brown watched the end of Dolphins’ 25-23 win in the locker room after limping off the field with assistance from teammates. He might feel fortunate that his lost fumble before leaving field did not result in significant drop. But not being part of the winning team was still something frustrating.
“I kind of rolled my foot to the inside,” he said. “It’s tough coming out of the game. Fortunately we were able to get a W. I just don’t like being on the sidelines.”
He was replaced by Ricky Williams who ran for a season-high 102 yards for the remaining of the game. And Brown ran for 82 yards and a touchdown before leaving field still wearing his Dolphins jersey. The Dolphins’ leading rusher this season will have some tests to determine how long he will have to stay on crutches.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Dolphins WR Ginn in danger of losing starting job
During the Miami Dolphins Thursday practice, head coach Tony Sparano did not let quarterback Ted Ginn Jr. practice with the first or second teams as he usually did. It seemed that he was trying other quarterbacks to see who will probably be the best replacement to the current starter.
Sparano had Dovone Bess, Greg Camarillo and even Brian Hartline, who is yet wearing NFL jersey for the first year, taking turns to get a look at them. Having been unhappy with Ginn’s performance for the season, the coach seemed to plan to move the starter a few rungs down on the depth chart.
"We'll see where we are at the end of the week,'' Sparano said to the paper. "Right now, I'm just upsetting the whole apple cart to see how this thing goes."
Even though Ginn is still the official starting quarterback for the Miami Dolphins, it seemed he is near in losing the job unless he shows obvious improvement on this Sunday night while playing against the New York Jets.
Sparano had Dovone Bess, Greg Camarillo and even Brian Hartline, who is yet wearing NFL jersey for the first year, taking turns to get a look at them. Having been unhappy with Ginn’s performance for the season, the coach seemed to plan to move the starter a few rungs down on the depth chart.
"We'll see where we are at the end of the week,'' Sparano said to the paper. "Right now, I'm just upsetting the whole apple cart to see how this thing goes."
Even though Ginn is still the official starting quarterback for the Miami Dolphins, it seemed he is near in losing the job unless he shows obvious improvement on this Sunday night while playing against the New York Jets.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Three injured Dolphins defenders returned to practice Thursday
After sitting out Wednesday, the Miami Dolphins linebackers Joey Porter and Akin Ayodele and defensive end Phillip Merling retured to practice Thursday, with all of the three wearing protective pads.
Porter had been sitting out for nearly two weeks and missed last Sunday’s win over the Buffalo Bills with a sore right hamstring, Merling left field in the fourth quarter of the same game for hurting his left ankle, and Ayodele had been sidelined with a sore back. The three joined team practice in preparation for the game against the New York Jets on next Monday night.
“Whenever you’re hurt, you realize how much you really miss the game,” Porter said after the practice. “To go out there to run around with the guys and put my pads back on definitely feels better than it did sitting on the sideline watching.”
It seemed that the three injured defenders were eager to return to field. Although they were limited in the practice, they still did a good amount of work.
Porter had been sitting out for nearly two weeks and missed last Sunday’s win over the Buffalo Bills with a sore right hamstring, Merling left field in the fourth quarter of the same game for hurting his left ankle, and Ayodele had been sidelined with a sore back. The three joined team practice in preparation for the game against the New York Jets on next Monday night.
“Whenever you’re hurt, you realize how much you really miss the game,” Porter said after the practice. “To go out there to run around with the guys and put my pads back on definitely feels better than it did sitting on the sideline watching.”
It seemed that the three injured defenders were eager to return to field. Although they were limited in the practice, they still did a good amount of work.
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