Dolphins remain winless at home after controversial loss

The Miami Dolphins should have won their first home game of 2010, but an officiating blunder allowed the Pittsburgh Steelers to kick a field for a 23-22 victory over the Dolphins. On the play before the game-winning field goal, Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger seemingly fumbled the ball. However, because it was a late call, the officials didn't know which team would have gained possession, so the ball was awarded to the Steelers. Lame!

The game was close throughout. Both defenses kept the opposing runners in check, but Roethlisberger wound up throwing for 302 yards and two touchdowns while Chad Henne answered with 257 yards and a TD.

The Dolphins showed that they are competitive with the best teams in the league, but in the NFL, you don't get any points for being close. Hopefully, the team will take this experience and use it to propel them in the last 10 games.

Dolphins beat Packers in OT

Two weeks after special teams embarrassed the Miami Dolphins on national TV, Dan Carpenter kicked a 44-yard field goal in overtime to win the game, 23-20 over the Green Bay Packers. The Dolphins were led by their running attack. Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams rushed a combined 32 times for 137 yards. Chad Henne had a mediocre day statistically, but he threw for two touchdowns and only one interception.

Green Bay was riddled with injuries, and QB Aaron Rodgers was listed as doubtful to play in the game earlier this week. However, Rodgers did start and helped the Packers tie the game at the end of regulation and send it to overtime.

Next up, we find out how good the Dolphins really are when they play Pittsburgh, arguably the best team in the NFL right now.

Dolphins crushed by Patriots in mistake-filled loss

As if it wasn't bad enough that Miami lost 41-14 to a division rival, the Dolphins helped put the Patriots in the record books. New England became the first team in NFL history to score on an interception return, a kickoff return, a blocked field goal, a run and a pass in the same game. What allowed that on the Dolphins side was a blocked punt, blocked field goal, and four interceptions thrown.

The only bright spot was that statistically, the Dolphins actually performed better than the Patriots, but none of that makes a difference after a 41-14 loss. The team needs to regroup during the upcoming bye week if they want to prove that they are playoff caliber.