Two, dos, deux…it’s a two thing for the ‘Fins.

If the Dolphins keep this up, they might not need a kicker.

Miami picked up their second straight one-point win, improving to 2-0 with an 11-10 win over the Chiefs tonight in K.C. (no, I did not get a Royals boxscore mixed up with this one…the Royals would take at least a couple of games to score that many runs).

And, for the second straight game, a late touchdown and two-point conversion won it for Cam Cameron’s crew. Also, for the second straight game, RB Patrick Cobbs and QB John Beck had something to do with it. Against the Jaguars last week, the former UNT back scored the touchdown and the two-point conversion with under four minutes to play for the decisive scores. The late drive was led by the rookie second-round pick Beck.

This week, Cobbs scored on a 7-yard run with a little over four minutes to play, and Beck scored the two-point conversion.

Beck is #3 on the depth chart, and Cobbs is trying to avoid being on someone’s practice squad. But, what they’ve done in the last two weeks might give Cameron some extra options when the Dolphins are in late-game situations. Don’t go and pick them up for your fantasy team yet though. While Beck is more than likely going to be Miami’s #1 within the next few years, the rookie from BYU is going to spend some time developing behind Trent Green before he gets his shot. And, right now, he’s still trying to beat Cleo Lemon out for the backup spot. As far as Cobbs goes, unless a rash of injuries (or a rash of rashes) happens ahead of him, he likely won’t see the field much, if at all, in 2007, unless it’s in practice. Now, if each keeps coming up big, that might change, so we’ll see.

I don’t know if we’ll see Miami even attempt two 2-point conversions during the regular season, since it’s being used as a way to avoid overtime in the preseason more than anything, but hey, if they try one against the Cowboys in Week 2, we know who they might turn to if they do.

Well, that’s it for the preseason action from tonight, and from me as well. I’m pushing the resumption of the defensive preview back until the morning or the afternoon. I’ll also be doing some pre-game notes for the weekend, and maybe, just maybe, a little something else. Buuuuuut, we’ll see what the day brings, and what the news offers up for me to ramble about.

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