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Breaking Down Poyer’s

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2 years ago

May 20, 2024

Jordan Poyer is now a member of the Miami Dolphins, but he was back in Buffalo this weekend for longtime safety partner Micah Hyde’s softball charity event.

A former draft pick of Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins (at the time known as the Florida Marlins) as a high schooler, Poyer clearly knows how to swing a bat. He also knows the right things to say at a public event.

So it was that Poyer took to the microphone before stepping up to bad and expressed his gratitude to the Bills and their fans for the seven seasons he spent in Buffalo before he was released this offseason and subsequently signed with the Dolphins.

And this is where he made a comment that was met with cheers from those in attendance but might not play so well down in South Florida.

“For seven years, I played here and I loved every minute of it,” Poyer said. “I’m sorry we couldn’t get it done … but, y’all got the best quarterback in the league (he said while pointing his bat toward Josh Allen) … I know that might go viral, but that’s OK.”

SHOULD POYER HAVE MADE HIS JOSH ALLEN COMMENT?

It’s perfectly understandable for a player to have a lot of love for his former team, something we’ve seen quite frequently expressed by Tyreek Hill when he talks about the Kansas City Chiefs.

And Poyer may or may not have been playing to the crowd with his comment about Josh Allen and it certainly was the right place and the right time to do it.

But the flip side is that Allen no longer is Poyer’s quarterback. Tua Tagovailoa is Poyer’s quarterback now.

So maybe Poyer could have expressed his support — even admiration — for Allen without having to call him the “best quarterback in the league.”

Since he got to the Dolphins, Hill has made it a point to sign Tua’s praises at every turn and it seems like that’s what one would expect a veteran newcomer — especially a high-profile one — to do.

Now, this isn’t to suggest that Poyer should be calling Tua the best QB in the league and maybe he does legitimately feel that way about Allen.

But could he not have praised his former QB in a different way? Did he need to make a comment that, like he said, he knew would go viral?

Just wondering.

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Dolphins expected to schedule in-person meeting with Jeff Hafley

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2 days ago

January 17, 2026

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Dolphins expected to schedule in-person meeting with Jeff Hafley

Hafley, the former Boston College head coach, joined the Dolphins in a virtual interview on January 14. He has interviewed with at least six of the nine teams with head coaching vacancies, including a scheduled interview on Saturday with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Packers hired Hafley as their defensive coordinator in 2024, luring him away from Boston College where he was 22-26 in four seasons. He led Boston College to three bowl-game invites during his tenure, but COVID-19 concerns cancelled two of the games.

Before taking the Boston College job, Hafley had been the co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at Ohio State for the 2019 season. He has had various defensive coaching positions, primarily working with the defensive backs, with the San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFL as well as at Rutgers, Pittsburgh, Albany, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute at the collegiate level.

The NFL prohibits coaches under contract with a team from interviewing with another team in person before January 19. Teams must also not be in the playoffs, or they must be on the bye before the Super Bowl, before a coach can be interviewed in person.

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Miami fans pack CFP events as free festivities take over South Beach

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2 days ago

January 16, 2026

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Miami fans pack CFP events as free festivities take over South Beach

January 16, 2026 / 10:29 PM EST
/ CBS Miami

Fans filled the Miami Beach Convention Center on Friday for the Fan Central event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday.

“Miami, it’s a city that you know is kind of there with everything being financially up there, but this is, look at all of the families and kids out here having a great time and to do it free,” said UM fan Robert Federhofer. “We are thankful. We are so thankful.”

Travelers arrive without game tickets

Some fans traveled through multiple states just to be in the same city as the College Football Playoff, even without plans to attend the Indiana-Miami game.

“Tickets were a little bit too high, but if I find $5,000 on the floor, I will definitely be going to the game for sure,” joked Hoosier fan Bryan Sanders.

Free concerts hit Lummus Park

Saturday and Sunday, music lovers can take in free concerts at Lummus Park in Miami Beach.

Locals join in championship buzz

Even Miami natives are playing tourists in their own city to celebrate the championship.

“We’ll be here tomorrow. We’ll be here Sunday,” said one UM fan in South Beach. “And the Canes are going to win, baby.”

The championship game kicks off at 7:30 p.m. on Monday.

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Miami Heat-Boston Celtics Injury Report, Betting Lines, How to Watch, Lineups & More

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4 days ago

January 15, 2026

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Miami Heat-Boston Celtics Injury Report, Betting Lines, How to Watch, Lineups & More

Game date, time and location: Thursday, Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m. EST, Kaseya Center, Miami, Florida

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Sun (South Florida), NBC Sports Boston

Radio: 104.3 FM (Miami/Ft. Lauderdale), ESPN 106.3 FM, (West Palm Beach), FOX Sports Radio 105.9 FM (Ft. Myers/Naples), 1450 AM (Suart), 97.7 FM (Florida Keys), WAQI 710 AM (Spanish-language broadcast, South Florida), 98.5 FM The Sports Hub (Boston)

VITALS: The Miami Heat (21-19) and Boston Celtics (24-15) meet for the second of four regular season matchups. Earlier this season, the Celtics recorded a, 129-116, win in Boston on December 19. The Heat are 54-87 all-time versus the Celtics during the regular season, including 30-42 in home games and 24-45 in road games.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Davion Mitchell

G Tyler Herro

C Bam Adebayo

F Norman Powell

F Andrew Wiggins

CELTICS

G Payton Pritchard

G Derrick White

C Neemias Queta

F Jaylen Brown

F Sam Hauser

Spread: Heat +2 (-112), Celtics -2 (-108)

Moneyline: Heat +108, Celtics -126

Total points scored: 233.5 (over -110, under -110)

INJURY REPORT

HEAT

Jaime Jaquez Jr.: Questionable – Knee

Tyler Herro: Probable – Toe/Ribs

Davion Mitchell: Doubtful – Shoulder

Nikola Jovic: Probable – Knee

Terry Rozier: Out – Not with team

CELTICS

Josh Minott: Out – Hamstring

Jayson Tatum: Out – Achilles

QUOTABLE

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra: “I think now we have positive teaching points from this. We’re going to conquer the third quarter. We’ve had so many incredible first halves, even in the games that we’ve lost. If we can get some of these games, like even where we play poorly in the third, just get to the fourth, we have great competitors in our locker room.

They love these kind of moments where it’s electric in there and you have to make big plays. So it was good to see us overcome the third quarter, there was a little bit of a glitch there where we kind of went back to some of the things that get us in trouble.”