First off Crowder resigned with the Dolphins. While Crowder is clearly not the leader that Miami needs in the middle, he is a better than average ILB. You also have to love Crowder’s attitude as well. “My agent wanted to hit free agency but I love Miami and the people here,”. If Miami can find a good ILB in FA to play along side of him ala Bart Scott, it will free up Crowder to lay the kind of licks he put on Laverneous Coles in the Jets Finale. Speaking of Coles..the Jets just released him.

JETS RELEASE LAVERNEUS COLES
I’ve always been impressed with Coles toughness and ability to go across the middle. I think reuniting him with Pennington would be a solid FA pickup and bring veteran leadership to a young WR corps. The very fact that Bill Parcell’s drafted Coles means there will have to be some interest. The only thing that could keep this from not happening is Coles desire for big bucks. He opted out of his 11M dollar guaranteed contract with the Jets to seek a longer, more lucrative deal. Any deal that he’d get would likely be incentive laden and back loaded….which will mean that he’ll probably be on the market for awhile because I don’t think there will be any takers in the beginning. Once Coles makes it past the big bucks debut of the FA season, he might be talked into a more reasonable deal. I would love for Parcells to work his magic here and get Coles and Pennington reunited.

CHIEFS RELEASE CB PATRICK SURTAIN
Patrick (my-name-is-pronounced sir-tan) Surtain was cut by the Chiefs. Although its unlikely he’ll end up in Miami. Miami could use a good veteran corner like Pat and if his price tag is reasonable he’d be worth a look.

COLTS RELEASE WR MARVIN HARRISON
Finally, it was sad to see Marvin Harrison get cut. It was clear last year that Harrison wasn’t the same guy on the field. He was no longer quick enough to avoid those big hits and it wore on him as the season progressed. Marvin will probably get picked up by some desperate team needing WR’s but I really think his career is pretty much over unless he’s willing to come in and play slot for someone.

BY GARY RAMSEY
Phinfever.com