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As injuries mounted, reinforcements shuttled in and out. Understudies took over for stars.

The Dolphins season will be decided in a few hours. Entering Week 11, 11 AFC teams have five losses or fewer, including 4-5 Miami.

That was in 2004, when a marijuana habit drove Williams out of the NFL. The following year he began a comeback that proceeded fitfully because of Miami Dolphins coaching changes, a season-ending injury and an 18-month suspension.

Miami scored two touchdowns in the final four minutes of the half to stun the Panthers and take an 11-point lead.

Even a distant replay went against the Bucs. Mike Pereira, the NFL 's vice president for officiating, told the Bucs that he agrees with the replay reversal that resulted in an interception by the Dolphins ' Jason Taylor on Sunday.

South Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham Power Rankings: Preseason: 16. This week: 17.

Dolphins WR Ted Ginn Jr. will be back on the first-team offense Sunday against the Buccaneers after not starting the last two games.

The Dolphins have stuck to the party line long established by their boss, Bill Parcells, who believes a team is as good as it record says.

By going 3-5 the first half of the season, reigning AFC East champion Miami actually beat the odds.

Starting with Paul Warfield in the early 1970s and progressing through Nat Moore, Mark Duper and Mark Clayton, O.J. McDuffie and even Chris Chambers, Miami always had at least one wideout who kept opposing defensive coordinators up at night.

Dolphins coach Tony Sparano is generally a bottom-line kind of person, but after losing another close game to one of the premier teams in the NFL and owning a 3-5 record at the midseason mark, even he is taking comfort in the near misses.

RUN OFFENSE: C-minus Pat White was unleashed. The rest of the running game was unremarkable.

Share + Nov 4, 2009 7:51 pm US/Eastern Nicole Maristany FORT LAUDERDALE In football, scoring a touchdown is often referred to as "taking it to the house", and in this week's Neighbors 4 Neighbors In Your Community report, the Miami Dolphins Foundation teamed up with other community players to help a South Florida family move into their new home.

Let's look at Chambers of late. He became less important to San Diego with the emergence of Malcolm Floyd was made had one catch Sunday in the Charger's win against Oakland.

Ted Ginn Jr. has been demoted after all. Miami Dolphins rookie Brian Hartline will replace his fellow Ohio State product as one starting wide receiver, according to the official changes announced before today's 1 p.m. game at the New York Jets .

This was a sports fable. It was a football story that only happens in the movies.

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- I'll bet Ted Ginn will be happy to speak after this game.

A week after he dropped three passes in a loss to the Saints, wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr.

Nobody on the roster possesses Ginn's speed, but half the roster has better hands.

Wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. is officially in the Dolphins' doghouse. While the 1st- and 2nd-team offenses ran two plays each at the beginning of practice, Ginn was off to the side with rookie WR Pat Turner and practice squad WRs Julius Pruit and James Robinson.