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Louis Delmas Not Holding a Grudge Against Lions

The Lions and Dolphins have a lot in common, including the fact that each has an important player that once played for the opposition.

Detroit has running back Reggie Bush, who is playing his first game against the Dolphins since he left in the 2013 offseason.

The Dolphins have safety Louis Delmas, who up until last season played for the Lions before being released by the team prior to the start of the 2014 offseason.

One would think Delmas might harbor a grudge against the team that drafted him. According to ESPN.com's James Walker, this isn't the case, with Delmas saying: "The one thing about me, I don't hold grudges or anything like that. I know they're a great opponent. I still know a couple of guys up there. It's business. I'm going to go up there and play football like we do each and every week."

Part of the reason Detroit released Delmas was his injury history, as he missed 14 out of a possible 80 games in five seasons. So far this season he has played in every game for Miami, producing 29 tackles, an interception and a sack.

It's been a good signing for Miami so far, and Delmas' presence might help in covering Calvin Johnson come Sunday.

Daryn Colledge Wants to Start New Consecutive Starts Streak

History was made on Sunday, as for the first time in his career, Daryn Colledge was unavailable to play.

His streak of 135 consecutive games played spanned three teams (the Dolphins, Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals), and for a player at the guard position, was quite impressive.

After missing the first game of his career against San Diego due to a back injury, Colledge is determined to begin a new streak this week against the Lions. He said, per Andrew Abramson of The Palm Beach Post: “I missed one game. That was a bad enough experience. I don’t plan on missing two, so I fully expect to be ready. Dallas played at a high level, so if he has to be the guy and I have to take another week off, that’s where we’re at. If I have the chance to go and play, I plan on playing at 100 percent.”

Due to the good play of Dallas Thomas on Sunday and late against Jacksonville, the Dolphins didn't feel any of the ill effects you might expect. This isn't a risk you want to take against a defensive line as strong as Detroit's, so getting Colledge back would be a big boon to Miami's offensive line.

Dolphins to Play Jets in London "Home" Game

To host the Super Bowl, you must move at least one home game within the next five years to London.

Owner Stephen Ross desperately wants Miami to host either the 2019 or 2020 Super Bowl and is willing to do whatever it takes. At the end of the season he will begin a $350 million renovation to be completed by the start of the 2016 season. This will come from his own money despite years of trying to get funds from Miami-Dade County and the state of Florida.

As per the rule listed earlier though, any team interested in hosting the Super Bowl will have to move a home game to London, and the Dolphins volunteered to do just that in 2015. In Week 4 they will "host" the New York Jets, per Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald.

Big, big mistake.

This will be the first divisional matchup ever held in London, which is the first issue I have with the game. The Dolphins will be giving up a divisional home game in September against their most hated rival.

Think about that for a second: no home-field advantage, no weather advantage, in a divisional home game.

That's a terrible thing to get rid of; it hurts the fans and likely hurts the team.

The other reason to be against it is it guarantees Miami an early bye week. The Dolphins have had early bye weeks in the last two seasons. Last season, their bye week came in Week 6, and you could tell that the early break had ill effects by the end of the season.

Time will tell if it has an effect on this season.

An NFL source pointed out to Salguero: "What it looks like to me is you have a team that would rather be hosting Super Bowls than playing in Super Bowls."

Ouch, yet it sums up my feelings on this issue.

I'm not against playing a game in London, but the games in London should come against non-divisional teams. In 2015, the non-divisional teams on Miami's home schedule include the New York Giants, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts and an AFC North team to be determined by the standings at the end of the season. (If the season ended today, it would be the Cincinnati Bengals.)

With the AFC North team yet to be determined, this would have left four choices better than the Jets. Sending Andrew Luck and the Colts would have been the best decision, as you'd have a game with two great young quarterbacks (assuming Tannehill continues to develop) as well as an elite defense.

A matchup with the Texans in London works well too in a battle of two elite defenses with the two best pass-rushers in the league.

Dolphins vs. Cowboys is always a big deal, and as for Dolphins vs. Giants, I could see why they didn't go in that direction, as it was the first London game played.

Any of those choices would have been better than the Jets—not just in terms of building the NFL abroad (there's no guarantee the Jets will improve from the atrocious year they've had this year) but for the Dolphins.

Then there's the time it's being held: Miami is giving up an early October home game, which typically favors Miami. The other two London games are being played in late October and early November. Why couldn't the Dolphins push for one of those slots, especially since they played an early October game already this season?

All around, this was a mistake on the Dolphins' part, and for some fans it has put a stain on what has otherwise been one of the best weeks for the team in years.