Dolphins receiver Ted Ginn Jr. said it is meaningful to him that he's a starter again -- ``I'm concentrating better'' now -- but that he is still not playing nearly as much as he did in September. Bill Parcells has implored Ginn, ``You've got to dominate the ball when it's in the air.''
• Tight end Anthony Fasano returns from a hip injury Sunday, and one reason his catches are way down (34 in 2008, 14 in '09) is he is being used as a blocker more. He said his limited chances for receptions ``bothers me during losses. But there were tough catches I didn't come down with.''
• Paul Soliai, who needs to deliver with Jason Ferguson on injured reserve, said to disregard his struggles in his last game (against New England) because ``it was a stupid decision by me to play hurt'' that day with an ankle injury that forced him to miss the past two weeks. Soliai admitted he weighed as much as 380 pounds last year -- far more than he had let on -- and moves much faster now at 345.
• The Dolphins expected more pass rush from Phillip Merling and were pleased to see him get a sack against Carolina -- his first full sack since the opener (he has 2.5 for the season). Merling said he was in a funk and that coaches stopped playing him much on third-down passing situations until the Panthers game.
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• Tight end Anthony Fasano returns from a hip injury Sunday, and one reason his catches are way down (34 in 2008, 14 in '09) is he is being used as a blocker more. He said his limited chances for receptions ``bothers me during losses. But there were tough catches I didn't come down with.''
• Paul Soliai, who needs to deliver with Jason Ferguson on injured reserve, said to disregard his struggles in his last game (against New England) because ``it was a stupid decision by me to play hurt'' that day with an ankle injury that forced him to miss the past two weeks. Soliai admitted he weighed as much as 380 pounds last year -- far more than he had let on -- and moves much faster now at 345.
• The Dolphins expected more pass rush from Phillip Merling and were pleased to see him get a sack against Carolina -- his first full sack since the opener (he has 2.5 for the season). Merling said he was in a funk and that coaches stopped playing him much on third-down passing situations until the Panthers game.
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