Chiefs head coach Todd Haley

Arbanas, a former new Kansas City Chiefs jerseys  tight end, has served on the Jackson County Legislature since it was created in 1973.

Riley has served on the Kansas City Council, the Kansas City school board and in the Missouri General Assembly.

Riley says it's time for change. "Richard Nixon was president the first time that Fred was elected," he said.

Riley said Arbanas and other longtime legislators in Jackson County act as if they're entitled to those posts and too often forget the impact of county government operations on the regular citizen.

Riley added that he would push for more openness in how county Matt Cassel officials conduct business and would like to promote more collaboration between the county and other local governments to boost economic development and bring more jobs to the area.

Arbanas says Riley has stretched the truth in campaign flyers that state Arbanas has raised sales tax rates, when public votes were required. Riley also accused Arbanas of long vacations, when the incumbent said he actually takes just two or three weeks a year.

Arbanas noted Riley has moved regularly from one elected Glenn Dorsey post to another.

Chiefs head coach Todd Haley, who called the plays last season, is happy to hand off the task to the former Notre Dame leader.

Haley felt he was stretched too thin after dismissing Chan Gailey prior to the start of the 2009 season and having to handle play calling himself.

Jackson County residents will receive first priority to purchase single-game home tickets for the 2010-11 season beginning at 10 a.m. and continuing on Thursday. Pre-sale tickets may be purchased in person at the New Arrowhead Stadium ticket office from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or at participating Kansas City Ticketmaster outlets.

Jackson County taxpayers who want to purchase tickets mush have one form of identification that includes a photo of the person purchasing the tickets and a personal 2009 Jackson County, Mo., property tax receipt.

The Dolphin’s offense gave the team a comfortable cushion

Bill has been bold, he was quick to get rid of fan favorite Zack Thomas. This year Joey Porter and Jason Taylor have been shown the door. This is after an embarrassing performance by The Dolphins jerseys defense last year.

The Dolphin's offense gave the team a comfortable cushion in multiple games last year only to see the defense let those margins slip away. This has been remedied by the addition of defensive coordinator Mike Nolan. The cornerstone of Nolan's defense will be Arizona Cardinals standout linebacker Karlos Dansby and rookie Koa Misi.

No. 1 receiver Ted Ginn Jr. was also shown the door this year. Ginn was replaced by Denver Broncos malcontented offensive stud Brandon Marshall.

Marshall's arrival in Miami will have a huge impact on Miami's already lethal running game. With Marshall stretching the field (in most cases taking two defenders with him) more holes will be opened for the Ronnie and Ricky Show.

Opening these holes will be new Miami acquisition Richie "The Headbutter" Incognito. Incognito was voted the NFL's dirtiest player in a Sporting News poll of 99 players. The only downside to this Probowl quality guard is his intensity and passion sometimes comes at a cost. This cost being of the 15 yard penalty variety.

If Miami can get all of these pieces to sync there is no reason why they should not forfill owner Stephen Ross' Superbowl predictions.

There is truly little competition in the AFC East for The Dolphins. The Jets seem fragmented. I wonder if the drama in the Meadowlands is real or fabricated for their upcoming reality show. Either way it can not be good for the team. The Jets have been busy in the off season picking up toys for their new Quarterback Mark Sanchez. The problem is these toys have been picked up in a second hand store.

The Jets have added a lot of "once great" players to their roster. Running back LaDainian Tomlinson has been brought in along with Wide Receivers Braylon Edwards and Santonio Holmes. Alas this will not be enough for The Jets with a QB that was 2nd in the NFL in interceptions.I guess we will find out this year if Sanchise can get the ball to his new targets.

In New England it seems The Patriots are shopping in the same Davone Bess used toy store. The offense has a homecoming of WR David Patten and Tory Holt has also been added to give depth. With the return of Wes Welker receivers are not The Patriots biggest issue. The Patriots need to protect Tom Brady.

The Patriots aging offensive line gives Brady protection a little better than wet newspaper. Matt "The Turnstile" Light and Stephen Neal were consistently beat by younger pass rushers last year. Though Brady was only sacked 16 times last year he was consistently under pressure. If this trend continues it will be a long and painful year for Tom Brady.

Look for The Patriots to finish a couple of games above The Buffalo Bills. All you need to know about The Bills this year is they will be picking up a top 5 slot for next year's draft.

