DENVER -- Miami Dolphins quarterback
Jay Fiedler broke his right thumb late in Sunday night's game against
the Denver Broncos but still managed to engineer the game-winning drive.
According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel's website, Fiedler
will miss a minimum of two weeks. Ray Lucas
will start in his absence.
Fiedler was injured on the next-to-last drive of the Dolphins' 24-22
victory on a pass to Ricky Williams in the flat.
"I came down on a helmet and felt something loose in there," Fiedler
said. "But I was still able to grip the ball and throw."
On the final drive after Denver's Jason Elam kicked a 55-yard field goal
for a 22-21 lead, Fiedler threw two incomplete passes. He then completed
a 17-yard pass to Randy McMichael and a 22-yarder to Dedric Ward,
setting up Olindo Mare's clinching 53-yard field goal with six seconds
left.
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