Dolphins TE Cameron (concussion) out Thursday

Adam Gase’s shirt remained dry following his first victory as a head coach because he was hot under the collar.

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Terrelle Pryor put up a heck of a performance in his team’s overtime loss to the Miami Dolphins last week. “That first hit kind of of knocked the nerves out of me a little bit”. “So, for us to take anybody for granted is an insult to anybody in the National Football League”.

The game marked the regular-season unveiling of the Dolphins’ renovated stadium and drew a sellout crowd of 65,176.

As for the “home field advantage” predicted to boost the team emotionally?

“I want to help the team win”, Pryor said. “I thought he held his own okay, I have to coach him better”.

He’ll have to hustle – Miami plays again Thursday at Cincinnati (1-2). Quarterback Ryan Tannehill was under siege on Sunday against a Browns defense that lacks playmakers.

From there, Jay Ajayi scampered around left end untouched on the next play for the game-winning touchdown.

Through three games, Tannehill has thrown five touchdowns to four interceptions.

Browns coach Hue Jackson designed several packages to utilize Pryor’s unique skillset. “He obviously did some good things, but he said it”.

With Pryor in the wildcat formation, Jackson pulled Kessler off the field rather than leave the young QB in as a decoy that the Dolphins would have probably ignored anyway.

Now, it looks like the Dolphins are on the right track. Miami through 3 games, doesn’t have a running back over 100 yards.

“Decisions like this are never easy ones to make”, Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva said in the statement. For me, all that matters really is winning in Cleveland right now. That’s something we’ve got to be aware of. To Parkey’s defense, he signed with the team this week after Patrick Murray’s season ended with a knee injury.

And even if (ok… when) the Browns do have another awful season that leads them to the top of next year’s draft, seeing Pryor’s reformation and resurrection will at least give Cleveland fans one thing to cling to in having hope for the future.

“It’s my first time kicking with the snap and holder here”, Parkey said. I’m not. I see it every day on the practice field. Miami extended its lead to 24-13 just 43 seconds into the fourth quarter when Tannehill found Damien Williams on a 10-yard scoring pass.

Cleveland cut its deficit to 24-21 when fourth-team quarterback Pryor ran it in from 2 yards and Kessler threw a two-point conversion pass to tight end Gary Barnidge.

“Terrelle can do a lot of different things with a football”, Jackson said. Cleveland came into Miami starting their fifth quarterback in as many games. The Browns started rookie quarterback Cody Kessler, so it’s puzzling as to why the Dolphins couldn’t stop predictable runs.

Nonetheless, the Dolphins wouldn’t have time to sit around and sulk for long.

Linebacker Koa Misi (neck) and Jelani Jenkins (thigh) were also sidelined.

Cleveland looks for its first win next week against the Washington Redskins.