Miami Dolphins

It was precisely at this point last season when the clouds parted, the angels sang and the Miami Dolphins finally won a game. They beat Baltimore to narrowly avoid becoming the first team in NFL history to finish 0-16. How amazing that Miami -- revamped by Bill Parcells, Tony Sparano, Chad Pennington and others -- is now in a three-way tie for first in the AFC East.

Everyone in the NFL is talking about the U of Miami. No, not the school, but the U-turn of the Miami Dolphins. The franchise that went 1-15 last season has now won three in a row and five of seven. If they beat the Oakland Raiders today, the Dolphins will pull within a game of the first-place New York Jets in the AFC East. Few people could have predicted the Dolphins' turnaround would be this whiplash-fast.