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"Right now we need to win the rest of our games. If we don't win the rest of our games, it doesn't matter who beats who." - "I thought our offensive line was pretty good.

After the big win over New England, the Dolphins are now primed to make a playoff run and Coach Tony Sparano is eager to take on this challenge.

So unless his brother Vernon and the San Francisco 49ers are on TV - as will be the case Monday night against Arizona - he'll find something else to do.

"I think, obviously, the decision was made, and we've had the year now to validate what the decision was about.

Sometimes it's important to just come out and say the obvious: The Miami Dolphins stink in the fourth quarter.

Season-ending injuries have sidelined six front-line players this year, from tight end David Martin in training camp to quarterback Chad Pennington, running back/returner Patrick Cobbs, cornerback Will Allen, running back Ronnie Brown and, most recently, nose tackle Jason Ferguson.

It's one thing to ask Paul Soliai or Randy Starks or Tony McDaniel to try and replace the physical presence of Jason Ferguson now that he's out for the season with a quad injury.

With Ferguson out, backup Paul Soliai will get a chance to start. AP Enlarge Photo Alabama's Terrence Cody, shown after blocking what would have been a game-winning field goal against Tennessee on Oct.

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Reggie Torbor knows something of the transition teammates Randy Starks and Tony McDaniel, defensive tackles in their NFL lives, now must make in moving to nose guard.

Miami Dolphins nose tackle Jason Ferguson will miss the rest of the season with a quadriceps injury, coach Tony Sparano said Monday.

The Dolphins are preparing to finish the season without starting nose tackle Jason Ferguson, who a source says suffered what appears to be a season-ending right knee injury in Thursday night's 24-17 win over the Carolina Panthers.

Just came back from the media availability at this morning's practice. They started off in the bubble, then switched to the outside fields.

Dolphins' co-beat writer Brian Biggane enters Week 1 on the PUP list, with a torn quadriceps tendon suffered last weekend.

Michael Turner , the Atlanta Falcons ' Pro Bowl running back, is Mr. YAC. Yards After Contact.

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Channing Crowder is what fellow linebacker Joey Porter likes to call "a big cat." Crowder's combination of size and speed allows him to pounce when other linebackers might not even get a sniff of a ballcarrier.

COACH: Tony Sparano KEY ADDITIONS: LB Cameron Wake, S Gibril Wilson, G/C Joe Berger, C Jake Grove, DT Tony McDaniel, LB Jason Taylor, S Tyrone Culver NOTABLE: The Dolphins used the Wildcat formation on 12 percent of their offensive plays, the most in the NFL.

There are times I learn something from watching ESPN. Normally that happens on Baseball Tonight or when John Clayton, Chris Mortensen or Adam Schefter are sharing the fruits of their reporting.

What's left of the Miami Dolphins' bubble boys can be broken down into two groups of long shots.