Dolphins owner Steve Ross spoke with Jesse Agler to discuss the stadium modernization plan for Sun Life Stadium that was announced on Monday.

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Before you attack me for my headline, I understand that for most fans of NFL teams, any season that does not lead to the playoffs is considered a bad season, or at least less than they were expecting. 

That's the key word here, because who was "expecting" this Miami Dolphins team to make the playoffs?  Anyone who says that at the beginning of the season, they were calling for a ten or eleven win year and a playoff berth, is probably lying to you. 

I, myself picked 8-8, believing I may have been too optimistic, which it turns out  I was, by one game. 

A majority of NFL experts didn't have the Fins winning more than 2 to 5 games this season, especially after watching the shenanigans on HBO's "Hard Knocks".  Chad Johnson, the only receiver with a recognizeable name, was let go on the show, before the start of the season. 

That, alone had fans worried, though if you look at the fact that no other teams picked up the former "OchoCinco", Miami head coach Joe Philbin looks a bit smarter for making that move.  Obviously Chad has lost a considerable amount of his talent. 

This was a season that was more about rebuilding than winning right away.  We started a rookie quarterback, Ryan Tannehill, who showed some flashes of being a good NFL starting QB. 

I recently heard a local NFL "expert" compare Tanny's rookie numbers to those of Chad Henne and they were similar...eerily similar, in fact.  But I offer this: Henne had the services of Brandon Marshall.  Ryan Tannehill put up his numbers with Brian Hartline as his number 1 receiver.  Hartline had a career season, with which you may credit Tanny. 

The Fins need a true number one wideout, a tight end that can be counted on to catch the ball everytime it's thrown his way and then we can truly grade Tannehill. 

The organization also has to figure out what it's going to do about several free agents during the off-season, including former number one overall draft pick, left tackle Jake Long, whose numbers went down this season, before he missed the end of the year with an injury. 

Reggie Bush is another question mark.  Is he worth paying free agent money?  Some games I would have said "yes", others had me yelling "no". 

Meanwhile, the Dolphins wrap up another losing season (7-9), but, in my opinion, with high hopes for next season.  Hopefully Jeff Ireland doesn't botch another draft.

Joel Malkin

After New Year's, I will post my feelings on where Miami sits after this 7-9 season. 

For now, the Fins lost to New England, by a score of 28-0.  The Dolphins had several chances to score, but did the following:

Missed a field goal (with a different kicker this time)

Tannehill threw an interception.

Reggie Bush and Tannehill did not complete the hand-off on an attempted running play inside New England's 10 yard line. 

Missed catches (Yeah, that receiver problem again)

Missed opportunities.  That's what mediocre teams do.  That's what the Miami Dolphins do.  For that, they have a losing record for another season and the 12th overall pick in April's NFL Draft. 

Joel Malkin

I know I said "8-8" would end the season for the Miami Dolphins, but you know, I am wrong sometimes. 

I would love to say that the Fins have what it takes to beat Tom Brady and the Pats in New England on Sunday, but if Brady and Bellichick think there is a shot at them getting a playoff round 1 bye, they will not step off the gas against an injury-depleted Miami defensive back.

The team has been plugging in players left and right and you just can't beat a player of Brady's caliber without your "A team". 

The Patriots will know the result of the Houston-Indy game by the time they take the field against the Fins at 4:25pm.  If Houston wins that earlier game, New England has no real shot at a bye week in the playoffs and thus nothing really to play for in the Miami game. 

That means, Brady and some of the other starters could be yanked at some point during the game, but my pick is on the assumption that Miami will get the full-scale Patriot attack. 

With a loss at NE on Sunday, this year's Miami Dolphins would finish the season 7-9, still better than last season.

Pick: Patriots 38 - Dolphins 24

Joel Malkin

We already know that the Miami Dolphins will soon be introducing a new logo for the 2013 season, but now we know what it might look like!

On Wednesday morning, Paul Lukas (@UniWatch on Twitter) tweeted a picture of what is rumored to be the new logo, and in less than 24 hours it's gone viral. 

Here's a cleaner version of that new Dolphins logo that's circulating. Still not sure if it's legit. twitter.com/UniWatch/statu…

— Paul Lukas (@UniWatch) December 26, 2012

According bleacherreport.com, Lukas has a reputation for being on top of all the uniform and logo news across all sports.

The Dolphins have not commented on the rumored new logo, but on Monday CEO Mike Dee tweeted "I hear all the logo buzz out there.  I'll have an update soon!"

On Monday DolfansNYC.com posted a blog featuring a picture of what looks to be a rough sketch of the logo Lukas tweeted.  In the same blog post, the author also said a Nike source that saw the picture asked "How did you get that?" 

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The Fins regular season finale against the Patriots on Sunday, December 30th, has been moved from 1:00pm to 4:25pm.

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I predicted an 8-8 season for the Miami Dolphins, long before the season kicked off.  At the time, that was a brave pick for a team that was the joke of cable tv on HBO's "Hard Knocks". 

Former Jacksonville QB David Garard was expected to be the starter over a rookie named Ryan Tannehill who was supposed to be a project player...someone who might have taken three years to develop into a full-time starter in the NFL. 

Many of my co-workers laughed at my prediction, and said that an even win-loss record would make me happy, because I knew this would be a rebuilding season. 

We know this:

The Fins are not going to the playoffs.

The Patriots are a much better team, and Miami plays them in New England on Sunday.

Ryan Tannehill still has room to grow.

But, overall this Miami team has seen growth this season and the quarterback looks pretty good.  Hey, we could be the New York Jets! 

The Dolphins winning two games in a row, against the Jaguars and the Bills, means they have just one game left to close out the year and a win would get the team to my projected 8-8. 

That would mark the first time in a few years that the Fins will not have a losing record.  It's also 2 games better than the team finished last season. 

Beating Tom Brady and the Pats is no easy task, especially when New England is home and they are still working on securing a first round playoff bye.  But, we played them tough a few weeks ago.

Joel Malkin