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Running back Samkon Gado has been added to the roster. To make room for him, defensive tackle Sam Rayburn, signed earlier this month, was waived.

The list of preliminary nominees for Pro Football Hall of Fame induction has been released. New this year is long time Dolphin Richmond Webb.

Other former members of Dolphins organization that are on the list include Cris Carter (also new this year), Gary Clark, Jimmy Johnson, Bob Kuechenberg, Reggie Roby and George Young.

Via MiamiHerald.com.

At NFL.com, you can vote for Ted Ginn, Jr. for the Rookie of the Week award. I'm not sure if it's counting votes right now or not as I tried to vote, but it just threw off a JavaScript error.

Via the official site.

From Edgar Thompson:

When we look back at the schedule after the season is over, this is a game that we really could have won. In terrible conditions, Cleo Lemon put in a solid day, completing 17 of 30 for 149 yards and a TD, along with 18 rushing yards on 7 carries. That TD pass came late in the 4th - an awesome strike through 2 defenders to Ted Ginn for the Dolphins' only touchdown. He was under pressure and held onto it just long enough. It was a great play.

Unfortunately, that and a field goal were all the Dolphins could muster. Coming into this game, there were stories about Jay Feely and how the Giants had decided not to bring him back and how he wanted to prove them wrong. Well, unfortunately, he missed his first field goal of the day - a 48 yarder - breaking his consecutive field goals streak. If he had made it, the Dolphins TD in the 4th quarter would have made the game a tie. The conditions were tough and it was early in the game, so there is only so much you can say about it. He made his only other attempt, a 29 yarder.

The Dolphins passing defense looked good as, combined with the conditions, Giants QB Eli Manning threw for only 59 passing yards, completing 8 passes on 22 attempts. Unfortunately, the rushing defense continued to be victimized, allowing 189 yards - 131 of those to Brandon Jacobs.

The Dolphins rushed the ball solidly, gaining 116 yards. Jesse Chatman put in a good day, rushing for 79 yards on 16 carries as well as 3 catches for 21 yards. Justin Peelle was Cleo's favorite target, with 6 catches and 42 yards, including a couple 3rd down grabs. Marty Booker had 3 catches for 31 yards and Derek Hagan had 2 for 27. The 21 yard TD grab was Ginn's only catch of the day. Aaron Halterman had the first reception of his career - a 7 yarder. Congrats to him.

Channing Crowder led the defense with 8 tackles. Matt Roth had 6 tackles and a sack - a big blindside hit on Eli Manning that forced a fumble that Jason Taylor recovered. Cameron Worrell had 6 tackles, Will Allen had 5 and Jason Allen had 5, in addition to a tipped ball interception.

The Dolphins now head to a bye week before playing Buffalo in Miami in week 10.

The Dolphins are considered the home team in today's game against the Giants, being played at Wembley Stadium in London. Here's the injury report. If you have any comments about the game; before, during or after, please feel free to leave them here.

It'd be nice to get a win before the bye week.

Armando Salguero and Edgar Thompson report from London where Wayne Huizenga spoke to the press about the team's struggles and what they intend to do about it.

Thompson:


Salguero:


Salguero, Sean Fowler and Dave Hyde have analysis.

Jeff Darlington talks about Jason Taylor's presence in London where the NFL has made him a key fixture in their marketing efforts.

ESPN's Page 2 takes aim at the Dolphins by "revealing" Coach Cameron's "deepest thoughts".

The Dolphins have picked former Texan RB Samkon Gado off of waivers. He will not make the trip to London and the Dolphins will have a week to open a spot for him on the 53 man roster.

From the official site:

Updating a previous story, Zach Thomas did not make the trip to London and, as such, will not play on Sunday. This is due to the resulting effects of the car accident that Thomas was involved in last Sunday.

Omar Kelly talked with Brian Morse, the driver of the other car in the accident that Zach and Maritza Thomas were involved in.


Morse had attended the Dolphins/Patriots game.

From Omar Kelly:

Ben Volin writes about the San Diego fires and connections that current Dolphins (Jesse Chatman, Cam Cameron and Justin Peelle have with the area. Luckily, everyone is OK. Not everyone has been so lucky, though. My thoughts are with everyone affected.

