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Miami Dolphins

• Palm Beach Post columnist Greg Stoda says the Dolphins finally have found somebody worthy of Don Shula's old job.
• South Florida Sun-Sentinel columnist Ethan J. Skolnick tells us how injured Dolphins Greg Camarillo, Justin Smiley and Donald Thomas will watch Sunday's game.
• Palm Beach Post reporter Brian Biggane writes the Detroit Lions are interested in Dolphins secondary coach Todd Bowles, among other notes.
• Edgar Thompson of the Palm Beach Post visits with career loser Andre Goodman, who's finally on his way to the playoffs. 
• Miami Herald reporter Jeff Darlington takes a look at the Dolphins' surging secondary.
• Tony Sparano insists sacks aren't necessary for Joey Porter to be effective, writes Miami Herald reporter Barry Jackson.
• Andy Kent of MiamiDolphins.com describes the locker-room scene when Sparano underscored how special Sunday will be.

New York Jets

• Rich Cimini of the New York Daily News writes about the Jets' interest in Mike Shanahan to be their next head coach.
• New York Post reporter Brian Costello looks at the latest on Steve Spagnuolo's candidacy.
• First up in the interview process are Jets assistants Brian Schottenheimer and Bill Callahan, writes Newsday reporter Erik Boland.
• Boland weighs in on what it will take to get the Jets over the hump.
• New York Daily News columnist Filip Bondy writes the Jets and Favre might be stuck with each other.
  

Buffalo Bills

• Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reporter Sal Maiorana takes a year-end look at the Bills' improved defense.
• Allen Wilson of the Buffalo News checks in with former Bills safety Coy Wire, who's headed to the playoffs with the Falcons.
  

New England Patriots

• Boston Globe reporter Mike Reiss shares the latest on Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels and his head coaching prospects
• Ron Borges and Karen Guregian of the Boston Herald give an update on Cleveland's courtship with Patriots player personnel veep Scott Pioli.
• Providence Journal reporter Shalise Manza Young predicts the Patriots will look different from top to bottom in 2009.
• Hector Longo of the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune writes it's time for the Patriots to renovate their organization.