The Dolphins should easily take this division this year as The Jets and The New England Patriots battle for a Wildcard spot in December.

 The Dolphins continued their efforts Sunday to create competition Jake Long along the defensive line by adding Montavious Stanley, a journeyman who has played with five different teams in his six seasons.

The most relevant season, though, was Stanley's 2006 stint in Dallas, where he served as Jason Ferguson's backup at nose tackle.

Ferguson retired from the Dolphins football jerseys earlier this month. Last year, Stanley served in a reserve role for the Jaguars. He played in 15 games and contributed 20 tackles, a sack and three pass defenses.

His agent, Ralph Cindrich, announced his client's signing Sunday, five days before Miami opens training camp. Stanley is likely to compete with Paul Soliai and Ryan Baker for the starting job behind Randy Starks.

Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the NFL-AFL draft

"Fan response for our match against Manchester United has been tremendous," Wizards President Robb Heineman said. "The great crowd we are expecting Sunday will reinforce that Kansas City is a premier soccer city and that the New Arrowhead Stadium will make an ideal host venue if the FIFA World Cup comes to the United States in 2018 or 2022."

The list of international superstars coming to Kansas City includes legendary midfielders Ryan Giggs (Wales) and Paul Scholes (England), as well as Edwin Van der Sar (Holland), Nani (Portugal) and Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria). Giggs is the only player in English football history to win 11 Premier League championship medals. This record is the equivalent of an American football player winning 11 Super Bowl rings or a baseball player capturing 11 World Series titles.

The Manchester United match provides another opportunity for Kansas Citians to show their passion for the sport as part of the highly successful Summer of Soccer. Over 30,000 soccer fans gathered for World Cup watch parties in the Kansas City Power & Light District. The crowd for the USA-Ghana Round of 16 match was shown live on ABC's game broadcast and seen by over 15 million people in the U.S.

Fans can show their support for the bid to bring the World Cup to Kansas City by texting "KansasCity" to 22442 or signing the petition online at www.goUSAbid.com/KC. Kansas City is one of 18 cities still in the running to host matches should the USA bid to host the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cup be successful. FIFA will select the host nation for both 2018 and 2022 on December 2, 2010.

"If he wasn't the best athlete we had at TCU, he was one of the best," said Frank Windegger, who was the Horned Frogs' baseball coach when McCarty attended TCU and later became the school's athletic director. "He was a big, fun-loving guy, and everyone thought the world of him."

Windegger recalled McCarty joining the TCU baseball team after the basketball team's final game and the next day winning his first start, a three-hit shutout against Sam Houston State.

Longtime Rockets executive Carroll Dawson was unable to recruit McCarty to attend Baylor in the 1960s but became a lifelong friend.

"He was such a physical specimen — an Adonis of an athlete," Dawson said. "We have a lot of memories that we would talk about all the time. He loved to rehash the old stories."

After a brief pro football career, seeing action in three games Derrick Johnson with the AFL's Chiefs in the 1969 season in which they won Super Bowl IV, McCarty became a recreation director in Pasadena and toured with a slow-pitch softball team before suffering a stroke in 1981 and two "piggyback" heart transplant operations in 1986 and 1997 in which a donor heart was implanted to assist his failing heart.

"I've had two lives, if you want to break it down that way," McCarty recently told the Glenn Dorsey Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "An athletic life and a medically experimental life."

He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer nine months ago and underwent chemotherapy before beginning hospice care earlier this month. McCarty's son, Cody, who played football for TCU from 2000 through 2004, said his father handled his medical setbacks with courage and grace.

"His attitude was always that nothing was going to stop him," he said. "He always had an upbeat attitude and was positive about everything."

Adrian Jones, a six-year veteran who played for the New York Jets jerseys and new Kansas City Chiefs jerseys, signed a one-year contract with the Steelers. Colon, who had surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon last month, will not play this season.

Jones stands 6-4 and weighs 330 pounds. The Jets drafted him in the fourth round in 2004 and he started 44 games for them before they waived him late in the 2007 season. He started 10 games at guard for the Chiefs in 2008 and spent time last year on Houston's practice squad before the Texans released him.

A member of the Kansas City Chiefs

Single-game tickets for Chiefs home games start at just $30. There is no limit to the number of tickets that may be purchased for any games. Buyers may use cash or credit card (VISA, MasterCard, American Express and Discover). No checks will be accepted.

