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Miami Dolphins Weekly Release Game 1: Miami Dolphins (0-0) at Washington Redskins (0-0) Sunday, Sept. 13 • 1 p.m. ET • FedExField • Landover, Md. TABLE OF CONTENTS 2015 MIAMI DOLPHINS SEASON SCHEDULE 4-5 STEPHEN ROSS BIO 6 JOE PHILBIN BIO 7 2015 MIAMI DOLPHINS OFFENSIVE/SPECIAL TEAMS COACHES BIOS 8 2015 MIAMI DOLPHINS DEFENSIVE/STRENGTH COACHES BIOS 9 GAME INFORMATION 10-11 2014 NFL RANKINGS 12 2015 NFL PRESEASON RANKINGS 13 A WIN AGAINST WASHINGTON WOULD.../2014 DOLPHINS STATISTICS 14 NFL STANDINGS 15 WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN 2015/WHAT TO LOOK FOR AGAINST WASHINGTON 16-17 DOLPHINS PLAYERS VS. REDSKINS/DOLPHINS-REDSKINS SERIES FAST FACTS 18 DOLPHINS-REDSKINS COMPARISON 19 THE LAST TIME THEY MET... 20 OPENING GAME NOTES 21-23 POSITION-BY-POSITION BREAKDOWN 24-26 DOLPHINS RECORD BOOK 27 2015 MIAMI DOLPHINS DRAFT CLASS 28 2015 MIAMI DOLPHINS OFF-SEASON RECAP 29 TEAM NOTES/INDIVIDUAL PLAYER NOTES 30-45 DOLPHINS REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE NOTES 46-47 SUN LIFE STADIUM MODERNIZATION OVERVIEW 48-49 MIAMI DOLPHINS IN THE COMMUNITY THIS OFF-SEASON 50 MIAMI DOLPHINS UNVEIL 50TH SEASON CELEBRATIONS 51 DOLPHINS ON THE AIR THIS SEASON 52 MIAMI DOLPHINS MEDIA WORKROOM ACCESS/PARKING INFO 53 2015 MIAMI DOLPHINS TRANSACTIONS 54-55 2015 MIAMI DOLPHINS NUMERICAL ROSTER 56 2015 MIAMI DOLPHINS ALPHA ROSTER 57 2015 MIAMI DOLPHINS TENTATIVE DEPTH CHART/PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 58 2015 PRESEASON SUPPLEMENTAL STATS 2014 SEASON-ENDING SUPPLEMENTAL STATS 2015 BIOS NOT IN MEDIA GUIDE 2015 Miami Dolphins Weekly Release 3 NFL IMPORTANT DATES MID-JULY NFL Training Camps Open SEPTEMBER 10, 13–14 AUG SEP 3 Kickoff Weekend 13 2015 @ Chicago Bears Tampa Bay Buccaneers OCTOBER 4 Soldier Field Sun Life Stadium International Series (London) Chicago 27, Miami 10 Tampa Bay 22, Miami 17 (Miami vs. N.Y. Jets) NOVEMBER 3 22 13 All trading ends at @ Carolina Panthers @ Washington Redskins 4 p.m. New York Time Bank of America Stadium FedExField JANUARY 9-10 Carolina 31, Miami 30 CBS 1:00 P.M. Wildcard Playoff Games 29 20 JANUARY 16-17 Atlanta Falcons @ Jacksonville Jaguars Divisional Playoff Games Sun Life Stadium EverBank Field JANUARY 24 Miami 13, Atlanta 9 CBS 4:05 P.M. AFC and NFC WFOR-TV, CBS4 will once again be the preseason home of the Championship Dolphins as each of the four preseason contests will be shown on 27 Games the CBS affiliate in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale market. All preseason games will also be heard on WBGG 105.9FM and WINZ 940AM in Miami as well as across the Dolphins Radio Network. Buffalo Bills JANUARY 31 Sun Life Stadium Pro Bowl Honolulu, Hawaii CBS 4:25 P.M. FEBRUARY 7 Super Bowl 50 Santa Clara, Calif. 4 Miami at Washington - 9.13.15 PRESEASON REGULAR SEASON — AWAY REGULAR SEASON — HOME OCT NOV DEC/JAN 4 8** 6** New York Jets @ Buffalo Bills Baltimore Ravens Wembley Stadium Ralph Wilson Stadium Sun Life Stadium CBS 9:30 A.M. CBS 1:00 P.M. CBS 1:00 P.M. 11 15** 14 @ Philadelphia Eagles New York Giants Bye Week Lincoln Financial Field Sun Life Stadium CBS 1:00 P.M. ESPN 8:30 P.M. 18** 22** 20** @ Tennessee Titans Dallas Cowboys @ San Diego Chargers LP Field Sun Life Stadium Qualcomm Stadium CBS 1:00 P.M. FOX 1:00 P.M. CBS 4:25 P.M. 25** 29** 27** Houston Texans @ New York Jets Indianapolis Colts Sun Life Stadium MetLife Stadium Sun Life Stadium CBS 1:00 P.M. CBS 1:00 P.M. CBS 1:00 P.M. ** Games whose starting time can potentially be moved, including 29 to 8:20 p.m. Sunday on NBC-TV. 3** All Dolphins home and away games can be heard on WBGG-FM @ New England Patriots (Big 105.9) and WINZ-AM (940 – The Sports Animal), the flagship New England Patriots stations of the Miami Dolphins Radio Network, Dolphins.com and throughout South and Central Florida on the more than 12 stations Gillette Stadium that make up The Miami Dolphins Radio Network. In addition Sun Life Stadium to the game broadcasts, a two-hour pregame and a two-hour postgame show rounds out “Dolphins Game Day Live” coverage CBS/NFLN 8:25 P.M. on WBGG, WINZ, the Miami Dolphins Radio Network and Dolphins. CBS 1:00 P.M. com. 2015 Miami Dolphins Weekly Release 5 Mr. Ross graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor Stephen Ross of Business Administration degree and from Wayne State University Law School with a Juris Doctor degree. He later received a Master Chairman of the Board/ of Laws in Taxation from New York University School of Law. In Managing General Partner 2004, the University of Michigan renamed its business school the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan COLLEGE: MICHIGAN and in 2011, the school awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws NFL: EIGHTH SEASON degree at its commencement. DOLPHINS: EIGHTH SEASON Mr. Ross is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Equinox Holdings, Inc., and serves on the