New attitude takes over

AndrA© Goodman has far too much experience playing on losing teams for different coaching staffs.

However, even Goodman, a six-year veteran cornerback who has suffered through four horrid years in Detroit and two more in Miami, is psyched about the 'hard-nosed' attitude spreading through the Dolphins' locker room.

'The difference between this one and the last regime is maybe we've taken on the personality of the man upstairs,' Goodman said, referring to Bill Parcells, the Dolphins' vice president of football operations. 'Coach Parcells comes here and almost instantly changes our mentality from a finesse-type feeling to now a hard-nosed, physical attitude.