In continuation of the team's long-standing policy, the taxpayers of Jackson County, Missouri will receive first priority to purchase single-game tickets for Chiefs home games for the 2010 season on Wednesday, July 28th and Thursday, July 29th. Tickets may be purchased in person at the Arrowhead Stadium Ticket Office located between the Founder's Plaza and the Hy-Vee Gate on the northwest side of the stadium from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM each day or at the participating Kansas City Ticketmaster Outlets listed below (hours vary by outlet). No phone orders will be accepted for this special pre-sale event on July 28th and July 29th.

Jackson County taxpayers purchasing tickets must have one form of identification which includes Dwayne Bowe a photo of the person purchasing the tickets and a personal 2009 Jackson County, Missouri property tax receipt. Spouses residing at the same address will be allowed to purchase tickets, even if the property receipt is in the other spouse's name. Once again, a lottery system will be employed at the Chiefs Ticket Office and the Ticketmaster Outlets. Lottery tickets will be distributed beginning at 9:00 AM.

"I am honored and humbled to officially conclude my NFL playing career as a member of the Kansas new City Chiefs jerseys," Kennison said. "My family is extremely grateful to the Hunt family, Scott Pioli and the Chiefs organization for making this moment possible. Kansas City has a special place in our hearts, and has truly become our home. I feel very blessed to have been extended the opportunity to retire as a member the Chiefs."

Kennison played in 91 games (85 starts) during his seven-year career with the Chiefs from 2001-07, catching 321 passes for 5,230 yards with 25 TDs. His receiving yardage total ranks seventh in franchise history, while his reception tally is the eighth-highest mark in Kansas City annals. Kennison produced 17 career 100-yard receiving games with the Chiefs, the fourth-highest total in team history.

The Lake Charles, Louisiana native saw action in 179 games (153 starts) during his 13-year NFL career with St. Louis ('96-98, 2008), New Orleans ('99), Chicago (2000), Denver (2001) and Kansas City (2001-07). He recorded 548 receptions for 8,345 yards with 42 TDs. The LSU product originally entered the NFL as a first-round selection of St. Louis in the '96 NFL Draft.

Unfortunately, Charles' 2010 workload is a tricky thing to forecast. The Chiefs signed veteran Dwayne Bowe Thomas Jones(notes)  to a two-year deal back in March, and he's had at least 290 carries in each of the past five seasons. Jones is a high-mileage back who turns 32 in August, so you can't reasonably expect him to receive as many total touches as Charles. But he's a threat to steal goal line carries, thus limiting Jamaal's scoring potential.

Still, Charles managed to rush for 1,120 yards on just 190 carries last year (5.9 YPC), and he was barely a rumor in KC before the Larry Johnson(notes) suspension. He's a home-run threat who's not dependent on red zone work for his scoring. Over a full season, if Charles receives even a modest increase in touches — let's say 230 carries and 45 receptions — you'll love the results. He'll easily justify his current Mock Draft Central ADP (23.7). Draft him with confidence. Jones will be off the board earlier than most of the non-starting rotational backs (ADP 89.8), primarily because he's a solid brand name coming off a very good season in New York. The Chiefs' offensive line has been miserable in recent years, but the left side isn't so bad (Branden Albert(notes), Brian Waters(notes)), and the team added vets Ryan Lilja(notes) and Casey Wiegmann(notes) via free agency. There's hope for the ground game.

Matt Cassel(notes) returns as Kansas City's starting quarterback, coming off a thoroughly unimpressive season. He started 15 games for the Chiefs in 2009 and only managed to reach 300 yards once (vs. Cleveland in Week 15). He finished with fewer than 3,000 passing yards, his completion percentage was just 55.0, and he tossed as many picks as TD passes (16). If you're a Chiefs fan who's worried that your team may have invested $63 million in the 2008 version of Billy Volek(notes), then … um … well, yeah, that's a valid concern.* Cassel should certainly benefit from the O-line enhancements and the tutelage of coordinator Charlie Weis, so it's too soon to write him off. In standard-format fantasy leagues, however, he's not a starter.

*If you were involved in fantasy in 2004, then of course you know the Volek story. He put up back-to-back 400-yard games in Weeks 14 and 15, then fell off the map. Like Volek, Cassel delivered a pair of 400-yard performances for the '08 Pats (Weeks 11 and 12), but he also closed the season with three solid performances. It's not a perfect comparison.