After Sunday's loss to New England, Zach Thomas and his wife were in a car accident as was previously reported. At that time, it was said that there were no resulting injuries from the crash. Well, that may not be true, according to sources that spoke to Sun-Sentinel.com. How bad is it? They're saying he may have had another concussion.


Let's hope that the tests come back clean.

From Sun-Sentinel.com:


The article also notes that the Dolphins have added former University of Miami TE Buck Ortega to the practice squad. Last season, he was on Cleveland's practice squad, but they released him in August.

According to the official site, DL Chase Page had surgery yesterday, performed by Dr. James Andrews, to stablize the torn labrum in his right shoulder.

David J. Neal reports that Cam Cameron's route away from Sunday's loss took him right by Zach Thomas' car accident.

Jeff Darlington reports that Ronnie will miss the rest of the season thanks to a torn ACL. Terrific. If you're looking for running back depth in your fantasy league, give Chatman a look.

Via Yahoo!

Omar Kelly notes that with his interception TD yesterday, Jason Taylor set a new NFL record for touchdowns by a defensive lineman and a new team record for interceptions by a Dolphins defensive lineman. Kim Bokamper was the previous record holder.


On a related note, to promote the upcoming Dolphins/Giants game in London next week, the NFL unveiled a 26 foot tall animatronic version of Jason Taylor at London's Trafalgar Square. They call it Big J.T. and apparently it can walk around and everything, traveling at speeds of 4 to 5 miles per hour. I'd actually like to see that thing walking around London. It would probably get some interesting looks from people. Here's a photo gallery.

Ronnie Brown will undergo an MRI today. It's not known how severe the injury is.


Alex Carver reports that Brown told Fox Sports' Jay Glazer that he feels he has torn his ACL. If this is the case, he'll most likely miss the rest of the season and it could weaken him in the future. Like a punch to the gut. What else is gonna happen?

Speaking of ACL tears, Reynaldo Hill tore his in yesterday's game and is out for the season. Our secondary just continues to get weaker.

Zach Thomas was in a car accident on the way home from the game. Luckily, there were no injuries for anyone involved.

Though it doesn't have an impact on the rest of our season since he was already out, Trent Green told Jay Glazer that his career is probably over, as he doubts that anyone will clear him to play. If that's the case, it's unfortunate for it to end that way, but he had a very good career and I wish him the best from this point on.

Tom Brady simply picked a part the Dolphins defense today, completing 21 of 25 passes for 354 yards and 6 touchdowns. In all, they had 443 yards of total offense and one turnover (it came late in the game when Matt Cassel came in to relieve Brady and threw a pick to Jason Taylor that he took back 36 yards for a TD). The defensive side was just ugly. One of New England's TDs came on a kickoff return.

Meanwhile, the offensive side wasn't that bad. Especially the running attack - Ronnie Brown had 17 attempts and 76 yards, Jesse Chatman had 7 attempts, 73 yards and a touchdown, Cleo had 3 attempts, 16 yards and a touchdown and Patrick Cobbs had 3 attempts, 14 yards and a touchdown. Total: 30 attempts, 179 yards and 3 touchdowns. Unfortunately, Ronnie got hurt late in the game. He was able to leave under his own power, so hopefully he'll be OK. But, it's just one of those years. Ronnie has been one of the only things we've got going for us and then, he goes down. Great!

Cleo didn't look bad. Taking away from his day were an early fumble and a poor inception in the end zone. Besides that, he was 24 of 37 for 236 yards. He spread the ball around very well: Ronnie Brown had 5 catches for 33 yards, Derek Hagan had 4 for 56, Justin Peelle had 4 for 42, Ginn had 3 for 37, Booker had 3 for 28, David Martin had 3 for 22, Chatman had 1 for 9 and Cobbs had 1 for 9.

Zach Thomas had 8 tackles, Cameron Worrell had 7 tackles, Joey Porter had 4 tackles and a sack and Jason Taylor had that interception.

They got on us early with 42 points in the first half (to our 7) and, while our defense had a better second half, we couldn't make up the huge gap.

Next week, we play