Goooooooood morning ThePhins.com...Day 2 camp updates thread.

whats the rumor why ? can´t see anything right now, i´m on my scooter and the traffic light is red

 

Texting and Scootering

 

I just see him as that dangerous combination of being an idiot who thinks he's smart. Then you add in the arrogance and that just makes him annoying. He's basically no better than the typical guy at a sports bar who thinks he knows everything about football b/c he played in HS or college. But in his case, he thinks he knows more b/c he has access to players/coaches. You still have to understand the info and he doesn't. He's fine when he just reports what he's told without adding his opinion. That's what I want to know. But when he editorializes, he's almost always wrong. But he doesn't see that. He just rationalizes it in his head somehow so he thinks he's almost always right. And then on top of it talks down to those he sees as beneath him. It's gotten to the point where I automatically mute any of those videos that play automatically on the newspaper's website and I really only read his stuff if it's posted here.

 

the thing i´m wondering is, they placed him on the non football injury list, that shoulder injury he suffered was during a game or no ? so is there maybe something else no one knows about ?

 

yeah i have a couple on my way home were you have to wait 3 minutes till it turns green again...disaster

 

here is jeff darlington :

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-am/0ap2000000219443/Dolphins-training-camp-report

 

The other reason I welcome it is that I see Matthews as a guy who plays better when there's contact. IMO his strength is elite. His hands, speed, quickness, size, route running, etc. are all okay to good, but not elite. You usually need one skill that's elite (and have the work ethic and be at least good enough in the other areas) to have a chance be a #1 quality WR. Him being good in the non-contact (or at least limited contact) practices indicates that he's probably at least good enough in the other areas. I see him as a guy who is likely to play at least just as well once the pads come on.

 

i thought all of them after the 2nd practice ?

 

Brian Hartline as anything but #3 would in fact be dangerous. Can he be a sleeper? Sure, if RT improves so much that Hartline improves his numbers over last year when there were no weapons to contend with.

His lack of TD's really hurts him. He only had 3 double digit games last year. 3. Without the scoring threat you're looking at a lot of 2-6 point games. A lot.

 

that douche on NFL Network is just asking the caller daniel kaplan "ryan tannehill at no.6 in jersey sales, did i miss something is there a tannehill cult..", he won´t let go either....asking questions "how could that be, what am i missing here....

 

Jeff Darlington bringing sense and poise to NFLN reporting, which is expected.

On the media's obsession with the "Free Hernandez" hat: "Guess we're all just going to have to move on."

 

I think it's a non-football injury whenever it did not occur as a member of the NFL. It basically relates to whether or not the team would be on the hook for liability purposes.

 

At least he is in the hands of the Dolphins' medical staff, we wouldn't want an Andrew Bynum situation. Darlington said they're bringing him along slowly and with some degree of calculation, so I guess we'll have to be patient. If we're still talking about this by the middle of the next week, we have a problem.

 

whoo dustin keller got a haircut, he looks totally different now

 

"Omarndo" updated his blog....

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolphins_in_depth/

Brings us back to the points GMJohnson made about the offense being pigeon-holed with a FB.

 

This...Keller is a sleeper this year...

 

man lamar miller is really hard to understand, watch james walker next to him, how he looks at him, he later just skips the recording on his phone and took notes...hahahhaha

http://www.miamidolphins.com/media/...nfidence/ab501f19-edec-4ced-8d92-823def109475

 

This Olivier Vernon news is really encouraging, not only for this year but next. If OV is able to become an efficient DE it makes Odrick's shift to DT that much easier.

 

I think that's why he fits in a zone scheme. You tend to want one cut runners in that system. DT is good at that one cut style. He's not as explosive in that move as a guy like Miller, but I could easily see him being a consistent positive gainer as a runner, assuming he stays healthy. I see that as his big "if". A smaller "if" is his vision. I think it's okay, but not great. I would categorize it as good enough to be the guy who spells your starter or fills in on a short-term basis.

 

Looks like Matt Moore had a strong practice today.

 

Agreed. OV is pretty athletic so you don't want to put a ceiling on how good he can be. I don't think he's shown much pass rushing prowess thus far, but when you're a great athlete sometimes it's just a matter of figuring it out (and obviously putting in the work).

 

no wonder, i know the body doesn´t make the player see vernon gholston, but his body for a 21 year old..wow, he spent some serious time on that the last few months

 

Without pads and hitting, it doesn't make sense to waste practice time on FBs when you cannot evaluate their primary skill. Moreover, I believe I read they were practicing 3rd and long situations today.

 

Wtf NFLN???? Just spent 20 min on the Cowboys, and then 10 minutes on the freaking Buccaneers. Yet the Dolphins got maybe a whole minute after that! They just spent even more time wishing a Happy Birthday to Stephen Jackson.

And this dork can't seem to let this Tannehill jersey sale thing go.

 

Apparently, he put in a lot of work this offseason. It's strange, now that TC is here, I just want the padded practices to start. Expectations can't be sated!

 

I agree somewhat, but we did see Clay and Keller lining up at FB with the first team yesterday.... pads go on wednesday !

 

Still not sure why anyone would be surprised, based on what he did in college, that Michael Egnew can go out there and catch some impressive passes.

 

Because if you aren't an immediate success as a rookie you're a bust.

It'll be interesting to see if he has rounded out the rest of his game, and to what degree.

 

Coach Philbin on today:

http://www.miamidolphins.com/media/...ing_Mode/03b1b72a-844d-4266-a2e8-01f6d77f5c7e