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Ronnie Brown had a great day today, rushing for 134 yards on 15 carries for a TD (including a 60 yard dash) and 73 receiving yards on 6 receptions. Unfortunately, there wasn't much else to write home about in this one as the Dolphins lost, 35-17.

Once again, our rushing defense killed us, allowing 299 yards on the ground with 3 TDs. All 3 of them were ran in by Daunte Culpepper, who had 28 yards on the ground. Besides that, he was 5 for 12 for 75 yards, 2 TDs and 0 INTs.

After scoring one of the TDs, he was... well, really excited. And, that's fine and understandable. But, then, he made a prolonged scene by facing the Miami stands, pointing at them, pointing at his knee and putting up an OK symbol. He didn't do this just once, though, but like 50 times.

Now, I wrote, back when he was still a Dolphin, that we shouldn't get rid of him. And Cameron probably didn't handle it as good as he could have. But, what Daunte did today was not classy at all.

Your knee is OK? Cool. Happy for you. I don't wish bad things on people. However, we paid you a bunch of money and you produced nothing. I'm not saying it was your fault, but you weren't put through hardships and you aren't Gandhi. Could part of the reason that your knee is OK now be because of the time that you spent rehabbing on our dime? Yeah, I think so.

Donovin Darius led the defense today with 9 tackles, Derrick Pope had 8 tackles and Matt Roth had 6 tackles and a sack. We were able to force a fumble on a punt return and that was the Raiders only turnover. There was a fumble by a Raiders running back in the 4th quarter, if I recall, that was ruled down by contact. Cameron challenged it and it looked like it would go our way, but didn't.

Trent Green was 14 of 25 for 158 yards, 1 TD and 2 INTs. The interceptions continue to kill us. Ronnie was his favorite target, but Justin Peelle had a solid day, as well, with 45 yards on 3 catches, including a 35 yard catch and run on 4th and 4th. He also caught a TD.

Next Sunday, we'll play the Titans in Houston at 1:00 PM ET.

Culpepper returns to Miami today as we try to get our first win of the season. The game is at 1:00 PM ET. If you have any comments (before, during or after), please feel free to leave them here.

Here is the injury report for today:

Raiders: Out: QB Josh McCown (foot) and LB Isaiah Ekejiuba (foot). Questionable: DE Derrick Burgess (calf) and LB Robert Thomas (hamstring). Probable: RB Oren O'Neal (hamstring), G Robert Gallery (shoulder) and C Jeremy Newberry (hamstring).

Dolphins: Questionable: LB Zach Thomas (concussion) and S Travares Tillman (knee). Probable: TE David Martin (toe).

The Palm Beach Post reports that even when Ricky applies for reinstatement, the medical staff can take up to 45 days to submit their evaluation of him and then the commissioner can take another 15 days to make his decision.

The AP reports that Daunte Culpepper will start for the Raiders when they face the Dolphins tomorrow.

Harvey Fialkov has an article on Lorenzo Booker, who is being brought along slowly by Cameron.

Zach is feeling better, but is still waiting for medical clearance. He wants to play, but it's going to be a decision that comes from a doctor and not him.

David Martin missed practice with flu-like symptoms. He's also dealing with a toe injury. His status is uncertain.

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As if losing wasn't enough, Brett Favre tied Dan Marino's career TD mark by throwing the 420th touchdown pass of his career. I'd rather he didn't, as a Dolphins fan, but congratulations to him on the accomplishment.

They finally gave Ronnie the ball today and he came up big, setting a career high for yards from scrimmage with 213. He had 112 yards on the ground on 23 carries and 99 yards receiving on 6 catches. He scored 3 times (twice on the ground, once through the air). He also nailed down a 2 point conversion near the end as the Dolphins went with another Statue of Liberty play. When I say he got the ball, I really mean that - he was the only Dolphin to get a rushing attempt. Great game. I hope they keep giving it to him.

Trent had a solid game, too, as he was 23 of 36 with 318 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT. His favorite target, along with Ronnie, was Chris Chambers, who had 6 catches for 101 yards. Marty Booker had a solid day, as well, with 60 yards on 3 catches. David Martin had 31 on 3. Ginn had 15 on 1 and looked better return wise, giving the Dolphins solid field position on 2 kick off returns (one of which was called back by a penalty).