 Kansas City receivers led the league in dropped passes last year by a wide margin (48), and Dwayne Bowe(notes) tied for the individual lead despite only appearing in 11 games. So this is not exactly a sure-handed receiving corps. Bowe is nonetheless a gifted player who's just one year removed from an 86-catch, 1,022-yard campaign. It sounds like he's taken the offseason work a bit more seriously this time around, too. Entering his age-26 season, there's still time for him to make a leap into the upper tiers at his position. He figures to be one of the NFL's leaders in targets in 2010.

Chris Chambers(notes) somehow resurrected his career in Kansas City last year, Matt Cassel after the Chargers cut him loose at mid-season. He finished with 608 receiving yards and four TDs for the Chiefs, a performance that earned him a three-year deal worth up to $15 million ($5.9M guaranteed). Anyone who owned Chambers in 2006 will never, ever go back. The rest of you are free to draft him, but understand that he's on the wrong side of 30, he's tied to an uninteresting quarterback, and he just got paid. Buyer beware.

Behind Bowe and Chambers on the depth chart, you'll find one interesting name (Dexter McCluster(notes), a rookie) and one interesting spelling (Jerheme Urban(notes), a veteran). McCluster was officially a running back at Ole Miss, though he lined up all over the field. At 5-foot-8 and 165 pounds, he's clearly undersized for the NFL and he lacks elite speed (4.58 at the combine, 4.44 at pro day). The Chiefs will likely try him in the Wildcat, but he'll get most of his work as a receiver — and since this offense probably can't support three ownable fantasy wideouts, limit your expectations. He and Urban will fight for scraps in a low-yield attack. Neither player needs to be drafted in standard fantasy leagues. In dynasty formats, give rookie tight end Tony Moeaki(notes) a look. He's a terrific blocker and an NFL-ready receiver. Injuries have been the only significant issue for the third-round pick; if healthy, he'll force his way into a starting role.

The KC defense has of course been atrocious in recent seasons, finishing 30th in yards-allowed in 2009 and 31st in 2008. Coordinator Romeo Crennel may actually face a greater challenge than Weis. You won't draft this team DEF in any fantasy setup. The IDPs to own are rookie DB Eric Berry(notes), LB Demorrio Williams(notes) (117 tackles in '09) and LB Tamba Hali(notes) (8.5 sacks). Berry is really the only name in that group that belongs on a roster in a smallish IDP format. 

The Buzz in Kansas City Chiefs

In his seven seasons as Jacksonville head coach, Jack Del Rio has posted a 57-55 record that has led to two trips to the postseason, in 2005 and 2007.

One of Del Rio's boldest moves was releasing Byron Leftwich and replacing him with Matt Cassel at quarterback. The move worked well in 2007 as Garrard threw only three interceptions all season and the Jaguars made it to the Divisional Round before the undefeated New England Patriots defeated them.

A tough task ahead

Since then, the AFC South division has gotten stronger and stronger, while the Jaguars Glenn Dorsey seem to have faded. There's the Colts obviously, a young and improving Houston Texans team and the Tennessee Titans who seem to be playoff contenders every year.

 "Me and Todd Haley, we don't get along," Owens told 96.5 The Buzz in new Kansas City Chiefs jerseys.

In the wake of that 2006 argument, Owens said his rapport with Haley had been permanently damaged.

"There will be no more friendly nothing because I don't trust anybody like that," Owens said at the time. "I will go out and practice hard. I will respect him as a coach, and he should respect me as a player. Anything outside of that I am not going to be able to deal with. Right now, we are merely coworkers, and that's it."

Owens has said he would be interested in playing for a contender like the New England Patriots.

At this point, though, no deal is in the offing for Owens and the Dwayne Bowe Patriots aren't considered to be a good fit because of the other receivers they already have on the roster.

Harrison believes the Chiefs are on the right track and predicts a record in the neighborhood of 7-8 wins like many of us have.

    You definitely have great coaches in place with Romeo Crennel, Charlie Weis and those guys but at the same time the players have to go out there...are they doing a good job of getting the players in there? Yes, they are, but I still think they're a year away from really having success and getting to that 9-7, 10-6 season.

    I think Cassel's a terrific quarterback. I think he's going to be a lot more comfortable this Derrick Johnson year and he's going to play well but I think next year is really the year that will get them over the hump.

He thinks the Chiefs could be in the 7-8 win range in 2010.

