Is there anyone who plays the game with as much vigor and as much intensity as Dolphins LB Joey Porter? Porter is the king of trash talk, and he always seems to turn it up a notch when he faces the Patriots.

The Jets might have to wait a little longer to unveil their new 1-2 receiving punch. Jerricho Cotchery didn’t practice for the second consecutive day because of a hamstring injury and is listed as questionable to play in Monday night’s game against the Dolphins.

The Bills will limp into Land Shark Stadium for Sunday’s matchup with the Dolphins after ruling out five starters on today’s injury report.

The first official injury reports have the week were released Wednesday. While the Chargers finally got RB LaDainian Tomlinson back, a number of other key players — Willie Parker, Marc Bulger, Vince Wilfork and Cedric Benson — were unable to practice.

The official Thursday injury reports have been filed around the league, and here are some of the key injuries we’re following heading into Week 3 games.

Joey Porter is tough enough to take on anybody, and smart enough to know when he’s wrong.

Porter personally apologized to Dolphins coach Tony Sparano for refusing to leave the closing minutes of Sunday’s 48-28 loss to the Patriots after he drew 15-yard penalties on back-to-back plays.

Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall took his shots at Dolphins linebacker, Joey Porter, accusing him of having popcorn muscles.

Imagine this … the Dolphins face the Jets at Giants Stadium in Week 17, and Joey Porter is one sack away from breaking Michael Strahan‘s single-season record of 22.5 sacks. Brett Favre fakes a handoff and peels off to the right where Porter is eagerly awaiting the quarterback and smothers the three-time MVP to set a new sack mark.

Porter — who already has 10.5 sacks through seven games this season — has admitted that he is now pursuing Strahan’s sack record, writes Harvey Fialkov of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter has long been an admirer of Junior Seau. Dave George of the Palm Beach Post explains while the two linebackers are similar in many ways, there is one big difference between them.