Archives for December 18, 2006

‘Now the trick is to win the Bills’ final two games as well – Sunday at home against Tennessee and New Year’s Eve in Baltimore – and get to 9-7. Yet even if they accomplish that feat, they will need teams such as Cincinnati, Jacksonville, Kansas City, the New York Jets and Denver – all currently ahead of them in the race for the two wild-card spots – to start crumbling.’

‘”As long as we win, we’ll let the cards fall where they may fall,” Price said.’

‘And while Wilson is uncertain about the long-term future of the franchise, he likes the short-term future of the team. “With this coaching staff, the way the players are playing, I think it’s a coming team,” he said. “If we just have a decent draft this year, I think we’ll have a possible playoff team with a couple breaks next year.”‘

‘”You probably don’t expect them to throw the ball deep into the wind, but they did it,” said defensive end Jason Taylor, one of the few Dolphins players who earned his paycheck. “They didn’t trick us. They didn’t scheme us. They just outplayed us.”‘

‘Dolphins offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey: Nice job this year against the Bills. Eight quarters, six points, and that lone touchdown came on a garbage time drive at the end of the game down in Miami when the outcome was no longer in doubt.’

‘What’s gotten into Robert Royal? After getting his name removed from offensive coordinator Steve Fairchild’s Witness Protection Program, he’s now caught a TD pass in three straight games.’

‘Rise and shine, defense. Two games to go. And 9-7 isn’t just a pipe dream.’

‘”When January comes around, they’ll postpone it until June. So enjoy the team, fellas,” he said.’

‘Not just the best play of the quarter, maybe the best of the season – Josh Reed crashed through a host of Miami defenders en route to a 27-yard score.’

‘”The Bills are alive for one more week,” he said cheerfully. “We have meaningful football in December, and that’s all we can ask for.”‘

‘”He’s playing like a vet now,” said receiver Josh Reed. “He’s making really good decisions at smart times. He’s not getting frustrated when something bad happens.” Left tackle Jason Peters said, “He just believes the offensive line is going to give him time and going through his reads and hitting the open man. He’s getting better every week.”‘

‘”It’s an awesome feeling,” Buffalo linebacker London Fletcher-Baker said. “Obviously, we didn’t think we would shut them out. But to get the type of victory that we got today says a lot about the character of this team.”‘

‘On battling back to .500 and what it says about the team – The character that we’ve talked about all year, I believe it’s there. They play as a team more and more. Hopefully we can keep going. We know it’s just going to get harder, but I think they like the challenge, they like it.’

Left out in the cold (Miami Herald)

Inconsistency is a constant with Dolphins (Miami Herald)

Dolphins’ life is made miserable (Miami Herald)

Lemon should start final two games (Miami Herald)

Miami’s offense gone with wind (Miami Herald)

Dolphins keys to the game (Miami Herald)

Dolphins quarter-by-quarter highlights (Miami Herald)

Dolphins’ first play of the second half ends in disaster (Miami Herald)

‘Inconsistent group’ shows its ugly side (Miami Herald)

Grading the Dolphins (Miami Herald)

Dolphins blanked by Bills, 21-0 (Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel)

Dolphins Chambers and Booker finish empty-handed (Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel)

Offense is more gory than glory (Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel)

Losman `playing like a vet now’ (Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel)

Grading the Dolphins (Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel)

Photo gallery (Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel)

Sense of emptiness hangs over season (Palm Beach Post)

Dolphins give fans nothing to cling to (Palm Beach Post)

Shutout makes for sweet day (Palm Beach Post)

Casserly has last word hopefully on ‘Tapegate’ (Palm Beach Post)

Secondary takes blame for loss (Palm Beach Post)

Q&A with Donnie Jones (Palm Beach Post)

Photo gallery (Palm Beach Post)

Miserable day for Miami (Florida Today)

Saban: No QB controversy (Florida Today)

Chambers: No-catch game ‘mind boggling’ (Florida Today)

First-quarter futility in Buffalo a harbinger of things to come (RealFootball365.com)

Postgame notes (MiamiDolphins.com)

Dolphins postgame quotes (MiamiDolphins.com)

Bills postgame quotes (MiamiDolphins.com)

Photo gallery (MiamiDolphins.com)

‘Fletcher-Baker said even as Evans’ numbers increase, he’s never going to politic for publicity. “He’s not going to bring attention to himself,” Fletcher-Baker said. “When he scores a touchdown he’s not going to dance. He’s in a tough situation because a lot of other receivers are so flamboyant and bring so much attention on themselves or they benefit from being on a winning team. But I bet cornerbacks who face him know this: They better bring their lunch pail because it’s going to be a long day.”‘