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The AP reports that Zach will miss his fifth straight game, this Sunday against the Jets.

The AP reports that Ricky had surgery to repair his right pectoral muscle. It's expected that rehabilitation will take five months.

The semi-finalists for the 2008 NFL Hall of Fame class have been announced. Seven former members of the Dolphins organization had been on the preliminary list and three made it to the semi-finals. They are Cris Carter, Bob Kuechenberg and George Young. The list of 25 semi-finalists will be reduced to 15, with those being announced in mid-January.

Via The Sports Network.

From the AP:

According to the AP, the Dolphins 1 and 1/2 point favorites over the Jets this Sunday.

Joe Toledo has been placed on the physically unable to perform list, ending his season. Ricky has been placed on IR and Samkon Gado (who was released to make room for Williams) has been re-signed.

From ESPN:

Just when you thought we couldn't find any other way to lose - we go and do it! The field conditions were absolutely terrible thanks to heavy rains that turned the field into slop. It was a sight to behold - during the first half, there were no yardage lines. They managed to streak some white lines at the 5 yard marks during half time, though. The weather led to the game being scoreless until the Steelers' Jeff Reed (who missed on a duck earlier in the game) connected on a 24 yard field goal with 17 seconds left.

This was the longest that a game had been scoreless since the 1940s, when a game ended tied at 0 after 4 quarters (there was no overtime). The two teams managed a total of 365 yards combined offense (159 for the Dolphins, 216 for the Steelers). The closest the Dolphins came to scoring was with 11:26 left in the fourth, where they attempted a field goal from the Steelers' 20. The field goal was no good, but there was a delay of game penalty before the snap, allowing the Dolphins to try again from 5 yards back.

Coach Cameron elected to go for it on 4th and 11, instead of trying another field goal, and John Beck was blind sided for a sack, fumbling to end the drive. The main difference in this one was probably the running game - the Steelers were able to muster 84 yards on 29 carries while the Dolphins were only able to gain 49 on 23. Jesse Chatman had 11 carries for 17 yards, before leaving the game in pain due to a neck injury after a tough hit. Ricky Williams had 6 carries for 15 yards - all in the first half. He did not start. He was stepped on, hurting his shoulder and ending his day. Patrick Cobbs had 4 carries for 10 yards and... wait for it... didn't get hurt!

It's hard to look good in a game like this, so I'll just say that Beck looked fairly solid out there. He seemed composed, making a number of good throws, despite the conditions. Hurt by some drops, he ended 14 of 23 for 132 yards with 1 carry for 8 yards. His favorite target was Marty Booker, who caught 5 passes for 54 yards. Ginn had 3 for 35 and David Martin had 2 for 35.

Channing Crowder had 12 tackles and half a sack, Joey Porter (more on him in a moment) had 8 tackles and 1 interception, Rodrique Wright had 7 tackles and half a sack, Michael Lehan had 6 tackles, Jason Allen had 6 tackles, Vonnie Holliday had 5 tackles and a big sack, Jason Taylor had 3 tackles and a sack, Will Allen had 5 tackles, a sack and a forced fumble and Quentin Moses had 1 tackle and 1 sack.

Porter had his interception early, near the Steelers bench and he stood there, looking at his former teammates face to face, celebrating the moment. He kept it up the whole game, talking a lot, after what seemed like each and every play. It seemed like they understood and no one really got angry, though I could have done without it. For whatever it's worth, the Dolphins seemed pumped and still in it, trying to win this game. When time expires, though, we're 0-11.

Next week, we host the Jets at 1:00 PM ET on Sunday.

Armando Salguero reports that Ricky will start tonight against the Steelers.

From Edgar Thompson:

I was just watching Fox's NFL pregame show and Jay Glazer came on and said that Ricky had taken 75% of the snaps with the first team this week and that the team expected him to play "quite a bit" on Monday.

From Jeff Darlington:


Via ESPN.

From Sun-Sentinel.com:


PalmBeachPost.com has quotes from his agent.


Glad he's fine. Hopefully it's nothing bad and he can get back on the field soon.

Here is an injury update from the official site:

From the official site:

From Sun-Sentinel.com:

Armando Salguero and Omar Kelly report that Jesse Chatman is hobbled and limited in practice drills. Salguero says it's a right ankle sprain and Kelly says it's a left leg injury. The official site just calls it an ankle injury.

Anyway, Patrick Cobbs stepped in and took first team snaps while Ricky took second team and Lorenzo Booker took third team. We have 6 days until the game, though, so Chatman could improve.

You can vote Ted Ginn as the Diet Pepsi Rookie of the Week for his efforts in last Sunday's contest with the Eagles. At the time of writing, he is in second place with 34%, trailing Dwayne Bowe by just 2%.

Via the official site.

The AP reports that Ricky was at the team facility on Monday, lifting weights and meeting with teammates. His first practice will be Wednesday.

The first start of John Beck's career was probably what could be expected, but certainly not what we had hoped for. He was ineffective, going 9 for 22 with 109 passing yards. On the plus side, he avoided the big mistakes (though, there were some close calls ) and did not get sacked. Besides that, many of his throws were simply off the mark - too high, behind the receiver, etc.

His favorite target was Ted Ginn, who had 4 catches for 52 yards. Justin Peelle had 2 for 27. Jesse Chatman was fairly effective, rushing for 72 yards on 22 carries. We won the turnover battle 3-0, but our offense simply couldn't get anything done and we ended up punting 7 times. We also did a good job on penalties, limiting ourself to 3 resulting in 15 yards, while the Eagles had 4 for 40.

The Dolphins lone score came on a Ted Ginn 89 yard punt return. Yes, he finally ran one back - with no flags! It was good to see - he made a couple guys miss, got a couple blocks and took it all the way. It was the longest punt return in Dolphins history.

Defensively, Jason Allen had a great day, intercepting two Donovan McNabb passes early and finishing with 5 tackles. McNabb was knocked out of the game in the first half, after being held to just 3 of 11 for 34 yards passing. His replacement was former Dolphin A.J. Feeley, who had a solid outing, going 13 for 19 for 116 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT. Andre Goodman had the other pick to go along with a tackle. Channing Crowder had 12 tackles while Joey Porter and Cameron Worrell each had 7.

Jay Feely missed his only field goal attempt, a 47 yarder near the end of the first quarter.

Not too much to say. We've lost 13 games straight now. Hopefully this experience serves Beck well. We now head to Pittsburgh to face the top ranked defense in football. It'll be our first Monday Night game in quite a while - 8:30 PM ET on ESPN.

Some excitement for Dolphins fans today as John Beck gets his first NFL start.

Here's the injury report. If you have any comments about the game; before, during or after, please feel free to leave them here.

Barry Jackson reports that former NFL quarterbacks Phil Simms, Ron Jaworski and Steve Young are expecting good things from John Beck.

Harvey Fialkov reports that offensive line coach Hudson Houck's contract is up after the 2008 season and that he intends to return next season.

The official site reports that both Zach Thomas and Matt Roth will miss Sunday's game against the Eagles.