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brian Hartline

The phone would ring in the middle of the night,'' Greene said. ``And you knew it was either Mr. Steinbrenner or an illness in the family. After a while, you started to root for an illness in the family.''

Here's the story that led to that quote:

During his first spring training working for Steinbrenner in 1987, Greene returned to his hotel room after a dinner with longtime Sports Illustrated writer Ed Swift. He saw the red light blinking on his phone. It was a message from Steinbrenner.

``So I called him back,'' Greene said. ``He railed on me for not being available, and he told me I needed to be in my room by 9 p.m. every day moving forward.''

The next day was Greene's 33rd birthday, and some of the writers wanted to take him out to dinner. Greene declined, telling them that Steinbrenner had imposed a curfew on him and that ``I was able to stay out later for my bar mitzvah 20 years ago.''

Well, after another day passed, a writer published the bar mitzvah comment, causing an irate Steinbrenner to call Greene and fire him. It would be the first of many times, but the only firing that truly scared him.

``I made plans the next day to make a 10 a.m. flight back to New York,'' Greene said. ``I'm in my hotel at 8:30 a.m. I was packed and ready, and I get a call from George's assistant. She says, `George is furious that you're not at the office yet!'

``I said, `He fired me!' She told me to just get to work as fast as possible.''

So Greene hustled over to the office. When he arrived at 9 a.m., Steinbrenner again railed into him.

``You know we start at 8:30!'' Steinbrenner said. ``If you're late again, you're fired!''

Greene, having learned his first big lesson with Steinbrenner, responded with a simple, two-word answer: ``Yes, sir.''

To this day, Greene carries a laminated Trivial Pursuit card in his back pocket. Under the sports category, the question on the card reads, ``What baseball owner imposed a 9 p.m. curfew on public relations director Harvey Greene during 1986 spring training?''

 They don't know if there were any injuries, although a man identifying Chad Pennington himself as Hartline's attorney told FHP by phone that Hartline was uninjured.

 

What they do know, according to the accident report, is that the Ford is registered to Hartline; nobody reported the accident; nobody was present when troopers arrived; and Hartline still hasn't made contact with FHP to talk about the accident.

 

When an FHP trooper called Hartline's home, the report said, a guest told them Davone Bess Hartline wasn't home and she didn't know when he would be back. The guest gave the number of Hartline's wife, Lindsay, who was in California. Troopers called and left a message on her cellphone. The person claiming to be Hartline's attorney called in response to that message.

 

Whoever was driving the car could be cited for failure to report an accident and Miami Dolphins jerseys leaving the scene of an accident involving property damage. On the crash report, the estimated damages were $10,000 to Hartline's vehicle and $22,000 to the Escalade.

 

An entry on Hartline's Twitter account said Monday night that the Ohio native is back in his home state. Another entry said he was in California's Napa Valley on June 29. There's no direct reference to him returning to South Florida from California.

 

But Hartline wrote July 5 on Twitter that he was ``waiting for my dude to get into town'' Jake Long then on July 6 that he and a friend were ``starting our 1,400-mile trip to Ohio.'' Hartline's hometown of Canton is 1,177 miles from his Fort Lauderdale home. Northern California is 2,500 miles from Canton.

 

 

Kansas City Chiefs began increasing

As the season progressed, Kansas City began increasing the number of carries by Jamaal Charles and discovered that Charles had the ability to carry the team in certain situations. The run blocking bean to improve as they realized they were blocking for a running back with talent and grit. It was an important transformation for Kansas Cty although it did not save them from a down year.

Kansas City Adds Familiar Name as Offensive Head Coach-Charlie Weis.

Charlie Weis returns to the NFL after an unsuccessful five year stint coaching Notre Dame. The question will soon be answered if Weis has lost a step as an offensive coordinator in his five years away for the faster, harder hitting NFL game. Another issue for Weis will be that the cupboard has been left bare when it comes to wide receivers.

Kansas City had to address offensive line issues in the NFL Draft but their draft picks may leave them flat in that department. In the wide receiver department, there is Dwayne Bowe and many questions after him. Kansas City will have a spirited competition between the many rookies attempting to make a wide receiver position.

 

And then your first game is  against your hometown team, the Chiefs jerseys.

   

 The San Diego Chargers play the new Kansas City Chiefs jerseys on Monday Night Football September 13, at Arrowhead Stadium's season opener. To play in his hometown the first game of the season in that atmosphere, he said, is like a gift from God.

