Ted Ginn Jr. News

Dolfans might want to look the other way. Seeing Ted Ginn Jr.'s drops one time likely was enough.

Ricky Williams is having his best season since retiring. That was in 2004, when a marijuana habit drove Williams out of the NFL.

Tom Sorensen has been a columnist at The Observer for 20 years and has been at the paper for 25, writing about nearly every sport in the Carolinas.

The Dolphins worked through the preseason without Matt Roth, last year's starting strong-side linebacker.

Dolphins QB Chad Henne vs. Bucs secondary Henne is built a lot like Bucs QB Josh Freeman, but doesn't have anywhere near the same makeup.

RUN OFFENSE: A Before his ankle injury, Ronnie Brown showed off his vision and strength on a number of cutback runs.

Chad Henne lost the game Sunday. He blew it. The coaches trusted him with a little more than a minute left, and he let everyone down by throwing the one pass he couldn't . "Disheartening,'' Henne called the interception.

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

All season, Dolphins fans have bemoaned their team's lack of good breaks, especially when compared to last.

In a fourth quarter that had comebacks by young quarterbacks, Chad Henne came out on top with seconds to spare.

Facing two games in five days, including Sunday against the Bucs, losing focus could put the Dolphins' season in jeopardy and hinder the growth of their younger players.

The Dolphins are off to a rough start to say the least. Their two wins over the Jets and a victory over the lowly Bills stand as the only successes of this season.

FOXBORO, Mass. a ' It was an admirable fight. It was a solid battle. It was a respectable effort.

Ted Ginn Jr. has got one foot in the Hall of Fame. Make that one shoe. The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio requested the cleats Ginn wore two weeks ago when he became the first player in NFL history to have two touchdowns of 100 yards in the same game.

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.

Man, they worked for those seven points. They really worked. It started with the coaches deciding a few weeks back to install an option offense.

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

Ted Ginn Jr. was a hot topic around the Dolphins last week because he had one great game, and that apparently returned him to everyone's good graces.

The Dolphins blindsided New England with the Wildcat the last time they visited Foxborough, gaining 119 yards and scoring four touchdowns in the unleashing of the run-oriented scheme last season.

The blitz Miami Dolphins receiver Ted Ginn Jr. had kickoff returns of 100 and 101 yards, but he played only 16 snaps on offense, had only one pass thrown his way and made no receptions.