Thanks, good thing to hear on Sean Smith after the bad press he's been getting of late.

 

cobbs with a hammy injury is what i read.

 

I thought Cobbs wasn't taking part in the scrimmage?

 

Who's #14?

 

He is not taking part cause he injured his hamstring on Fri

 

Marlon Moore

 

Sounds like give and take, which is what is generally wanted from these scrimmages. Thanks for the updates.

 

Apparently the scrimmage just ended with reports that the defense "won".

 

Tweets of interest

It's one scrimmage, but a healthy Charles Grant opens up lots of possibilities on the Dline, he can play De or Dt, and 4 different techniques.

Starks and Grant in the 2-4-5 is much better than what Nolan had to work with in Denver in 09, heck Starks and Soliai would be as well.

 

Nolan Carroll's name comes up again..White did have a TD pass.

 

'Mando has a nice recap:

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


Tristan Davis is seeing run time, camp fodder? A lot depends on his Returner abilities.

 

Of all of the Db's to cover Brandon Marshall well, Jason flippin' Allen is the guy?

What is the world coming to? JA can get burned by a UDFA Wr, then do a good job on Brandon Marshall?

 

That is two sacks for Grant:

Against the second team offense.

 

If that cat can win the Returner Job, I'd be quite happy with him, as he is also a 4 core ST guy, so you basically have one man free up two roster spots with all of the jobs he can do.

But his problem is health, dude has problems staying healthy.

 

I hope so, I'm envisioning BMarsh in the slot, DMart on the opposite side of the formation, and the Defense trying to decide who to double cover on the Seam Route.

 

HERE IS A PLY BY PLAY



This is the quick reaction post from today's scrimmage at Dolphins camp.

Bottom line?

I wasn't impressed by anyone other than Jake Long, Cameron Wake and Nolan Carroll. Read the play-by-play and you might understand why. The most impressive wide receiver was Brian Hartline.

Third-team offense versus third-team defense:

Tyler Thigpen is at QB

First down from the 25: Three yard rush by Lex Hilliard

Second down from the 32: Deep sideline pass to Marlon Moore. He jumps for the ball, its in his hands, but he drops the ball.

Third down from the 46: Thigpen connects with Patrick Turner for six yards.

First down from the 49: Tristan Davis gains four yards.

Second down from the 49: Nolan Carroll jumps a quick-out, tips the ball and linebacker Charlie Anderson plucks it out of the air for a turnover.

Third down from 40: Thigpen throws an out pattern right to Carroll. He drops the interception.

First down from the 37: Play-action. Jason Allen breaks up a pass to Julius Pruitt in one-on-one coverage.

Second down from the 27:. Handoff to Lex Hilliard loses two yards.

Third down from the 14: Offside defensive line and Thigpen pass to Moore is incomplete.

Second down from the 11 yard line: Pitch to Tristan Davis for a gain of four.

First down from the 7 yard line: Center Andy Hartline fires off a low snap from shotgun and Thigpen misses it. Blame both.

Third down from the five yard line: Bootleg right and Pruitt catches a TD pass in the back corner of the end zone beating Jason Allen

Read more: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolphins_in_depth/#ixzz0vxCyz9pc

 

Nice, I know CK was underwhelmed by C Grant, but his history does suggest when healthy, he can get after the Qb.

 

Even as a rotational DE, dude just gives Nolan soo many options for those exotic fronts he likes to run.

 

I agree. Wonder what will happen with his possible suspension for his involvement in the Starcaps case.

I really like the the DLine Depth at this point. If I were Sparano, my group would be:

RDE - Odrick, Douglas, Grant
NT - Starks, Soliai
LDE - Langford, McDaniel

Not sure if I'd keep more than that on the 53 man, but if so, you can probably boil it down to Ryan Baker or Lionel Dotson. Phillip Merling being healthy would've made this unit's competition really something. Obviously you can mix and match the personnel with packages to get the right guys on the field, which Nolan seems to love.

 

Allen defended Marshall a bit in '08 in Denver and did a pretty solid job, IIRC... He's got the size and speed to match up well.

 

More or less, only any one of those three RDE's could easily wind up starting, and McDaniel is in a fight with Ryan Baker for that roster spot imho.

The really great proposition is, all of those players are well over 6'1, those are some massive human beings all the way across the defensive front 7, with Wake as the little guy at 6'1 255ish

I suspect Baker will have run time at NT, if he can fill in well he would make it over Dotson who has done very little in his 2yrs in Miami.

 

Some good news:

And some bad news:

Penny's arm will need more time to recover than in the past, there was a stat wherein passing more than 30 times, Pennington's trademark accuracy dropped off measurably.

With Injury #3 on that same shoulder, the joint may be structurally fine, recovery is a different matter,.

 

The Beast is feeling DMart

BMarsh should, a healthy DMart will be his sort of mini me in terms of route running.

 

I'd imagine they'll give Baker every chance to make his mark. They trusted him at the end of last year and not Dotson as CK pointed out a while back.

I wonder, if hypothetically Grant does get suspsension and is gone the first 4 games of the year, you give that spot on the 53 man to Baker and see what you have in him until Grant's back.

Obviously Grant's role is a little different. I see him as a nickel/dime pass-rusher that plays in the 4-2-5, and 3 man nickel/dime packages where as you have guys like Langford, Douglas, and McDaniel that are more 1st and 2nd down guys.

Thought Wake was 6'3"? Wake has been impressive as well thus far based on everything I've read. I really think the trenches are shaping up nicely, which is a staple of the Parcells team. Still interested to see if Thomas and Jerry can hold down the G spots over Procter and Incognito.

 

#2 Te already...man..:D

Sparano Island will get your butt into shape, he's tied last yr's walk off number with 2 players (B Johnston, Aj Wallace) that camp must be really tough.

 

I mentioned this in the Pat White thread in Club, but it wouldn't shock me to see him put on the PUP list to start the year (if that's still an option, I've read somewhere that it isn't...need someone more in the know to confirm) and give White those 5 games since we've got a bye week in there.

 

Grant won't be suspended this season he is jointly attached to the Williams case in MN, and that one will take another yr to wind it's way back through the court system on appeals.

Hard to tell tbh, you know Starks and Langford are starters, everything else is anyone's guess.

I'm interested to see if Grant has anything for Big Jake?

Yeah he is listed at 6'3, I don't think he is quite that tall though.

Some folks just pencil Richie I into the Starters role, but I've yet to hear of him doing a good job on a Starting defender quite the opposite Wake and Odrick have kinda owned him.

 

Thats good, conisdering the sucess the offense has been having.

Nice to see our DBs handle Marshall, I am not worried about our O at all.

 

Interesting, I have to wonder if the PR guy was Harvey "that's it were done, were done!" Greene?

I've heard Greene shut down numerous interviews over the years.

 

Roberto Wallace is a fascinating prospect, he has BMarsh/Turner size, but runs in the 4.4's, 6'4 and 4.4 40's and he hasn't went away.

Recall Anthony Armstrong did well in OTA's, when the pads are put on, he disappeared? Roberto Wallace hasn't disappeared one bit.

What makes him so interesting is the White/Thiggy battle at Qb means when the 2nd and 3rd offense is on the field in the preseason, Wallace will be that unit's #1 Wr..both Qb's are going to be looking for him.

 

Well, not soiling your diapers is a good start...:D