Porter off-base with defense of Burress

By Adam Sweeney  |   Thursday, December 11, 2008  |  Comments( 4 )

 Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter needs to realize that being a professional athlete puts him in the spotlight. Is it fair to have to watch your back in certain situations? No. But then again, there is a price to pay for making millions of dollars to play a sport. Chalk it up to responsibility and being a mature human being, something both...
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CommentsComments: 4
 No.1
Fish		 10:41 AM
12/11/2008
Starters healthy? They lost their top WR and OG for the season within the past two weeks.

Porter was dead wrong on Plaxico situation. Shouldn't be in a place where you think you need a gun to protect you.
 No.2
norinradd		 11:41 AM
12/11/2008
In fairness to the author Miami is pretty darn healthy. Bess is now the starter for Camarillo and he's healthy and playing real well and the oline played well last week.

As for the whole Porter thing that has very little to do with actual football so who cares?
 No.3
JimmyD		 06:36 PM
12/14/2008
I think having Bess on the field has been the best thing for the Dolphins. I hate the situation that brought him there, though. Losing Camarillo was huge and given that Ginn just hasn't panned out, Bess has been a bright spot on a very poor receiving corp.
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