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This is what you wanted to become," Stuckey said. "And all you can do is cherish it and not take it for granted."

The Kansas City Royals and Kansas City Chiefs

Fans may take advantage of this special offer at www.kc2pack.com or by visiting the Chiefs  jerseys Ticket Office during regular business hours (Monday- Friday from 8:30 a,m. - 5 p.m.).

Jackson County residents may purchase tickets beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Chiefs ticket box office window. They must present a personal tax receipt.

Tickets will go on sale to the Royals and Chiefs season-tickets holders at 10 a.m. Friday. The general public will then be able to purchase tickets beginning at 1 p.m. Friday.

Two-pack prices start at $68 (one seat for both games). The Royals will offer tickets in the Dugout Plaza, Field Box, Field Plaza and Hy-Vee Reserve Box sections. The Chiefs will have tickets available in the Lower Level Red Zone, Upper Level Red Select, Upper Level TD Zone and Upper Level Red Reserve.

 We view Charles and Bowe as starting options and Jones, McCluster and Chambers should be key reserves. The key will be Cassel's development in his second year as the starter in Kansas City, and that's where Weis comes in to help him become a potential Fantasy sleeper.

Weis should make this Chiefs football jerseys offense shine, and we're excited to see it all play out.

Sleeper ... Dexter McCluster, WR

McCluster said in an interview with CBSSports.com this offseason that he wants to be known as an "OW," which stands for offensive weapon. That's the best way to describe him as a rookie this year since he will line up at receiver, running back and see time at quarterback in the Wildcat.

There are two comparisons to make with McCluster that should get Fantasy owners excited. The first is Percy Harvin, who was a speedster from the Southeastern Conference that was used in various roles at Florida. Harvin, as we know, was a spectacular rookie for Minnesota last year. In his final year at Ole Miss, McCluster accumulated 1,700 yards and 11 touchdowns.

The other comparison is Wes Welker. The Chiefs coaching staff has ties to New England, and Weis, who never coached Welker, likes a speedy slot receiver. McCluster will line up most of the time between Dwayne Bowe and Chris Chambers and create plenty of mismatches for opposing linebackers, safeties and nickel cornerbacks.

Darian Durant had one of those moments

Darian Durant had one of those moments, feelings, and games last Thursday night. I have never seen him play better as a quarterback and here in his fifth year, is as good as Ricky Ray, Henry Burris and Casey Printers in the West. Against a good Montreal defense, Durant was 30-of-44 for 47 yards and five touchdown passes, with no interceptions. And that last number is so important in that last year, he had 25 touchdowns and 21 interceptions. Avoiding those interception mistakes is as important as making the touchdown plays.

Know you know and know that you know also applies to Dave Dickenson; first-year offensive coordinator of the Calgary Stampeders. I thought Dave called a very productive game against the Toronto Argonauts. He had seen it all as a player and because of that has a genuine feel for what a quarterback goes through and how to assist him. The number one issue for Calgary is the youth of the offensive line. Running a balanced attack with diversity can help an offensive line more than anything else because it keeps a defensive line off balance.

 

 For Miami Dolphins running back Patrick Cobbs, it's been a long road back from a season-ending knee injury suffered last year against the New York Jets.

Now that the damage has been repaired by surgery and he's off injured reserve, Cobbs is eager to conquer the mental aspect of his recovery.

 

"I knew right when it happened that something wasn't right," Cobbs told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. "It kind of crushed me. I was hurt more emotionally than I was with my knee right at the time. ..

 

"I got a lot of my confidence back in the weight room, putting pressure on it. It's kind of slow to build. I haven't got it all back but I'm making it."

 

A versatile third-down threat and Wildcat option, Cobbs' absence created a hole in the Miami Dolphins offense.

 

"We missed this guy a lot," Miami Dolphins coach Tony Sparano said. "There's a lot of jobs he does that not a lot of people want to stand in line for, and this guy does them and he does them well. Until he's not there you don't really realize just how well he does it."

 

Vontae Davis is going into his second year as a cornerback. Last year he showed flashes of greatness during times, but still gave up a lot of big plays to receivers. Part of that may be because he was always covering the best receiver, but still.

 

He has a great opportunity to break out this season because he can only get better from last year. New defensive coordinator Mike Nolan has also implemented a new aggressive defense, and hopefully Davis will thrive in it. Davis has a lot of potential. Hopefully he will be able to harness it in 2010-2011 season.