I know we've gotten similar things from our local beat writers, but its still nice to see positive headlines about our UFAs. 

[Note by bassman, 05/15/08 8:48 PM EDT ] By the way, its from Sporting News http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=411900

 

After a very prolific career at the University of Hawaii, wide receiver Davone Bess had a far more anticlimactic weekend during draft weekend as he waited through all seven rounds without being selected. Initially projected by the NFL Draft advisory as a third-round pick, Bess would instead need to wait until the Dolphins picked him up as an undrafted free agent before he was placed on an NFL roster.

But during his first minicamp, Bess looked far more like the third-round pick than the undrafted prospect. He was a solid possession guy, rarely dropping passes. He looked more polished than any of the other wideouts (none of which were drafted), which could give him a shot at making it to training camp. And if he can improve his stamina, as coach Tony Sparano suggested, Bess could find himself vying for actual playing time on the 53-man roster before he knows it.

"I see a player that has pretty good ball skills right now," Sparano said about Bess. "He certainly needs to do some things from a conditioning standpoint. He knows his stamina. To play receiver in our league you are running an awful lot and there is not a lot of numbers. The one thing with him is he has been in an offense where they are running a bunch of routes every game. They are not handing it off. He is running a bunch of routes every game and I think that is a positive. I do see good ball skills from him."