Jay Feely was 2 for 2 on field goals, with the longest coming from 39.

In all, the Dolphins offense picked up 168 more yards than the Jets offense, but the Jets had 4 less penalties and held onto the ball for 3 minutes and 40 seconds longer. They took a kick return 98 yards for a touchdown, so that played into them not needing as much offense, as well, certainly. They also won the turnover battle, 1-0.

We had an onside kick at the end, after scoring a TD to get within 3, but we couldn't make it happen. The first attempt was illegally batted by a Jet - we got 10 yards and a re-kick. The second kick was good - a Jet jumped forward and knocked it back to us, but we just didn't have anyone close enough to the ball - Feely got close, but not close enough.

Defensively, Donnie Spragan had 11 tackles, Channing had 9 and Michael Lehan had 7. The Dolphins 1 sack came from Vonnie Holliday.

Next Sunday, we'll play host to the Raiders at 1:00 PM ET.

The Dolphins and Jets meet up for the first time this season, today at 1:00 PM ET. If you have any comments about the game - before, during or after - please feel free to leave them here!

Here's the injury report:

Dolphins: Out: S Donovin Darius (Calf) and LB Zach Thomas (Concussion). Probable: QB Trent Green (Ankle) and G Rex Hadnot (Shoulder).

Jets: Questionable: WR Jerricho Cotchery (Shoulder), CB Andre Dyson (Foot), G Brandon Moore (Shoulder), QB Chad Pennington (Ankle), DT Dewayne Robertson (Knee) and S Eric Smith (Thigh). Probable: CB David Barrett (Thigh), LB David Bowens (Hand), RB Thomas Jones (Calf), TE Joe Kowalewski (Shoulder) and RB Stacy Tutt (Foot)

From Armando Salguero:

Not quite the loss of Zach, but Donovin Darious will miss the Jets game, as well, due to a calf injury, according to the official site.

The AP reports that tests have shown that Zach has a mild concussion and will miss the Jets game.

Dave Hyde talks about a new book called The Water Boy, written by Bob Ackles (with Ian Mulgrew), who was in charge of personnel during Jimmy Johnson's time in Miami.

In it, he has excerpts that describe an event that occurred the day before former Offensive Coordinator Gary Stevens was fired:

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Scary stuff.

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This game was close for a long time. We were within 1 score until 11:03 left in the 4th quarter when Nick Folk hit a 47 yard field goal from the dirt to pull ahead, 23-13. But, turnovers killed us as Trent Green had a terrible day. He threw 4 picks to go along with 2 touchdowns and 287 yards. He was 23 of 40 in all. Ugly, ugly, ugly.

The running game didn't look any better, really, averaging 2.9 yards a carry. Ronnie had 33 yards on 11 caries. Chambers had 109 yards on 9 catches. Booker had 79 on 4 with a TD. Hagan had 2 on 33 with a TD, including a nice catch on a tipped ball in the end zone in the 4th quarter. They had 352 net yards, we had 334 net yards. The turnovers made all the difference, of course.

Feely was 2 for 2 on field goals with his longest coming from 45. On defense, Zach ha d10 tackles and Crowder had 8. Traylor had a lone sack and we forced exactly 0 turnovers.

To make it worse, they showed a clip of Jason Taylor, before the game, ripping down a Cowboys banner that some fans at field level had hung up. And he appeared to even get into it a bit (verbally) with the fan. It just didn't look good - a bad move on Jason's part.

Just a bad game in all. We are now 0-2 and will be flying heading to New York to face the Jets at 1:00 PM ET next Sunday, September 23.

The Dolphins host the Cowboys today at 4:05 PM ET. If you have anything to say about the game, please feel free to comment on this entry.

Here is the injury report:

Cowboys: Out: LB Greg Ellis (Achilles) and WR Terry Glenn (Knee). Questionable: CB Terence Newman (Foot). Probable: LB Kevin Burnett (Ankle).

Dolphins: Out: CB Andre' Goodman (Shoulder). Probable: RB Jesse Chatman (Knee).

Funny quote from Zach:

With an estimated team value of $942 million, the Dolphins rank 15th of all NFL franchises, according to Forbes. See their team page for more.

Via Ben Volin.

Edgar Thompson has thoughts from Jay Feely, Chris Chambers and Will Allen on the $500,000 fine handed down by the NFL to Patriots coach Bill Belichick.