Executive Committee and is Stephen M. Ross, Chairman and Founder of Related Companies – an a trustee of Lincoln Center. In addition, he is a trustee of New international real estate firm – began his ownership interest in the York-Presbyterian Hospital and the Guggenheim Foundation. Miami Dolphins in February of 2008 when he became a 50 percent He also is a director on the board of the Culture Shed and the partner with H. Wayne Huizenga in the team, Sun Life Stadium and Jackie Robinson Foundation and Chair Emeritus of the Real the surrounding developable land. He increased that share to a 95 Estate Board of New York (REBNY), the city’s leading real estate percent ownership of the team and the stadium on January 20, 2009 trade association. Mr. Ross is also a director on the board of the and assumed the responsibility of Managing General Partner of both World Resources Institute (WRI) and recently established the WRI the Dolphins and the stadium, which culminated one of his long-held Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, an innovative new initiative to dreams; Mr. Ross grew up in South Florida and the Dolphins have integrate urban planning, sustainable transport, energy and climate been a lifetime passion for him. change, water resources, and governance. Under Mr. Ross’ leadership, the Dolphins have become one of the Over the years, Mr. Ross has received numerous honors for his most fan-friendly teams in the National Football League. They have business, civic, and philanthropic activities. Most recently, he significantly expanded the Miami Dolphins Foundation’s presence in was named a New York Power Player by the New York Times, the South Florida community with a host of new civic and charitable the Most Powerful Person in New York Real Estate by the New initiatives. Additionally, Mr. Ross reached a unique agreement with York Observer, Multi-Family Property Executive of the Year by Miami-Dade County in June of 2014 to modernize the home stadium Commercial Property News, and Housing Person of the Year by of the Miami Dolphins. Phase I of the project involves changing every the National Housing Conference. He also received The National seat in the stadium and rebuilding the concourses on the 100 and Building Museum Honor Award, REBNY’s Harry B. Helmsley 300 levels. Every seat in the stadium will be brand new and fans will Distinguished New Yorker Award and the Jack D. Weiler Award notice improved food and enhanced concourses throughout the from United Jewish Appeal. Crain’s New York named Mr. Ross entire facility. Phase II will involve the installation of a state-of-the-art one of the 100 Most Influential Leaders in Business and he was canopy that will keep as many as 91 percent of the spectators in the recognized by NYC & Company with their Leadership in Tourism shade and protected from the rain, depending on the time of the Award. day and the month, and four giant high-definition video boards, as well as upgrading the concourse at the 200 level., Also, Mr. Ross has In May of 2013, Mr. Ross pledged to give more than half of his lived up to his pledge to provide the coaches, staff and players all of estate to philanthropic causes and charitable organizations, the necessary resources to build a winning team, including a multi- including South Florida based institutions. The commitment was million dollar renovation of the club’s training facility over the past two made through the Giving Pledge, a long-term global initiative seasons. created by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates that aims to inspire deeper engagement in philanthropy and increase charitable In 2012, Mr. Ross and Matt Higgins founded RSE Ventures, a multi- giving globally. national sports and entertainment venture firm with a focus on new technologies. Today, RSE Ventures owns and operates a diverse group In February of 2014, Mr. Ross spearheaded a white paper with the of companies in four interrelated verticals: Sports, Entertainment, NYU Sports and Society program, headed by University Professor Digital, and New Ventures. In addition to building businesses, RSE Arthur R. Miller and NYU Law Dean and founder of the Sports and also actively invests in early stage companies through its partnership Society Program Trevor Morrison, examining the phenomenon with marketing expert and serial entrepreneur, Gary Vaynerchuk. In of intolerant behavior in sports, and proposing a comprehensive the summer of 2013, RSE revolutionized the international soccer range of initiatives focused on youth athletics to combat them. Mr. landscape by organizing the Guinness International Champions Ross is working with Morrison, Miller a team of NYU Law faculty, Cup, an innovative transformation of the traditional European club alumni, and students, as well as faculty affiliated with NYU to work preseason tours into a competitive tournament which has attracted on a range of linked projects examining the issue.