Olivier Vernon

MIAMI GARDENS — You start here: The Dolphins had a chance to visit the first-class section of the league, just for one Sunday's viewing, and they blew it. Players. Coaches. All of them. You keep hearing about the good progress that's being made...

In the end, the big decisions for the Dolphins start in January, whether they finish these final two games like they want or not. It's not just about where they are right now. This season always was about more than that. It's where they want to go...

Everyone up here spent Sunday distracted by Hurricane Sandy. The Jets, at least, should have been more concerned about the gathering storm that is their AFC East rival. For just the second time in the last nine years, the Dolphins (4-3) have a winning...

Out of the silence, out of the numbness, out of the stone faces and humbled voices of the New York Jets' locker room, Mike Westhoff emerges into Sunday's dusk, zipping his vest against the cool and saying softly, "Long day." He walks the concourse of...

As Michael Egnew walked through the Miami Dolphins locker room after Monday’s practice, the rookie tight end paused and took a quick look at a large white rectangular board in the center of the room. This is where the Dolphins update their weekly...

The Miami Dolphins roster is a fluid situation, and will likely remain that way for weeks, if not months.It has become clear the Dolphins will churn the bottom of the roster all season searching for the right pieces.That process began on Saturday when the...

Dolphins rookie defensive end Olivier Vernon left with a left ankle injury late in the second quarter of Sunday's game against the St. Louis Rams. Vernon, the third-round pick out of the University of Miami, was injured while covering a kickoff that Rams...

The Dolphins spent a third-round draft pick on Olivier Vernon this spring because they thought the University of Miami product could give them a young pass rusher to eventually replace the retired Jason Taylor. That part of it hasn't materialized yet,...

Numerous Dolphins defenders will sit out tonight's exhibition game against the Carolina Panthers. The team's top pass rusher, Cameron Wake, who was car accident earlier this week, didn't even make the trip to Carolina because he's recovering from...

CHARLOTTE – Former Miami Hurricanes pass rusher Olivier Vernon will start his first NFL game tonight’s against the Carolina Panthers. Vernon, whom the Dolphins selected in the third-round of the 2012 draft, will replace Cameron Wake during...

Sometimes change is good, especially if it plays into your team's strengths. That is the case with the Miami Dolphins' shift from a 3-4 base defense, which the team has been since 2005, to a 4-3 scheme. If the defensive line is Miami's strength, and the...

We work very hard in this space to make sure Miami Dolphins fans don't miss a thing, but sometimes stuff falls through the cracks. Well, here is a breakdown of what we should have learned from the first week of training camp with the Dolphins, who have...