The first mini camp is upon us (note: this bonehead thought it was a full mini-camp) so I changed the post.

In any case, football season is not that far away.

As the various camps come and go there are several aspects of the Dolphins that garner more curiosity than others.

The key things that we Dolphins fans should want to hear are the following (in their proper order):

1. Ronnie Brown is running and showing signs of nearing a full recovery.
2. Jake Long is as advertised.
   
3. Ricky Williams shows up in unbelievable shape and has his mind squarely on football. Williams has spoken about a desire to return to elite status. Let’s hope he already has. Williams is the guy I’m pulling for most of all, as is documented .
   
4. Shawn Murphy is going to be the starting right guard and impresses in his first few days.
   
5. Ted Ginn is running better routs and looks like he has developed more as a receiver this off-season.
   
6. John Beck, Josh McCown and Chad Henne… Let’s hope they all show something in the beginning. We particularly want to hear that one of them is showing the most, as this means one may be clearly the best.
   
7. The new defensive lineman are imposing and stealing the show. I want to hear about how Ferguson, Starks, Merling, Langford & Company exemplify the new attitude.
   
8. Jason Allen is developing nicely and should start in the fall.
   
9. Yeremiah Bell is fully recovered from his ruptured Achilles. Let’s hope some of the corners are showing signs of recovery as well.
   
10. The number ten thing we want to hear. Sparano addresses the Taylor-Parcells scandal by restating what he has always said. Mainly that he thinks Jason is doing something positive for the team and that he is  confident that JT is preparing for the season. We want to hear that Taylor figures in Sparano's plans.

I’d also add that I’d like for an unknown to emerge. Jayson Foster and his 4.34 – 4.28 speed is the one I’d most like to see surprise the other 31 teams that passed on him.

Not all of these questions will be apparent to the media allowed in. My guess is that they’ll watch the quarterbacks closely (give their typical over or under throwing and chemistry showing between x and y comments they always give). Oh, and they will ask questions about JT. They should have the vision to fit in a couple of questions about Ricky and Ronnie too.

Basically, we may not hear about some of these issues. There may be more concerns that I’ve overlooked.

Any ideas?

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