Brandon Marshall (football, linebacker)

Phil Emery remains locked into the best-player-available mode as he looks ahead to Saturday's remaining rounds of the NFL draft. The general manager recited the Bears' mantra as if he were in draft-zombie mode. "Best player available … always...

DAVIE — This was after the draft finished Saturday, after the seventh  round ended, after the phones finally stopped the offseason shopping that will go a long way toward saying if this latest era of the Dolphins is a success or not....

Even though the Bears won 10 games last season, they didn't make the playoffs and entered this week's NFL draft with an extensive list of wants and needs. Second-year Bears general manager Phil Emery kept his intentions close to the vest, but moving...

The Miami Dolphins have had a pretty solid defense the past few seasons, and 2012 was no exception. Defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle's unit finished seventh in points allowed per game (20.0), 12th in yards allowed (356.8), seventh in sacks (42) and...

The first two days of NFL free agency, the most ruthless 48 hours in sport, have been seismic, fascinating, confusing, unfathomably cold-hearted and unquestionably game-changing. That's if you believe in the myth of free agency. But let's play along for...

They need speed? They got the Usain Bolt of NFL receivers. They need production? They signed a guy with eight touchdowns last year  – nearly triple the three touchdowns the Dolphins receivers had combined. They needed a prime target for...

General manager Phil Emery was on the job for less than two months when he accomplished something Jerry Angelo failed to do in more than a decade — acquire a legitimate No. 1 wide receiver. The addition of Brandon Marshall in a trade with the...

There's only one question for Dolphins General Manager Jeff Ireland on this first day of the NFL off-season, and it's not why he still has this chance, what he'll do with $48 million and five high draft picks to spend or whether the next few months will...

The Miami Dolphins will spend this offseason rebuilding the franchise, but first the team’s coaches and executives must understand what went wrong in 2012, which led to a 7-9 season.   Sun-Sentinel Dolphins writers Omar Kelly and Chris Perkins...

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