R.J. Stanford

MIAMI GARDENS — Happy Birthday, Dan Carpenter. On the day the Dolphins kicker turned 27, Carpenter nailed a 43-yard field goal at the gun to complete a 24-21 comeback victory over the Seattle Seahawks at Sun Life Stadium. That's how you end a...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Miami Dolphins - INSIDE SLANT Dolphins wide receiver Mike Wallace knows his role on this team. There's no question about it in his mind. "I'm here to be a leader," he said Tuesday after the first day of Miami's...

 Cornerback Will Davis, the Dolphins' third-round pick from Utah State, has signed a four-year contract with the team.  The contract should be worth about $2.7 million, including a signing bonus of around $520,000, according to the NFL rookie salary...

 DAVIE – Cornerback Will Davis, the Dolphins’ third-round pick from Utah State, has signed a four-year contract with the team.  The contract should be worth about $2.7 million, including a signing bonus of around $520,000, according to the...

 OK, so here’s the story on the 11 Dolphins defensive players that attended Game 5 of the Heat-Pacers Eastern Conference playoff series on Thursday at AmericanAirlines Arena.  According to defensive end Jared Odrick, the whole thing was the...

The Sports Xchange Starks skips Dolphins' OTAs DAVIE, Fla. -- Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Randy Starks, who signed the team's franchise player tender, is sitting out organized team activities because he's upset he hasn't been offered a multiyear...

Miami Dolphins cornerback Jamar Taylor has missed the week's start of the team's Organized Team Activities, but he's got a pretty good excuse. According to a league source, Taylor, the Dolphins' second-round pick in the 2013 NFL draft, recently...

NFL Team Report - Miami Dolphins - INSIDE SLANT Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill got his first full-fledged work with his newly-attained passing game weapons - wide receivers Mike Wallace and Brandon Gibson and tight end Dustin Keller - on Tuesday as...

Miami Dolphins cornerback Jamar Taylor has missed the start of the team's Organized Team Activities, but he's got a pretty good excuse. According to a league source, Taylor, the Dolphins' second-round pick in the 2013 NFL draft, underwent a surgical...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Miami Dolphins - INSIDE SLANT When the Dolphins begin this week's OTA's Tuesday, they will be particularly interested to see if safety Reshad Jones shows up. Jones, who is reported to be unhappy with his contract,...

The Dolphins' defensive backs know the regular-season schedule. They know beginning in Week Two they have four consecutive games against some of the NFL's best quarterbacks – Indianapolis' Andrew Luck, Atlanta's Matt Ryan, New Orleans' Drew...

Sometimes it is necessary to take a step backwards to move forward. That appears to be the Miami Dolphins’ approach towards renovating the defense, which has been the backbone of South Florida’s NFL franchise for the past five seasons. The...