The Miami Dolphins want to transform the pro game by turning back the clock. They use two backs at the same time in their offense, and each one can actually run the ball.

The days of the two-back offense -- two runners and not a blocking back -- were thought to be as dead in the NFL as the drop kick. There are no more systems that can feature such pairings and who shared the same backfield and blocked for each other.

Today, most every team either runs with just one back or provides their tailback with a blocking back such as the Steelers do for their halfbacks with fullback who rarely gets the ball.

Dolphins coach though, has paired and in the same backfield for 40 snaps over four games. He's had no large measure of success with it, and they've thrown 28 times in those formations.

who has used both styles as the backfield coach for the Steelers for more than three decades, said it can work "if one of them wants to block. I know Ricky Williams doesn't want to block."

The problems with having a Harris/Bleier-like backfield (or ) in the NFL these days are many, starting with what's going on in the feeder system.

"The college game has changed," Hoak said. "They run spread offenses with only one back. He's a featured back, he runs, he doesn't ever block. You don't see two backs running the ball. One's a featured back."

Today's linemen are too big to trap block, and that was a feature of offense that helped the two-back system. With the increased quickness of defensive linemen and linebackers, backs would have less success running from one side of the backfield into the line on the other side.

Since featured backs from college rarely block, they won't be asked to do it in the pros. And coaches want to give the ball to their best runners, another reason Kreider, halfway through the season, has just one carry.

"If a guy isn't getting the ball, what else will he do if he's not blocking somebody or going out in a route?" asked longtime NFL personnel man. "Now you're playing 10 on 11 if one guy's not blocking. If he's not carrying the ball, what should you be doing? Blocking."

The New York Jets were one team the Steelers thought might draft tight end before them in April. They had the 27th pick, three ahead of the Steelers, and needed a tight end.

The Jets got him with their first pick -- trading it to Oakland for veteran tight end and a second-round pick. That opened the way for the Steelers to draft Miller.

Jolley is only now getting into the starting lineup in New York because tight end has a broken leg. Jolley has eight catches for 91 yards. Miller has 21 catches for 211 yards, and his six touchdowns lead the Steelers, lead all rookies and he's tied for the lead among tight ends.

First, the Love Boat in Minnesota, now the Love Stall shared by two Carolina Panthers cheerleaders in a bathroom in a place called Banana Joe's in Tampa. It's a new NFL reality show: Playmakers.

and were arrested and variously charged with battery, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and using a fake I.D., but not for having sex in a public place, as many witnesses claim. The Panthers fired them from their cheerleading group, TopCats.

After the story broke, the team's website was so overwhelmed it wasn't available for much of Monday. The photos and information on the two cheerleaders were removed from the site. You should have no trouble finding them soon -- and more of them. Penthouse magazine wants them to pose nude, and said he would like to hire them for his new Sirius radio show that starts in January.

The Bears are 5-3 and riding a four-game winning streak, their longest since they went 13-3 in 2001. Chicago is running away from the pack in the NFC North. Safety thinks these Bears are better than those from '01.

"We have a team that I think is better overall on both sides of the ball," Brown said. "We're making our own breaks instead of getting them. We still get our fair share of calls. To win in this league, you need to get some breaks ... I hope they keep coming our way. But we also have more depth."

promoted to offensive coordinator after the Texans lost to the Steelers, 27-7, in the second game of the season, was upset. But he did not criticize Bradford for dropping the ball, he got on Carr for throwing it. Pendry told Carr he should have thrown over the middle to instead.

Would Pendry have reprimanded Carr had Bradford not dropped the ball? It's like the time ran for a touchdown in Jacksonville and was greeted on the sideline by former Steelers coordinator who ripped his quarterback for not throwing a pass instead.

But as it stands today, Holcomb gives them the best chance to win this season, and the AFC East can be won. The Bills, at 3-5, are one game behind the first-place New England Patriots.

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