Dolphins Team Report

dolfan7171 · Sep 2, 2010

Here is the latest edition of Dolphins Team Report presented by Yahoo! SPORTS.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=teamreports-2010-nfl-mia

A few notes:

Player Notes

• CB Will Allen remains out following Aug. 12 cleanup surgery on his rebuilt left knee. Tony Sparano says there is no timetable for his return, forcing the team to trade veteran WR Greg Camarillo(notes) to the Vikings for seventh-year man Benny Sapp(notes), who has significant experience in the nickel.

• OL Nate Garner(notes) was placed on injured reserve on Tuesday in light of a second offseason surgery to repair a stress fracture in his left foot. The Dolphins’ most versatile offensive lineman, who saw time at five different line spots last season (including tackle-eligible), wasn’t expected to be ready until early October at the soonest and the staff decided it couldn’t wait that long.

• ILB Micah Johnson(notes), an undrafted rookie who was released out of Giants camp in June, has made an impression since signing with the Dolphins during the first week of training camp. The former Kentucky standout has battled knee problems but impressed the coaching staff during a 56-play audition (17 on special teams) in the third preseason game.

• OLB Quentin Moses(notes), a former third-round pick of the Raiders who has been with the Dolphins since October 2007, may be running out of time. Moses missed last week’s game against the Falcons with an injury to his right thigh area and hasn’t impressed this preseason.

• TE David Martin(notes) will serve as the backup long snapper after franchise great Jason Taylor held that role last season. Martin, who missed last season with a knee injury, is “one of the better backup long snappers in the league,” Tony Sparano said. John Denney(notes) is the primary long snapper and has been since 2005.

• CB Nolan Carroll(notes) took all four kickoff returns last week against the Falcons but Sparano cautioned against reading too much into that. The rookie is still competing with holdover KR Patrick Cobbs(notes), who has averaged 20.5 yards on 29 career kickoff returns (long of 60 yards) the past three seasons.

Draft Picks To Stick

Rd. 1/28, DE Jared Odrick, Penn State—The versatile run-stuffer has been thrust into the starting lineup after holdover Phillip Merling(notes) suffered a season-ending injury to his Achilles tendon in late July.

Rd. 2/40, OLB Koa Misi, Utah—Counted on as the replacement for Jason Taylor on the strong side, the converted 4-3 defensive end has struggled to set the edge against the run in the preseason.

Rd. 3/73, RG John Jerry, Mississippi—Younger brother of Falcons DL Peria Jerry(notes), this country-strong farm boy has reshaped his body and quickly claimed the starting job that used to belong to Donald Thomas(notes) and the injured Nate Garner.

Rd. 5/145, CB Nolan Carroll, Maryland—One of the surprises of camp, this speedy and cerebral late bloomer is bidding strongly for a spot in the nickel defensive package as well as the role of primary kickoff returner.

Rd. 5/163, FS Reshad Jones(notes), Georgia—The hard-hitting Jones was viewed as an underachiever in college and failed to overtake fellow fifth-rounder Chris Clemons, in his second season out of Clemson, as the successor to the departed disappointment Gibril Wilson(notes).
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FinsAreLife · Sep 2, 2010

Im very interested to see how benny sapp looks tonight, he's had about a week now of practice with the team. Not alot of time but enough to see if he can play well in the system.

MikeHoncho · Sep 2, 2010

TE David Martin(notes) will serve as the backup long snapper after franchise great Jason Taylor held that role last season. Martin, who missed last season with a knee injury, is “one of the better backup long snappers in the league,” Tony Sparano said. John Denney(notes) is the primary long snapper and has been since 2005.
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Um. First I've heard of DM or JT ever being long-snappers.

VanDolPhan · Sep 2, 2010

lmeister3 said:

Um. First I've heard of DM or JT ever being long-snappers.
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Yup J.T. definitely was. Been a couple mentions of it in the past.

cobrajet · Sep 3, 2010

Everything we did over the off season will work out well but I am concerned about two things.

Our Achilles heels will be....

1) Our DB's - They are still not where they need to be talent wise
2) Our IR - The season hasn't even started and already we are being inundated with injuries.

Beyond that this team is very solid and ready for war. If we can master the above issues we will win 10 games, if we do not we will win 6 games.

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