Dolphins coach Tony Sparano confirmed Monday that veteran nose tackle Jason Ferguson is out for the season with a quad injury and not a knee injury that had been widely reported.
Either way, the burden of anchoring Miami's 3-4 defense will fall on the broad shoulders of Paul Soliai, who has missed the past two games with an ankle injury but is expected to play Sunday against the 3-7 injury-decimated Bills.
"I would hope that Paul Soliai is ready to go and Paul Soliai would have to step in there and play," Sparano said. "Now the last time that happened, the guy played pretty good. I would hope that is where we are."
Soliai filled in for a nicked-up Ferguson against the Jets last month and notched a career-high six tackles.
NFL Team Reports: AFC East (SportingNews.com)
Tue Nov 24 07:16:25 GMT 2009
Several times a week, The Trenches will present team reports from Sporting News' 32 NFL correspondents.
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