Tomorrow the Dolphins face the Chicago Bears in their second preseason game of the year at 1 PM, Eastern Time in Chicago. And as with the first game, the focus tomorrow will be on individual performances more than it will be on winning and losing.

JJ has said that by the Minnesota game next week, he will have stabilized the starting lineup and will be working on making the team work together consistently. What that means is that tomorrow will be the last chance for players to show what they can do under game conditions before JJ sets the starting lineup.

The latest starting lineup looks like this:

	OFFENSE				DEFENSE

	QB - 13 Dan Marino		RDE - 96 Daniel Stubbs 	
	RB - 40 Irving Spikes		RDT - 95 Tim Bowens
	FB - 36 Stanley Pritchett	LDT - 92 Daryl Gardener
	WR - 81 OJ McDuffie		LDE - 93 Trace Armstrong
	WR - 89 Randal Hill		SLB - 50 Dwight Hollier
	TE - 46 Kerry Cash		MLB - 54 Zach Thomas
	LT - 78 Richmond Webb		WLB - 55 Chris Singleton
	LG - 69 Keith Sims		LCB - 27 Terrell Buckley
	C -  61 Tim Ruddy		RCB - 37 JB Brown
	RG - 62 Chris Gray		SS -  35 Michael Stewart
	RT - 79 Billy Milner		FS -  28 Gene Atkins

	Kickoffs - 6 Joe Nedney		
	Field Goals - 10 Pete Stoyanovich
	Punt Returns - 81 OJ McDuffie (or 27 Terrell Buckley)
	Kick Returns - 32 Jerris McPhail

The principal changes from last week include the first appearance of OJ McDuffie, who didn't play last week; Daryl Gardener moving from defensive end to defensive tackle; Zach Thomas starting in place of Jack Del Rio, who was waived last week and Gene Atkins starting in place of rookie Shawn Wooden.

Even though Wooden was injured last week, he will play this week, but lost his starting position.

The biggest impact of tomorrows game will be on a number of players who are struggling to make the team. Some of the players who need to have great games tomorrow include LaCurtis Jones, Kirk Pointer, Brice Hunter, AC Tellison, Joe Planansky and, of course, Terry Kirby and Pete Stoyanovich.

With all the trade rumors swirling around Kirby and Stoyanovich, it may be too late for either player to save their career with the Dolphins, but a superior performance could keep them in Miami.

Offensively, the Dolphins will attempt to establish the power running game with Irving Spikes getting the starting shot at running back. The key, of course, will be how well the offensive line can get off the line of scrimmage and open the holes for Spikes to run through.

Defensively, the Dolphins will try to get a good push off the line of scrimmage with the defensive line. This week, Daryl Gardener will move inside to defensive tackle and Trace Armstrong will get to start at end. But the most significant change on the defense will be the change at middle linebacker, where Zach Thomas will start.

So far, Thomas has been one of the most pleasant surprises of training camp. He has lead the team in tackles during both the scrimmage with the Redskins and the preseason game last week with Bucs. It will be interesting to see how he handles the starting role.

THINGS TO WATCH FOR:

Remember this is only the second game of the preseason and JJ will still want to take a look at a lot of different players during the course of the game. However, there will be some things you should look for: