Dolphins Training Camp: Open Thread 8/10
by Matty I on Aug 10, 2009 8:45 AM EDT
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PrintDon't look now - but we're suddenly just a week away from the Dolphins' first preseason game.
Today begins week two of training camp. And what better way to begin the second week than with two practices. The first is scheduled for 9 am. The second for 5 pm. Be sure to pay close attention to which players are running with what units. The second week was when Tony Sparano changed around the depth chart last year - elevating some players and demoting others to see how each player responds.
As always, use this thread for all of your training camp discussion. As you find links to various practice reports, post them below. I will update this post as time allows with links to the reports to keep everyone as updated as possible.
Morning Reports: Omar Kelly (Twitter), Armando Salguero (Twitter), Edgar Thompson (Twitter), Sun-Sentinel, PBP, Miami Herald
Note: Dolphins signed K Connor Barth to a two-year contract - providing competition to second-year kicker Dan Carpenter. Barth spent the 2008 season with the Chiefs, converting 10 of 12 field goals and all 24 extra points.
Afternoon Reports: Omar Kelly (Twitter), Armando Salguero (Twitter), Edgar Thompson (Twitter)
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Good Morning
Tracking the Fins from Rio de Janeiro, the "Cidade Maravilhosa"
Henne not struggling, big arm got bigger, handling 80% of pre-season snaps? Ginn open deep consistently? I see dark clouds approaching...
Moring Brazil
Morning Everyone!
Your best? Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen! -Sean Connery
Man, our defense is looking good!
Tracking the Fins from Rio de Janeiro, the "Cidade Maravilhosa"
Henne not struggling, big arm got bigger, handling 80% of pre-season snaps? Ginn open deep consistently? I see dark clouds approaching...
I expect Smith to be the starter today
Your best? Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen! -Sean Connery
Good morning, too!
While the Taylor, Roth, Wake, Porter saga is interesting, I would like to put in a request for some blogs about the non-Long part of the O-line?
Larry Little is the man.
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Our first preseason game here in a week, omg!
I’m drooling!
Your best? Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen! -Sean Connery
I am getting it here in Brazil!
Tracking the Fins from Rio de Janeiro, the "Cidade Maravilhosa"
Henne not struggling, big arm got bigger, handling 80% of pre-season snaps? Ginn open deep consistently? I see dark clouds approaching...
by FinsFromBrazil on Aug 10, 2009 9:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Interesting
Your best? Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen! -Sean Connery
Any news?
Your best? Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen! -Sean Connery
There is a new receiver in the house. He’s wearing No. 14. More on him to come later. Also, FB Matt Quillen has quit the team.
Week two of training camp begins with OG Shawn Murphy working as the starting right guard and Donald Thomas as the second teamer.
Your best? Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen! -Sean Connery
Sean Smith with 1st team!
Tracking the Fins from Rio de Janeiro, the "Cidade Maravilhosa"
Henne not struggling, big arm got bigger, handling 80% of pre-season snaps? Ginn open deep consistently? I see dark clouds approaching...
see I told ya
Your best? Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen! -Sean Connery
From Omar:
The new receiver’s last name is Robinson. I’m working on his first name. He’s about 6-2.
Your best? Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen! -Sean Connery
Do we really need to add a new receiver in the mix?... I mean c'mon!
I want to see a 4 wideout – Ginn on the right outside and then on the right inside be Bess
Then on the left outside it be Turner/Hartline and on inside be Camarillo
They might be dissapointed in Armstrong...
Tracking the Fins from Rio de Janeiro, the "Cidade Maravilhosa"
Henne not struggling, big arm got bigger, handling 80% of pre-season snaps? Ginn open deep consistently? I see dark clouds approaching...
by FinsFromBrazil on Aug 10, 2009 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions
There's no risk here.
Develop him on the practice squad, if you succeed, you’ve got a young tall WR and you can spend a draft pick on some other area…
Abandoned the Draft Sean Smith at #25 Bandwagon to Join the Draft Sean Smith at #61 Bandwagon and get Vontae Davis and a 5th Rounder. Trio > me.
by DolphDallas on Aug 10, 2009 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
That would be 5 wide! Kinda like Bertha Butt & the Butt sisters!
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I'd say there's a good chance the Dolphins keep 6 WR's on the 53 man roster.
I think it’s all part of the wildpat package, a spread offensive set just for Pat White.
PBP says this about robinson:
He has practice squad written all over him.
Your best? Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen! -Sean Connery
Omars twitter for those who dont have
-QB Chad Henne found Anthony Fasano in the back of the end zone for a TD in red zone drill.
-Will Billingsley picked off Pat White for what would have been a pick-6. Billingsley is fighting to retain practice squad spot.
-Cornerback Nate Jones is being worked as a punt returner, returning to a role he held in college at Rutgers.
-Brandon Frye is working as a lect tackle today, crosstraining. Frye had a good OTA camp but has slipped under the radar so far.
-Lex Hilliard is working as the second team fullback. Hilliard actually looked decent last week. But they do have enough tailbacks.
-Sean Smith is working with the starters as the cornerback opposite Will Allen. Eric Green is now on second team paired with Vontae Davis.
-Cameron Wake took first team reps at weakside LB while Joey Porter took it easy. Wake was having more difficultly with Jake Long.
-Tony McDaniel is being used as the backup right end.
-DE Randy Starks was being used as the starting right end. Phillip Merling is getting reps as the backup left end.
-Safety Chris Clemons would have sacked Chad Henne during goal line drills.
-Lex Hilliard scored a goal line touchdown running behind Donald Thomas, who did contact drills with the second team.
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23 1/2 Phinsider Fued Points
Damn....
Beat me to it. I posted some from Edgar too.
Here's the report
Your best? Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen! -Sean Connery
Newest Tweets
OmarKelly: Lex Hilliard scored a goal line touchdown running behind Donald Thomas, who did contact drills with the second team.
OmarKelly: Safety Chris Clemons would have sacked Chad Henne during goal line drills.
edgarthompson: CB Sean Smith and DE Randy Starks line up w/ 1st team D
edgarthompson: Two TDs late by Anthony Fasano, but on 1 Chris Clemons might have sacked Chad Henne.
OmarKelly: DE Randy Starks was being used as the starting right end. Phillip Merling is getting reps as the backup left end.
OmarKelly: Tony McDaniel is being used as the backup right end.
OmarKelly: Cameron Wake took first team reps at weakside LB while Joey Porter took it easy. Wake was having more difficultly with Jake Long.
OmarKelly: Sean Smith is working with the starters as the cornerback opposite Will Allen. Eric Green is now on second team paired with Vontae Davis.
OmarKelly: Lex Hilliard is working as the second team fullback. Hilliard actually looked decent last week. But they do have enough tailbacks.
OmarKelly: Brandon Frye is working as a lect tackle today, crosstraining. Frye had a good OTA camp but has slipped under the radar so far.
OmarKelly: Cornerback Nate Jones is being worked as a punt returner, returning to a role he held in college at Rutgers.
OmarKelly: Will Billingsley picked off Pat White for what would have been a pick-6. Billingsley is fighting to retain practice squad spot.
OmarKelly: QB Chad Henne found Anthony Fasano in the back of the end zone for a TD in red zone drill.
Another from Omar on new WR
OmarKelly: I was told that newly signed Dolphins WR James Robinson ran a 4.29 in his workout with the Phins, which got him signed. http://bit.ly/LDY8d
What is Omar talking about...
When he said 4 players quit?
Who quit?
I've been a Dolphin for 17 years, and I'll be a Dolphin for the rest of my life. That will never change. - Dan Marino
The four players are
FB Matt Quillan (only lasted about 4 days)
S Ethan Kilmer
FB Chris Brown
OT SirVincent Rogers
Thank you :)
I've been a Dolphin for 17 years, and I'll be a Dolphin for the rest of my life. That will never change. - Dan Marino
SirVincent went back to school to get 1 CREDIT!!!
what class is 1 credit? indoor soccer? who doesnt add 1 credit to a semester just to finish up? who says …“next semester,…..i got 1 credit”
Phinsider Hall of Fame Class of 09' / 2-Time 09' Matty Award Winner
yea i guess some are....im in anatomy 2 lab now and its 3.
but to varies school to school..
must be a lab mixing water with koolaid powder…easy…get it? der
Phinsider Hall of Fame Class of 09' / 2-Time 09' Matty Award Winner
Hey i didn't know Chris Brown plays football
I thought he just sings and beats chicks up…
Oh well at least he will be good at defense LOL
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Gieco Needs A New Slogan...So Easy A Jets Fan Can Do It LOL
by EverybodyLovesDolphins on Aug 10, 2009 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
lol well apparently he wanted to go back to beating up women, that is why he quit
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by dolphinsinbuffalo on Aug 10, 2009 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
That makes perfect sense
Tom Brady, T.O., the whole Jets organization lol
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Gieco Needs A New Slogan...So Easy A Jets Fan Can Do It LOL
by EverybodyLovesDolphins on Aug 10, 2009 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Why would he quit when he can beat the women in out divisions
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Gieco Needs A New Slogan...So Easy A Jets Fan Can Do It LOL
by EverybodyLovesDolphins on Aug 10, 2009 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
lmao no idea. those would be the girlish ones he could find
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by dolphinsinbuffalo on Aug 10, 2009 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah he was first in mind for me too
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by dolphinsinbuffalo on Aug 10, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions
He just needs a credit and'll have to take a 2/3 credit class to get it.
Hey! I rhymed!
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WED 8PM PRACTICE OPEN TO PUBLIC...FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT NORMALLY MISS DUE TO WORK
Phinsider Hall of Fame Class of 09' / 2-Time 09' Matty Award Winner
LIKE ME
BUT NO…..I HAVE CLASS WED NIGHTS.
BALLS!
Phinsider Hall of Fame Class of 09' / 2-Time 09' Matty Award Winner
and i hate u! lol
i finish Sept 7th….off till Oct 4th….so i wont complain
Phinsider Hall of Fame Class of 09' / 2-Time 09' Matty Award Winner
I think they moved it into the bubble
Tracking the Fins from Rio de Janeiro, the "Cidade Maravilhosa"
Henne not struggling, big arm got bigger, handling 80% of pre-season snaps? Ginn open deep consistently? I see dark clouds approaching...
by FinsFromBrazil on Aug 10, 2009 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I know it's practice....but damn.....we looks big, fast, and strong baby
Phinsider Hall of Fame Class of 09' / 2-Time 09' Matty Award Winner
Yeah... some of these picks, are looking really good...
Tracking the Fins from Rio de Janeiro, the "Cidade Maravilhosa"
Henne not struggling, big arm got bigger, handling 80% of pre-season snaps? Ginn open deep consistently? I see dark clouds approaching...
by FinsFromBrazil on Aug 10, 2009 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Sean Smith all day baby
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Gieco Needs A New Slogan...So Easy A Jets Fan Can Do It LOL
by EverybodyLovesDolphins on Aug 10, 2009 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Him and hartline...
Tracking the Fins from Rio de Janeiro, the "Cidade Maravilhosa"
Henne not struggling, big arm got bigger, handling 80% of pre-season snaps? Ginn open deep consistently? I see dark clouds approaching...
by FinsFromBrazil on Aug 10, 2009 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed
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Gieco Needs A New Slogan...So Easy A Jets Fan Can Do It LOL
by EverybodyLovesDolphins on Aug 10, 2009 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Omar on rookie Center
Joe Berger is working as the second-team left guard with rookie Mark Lewis the second-team center. Lewis, by the way, is no dummy. He earned his Oregon degree in sociology with a minor in business. He’s a former college shotputter — track and field is huge in Eugene, of course — who ranks fifth in school history with an indoor shot put of 56 feet-7 1/2 inches. Rivals.com named him first-team all-Pac 10 as a senior, when he helped pave the way for a school-record rushing attack that gobbled up 280.1 yards per game (second nationally).
Current Phinsider Feud Points: 23
anyone know if I have...
any chance to watch the dolphins vs jaguars game next Monday? I live in So cal and im thinking i wont be able to watch it? Anyone know anyway i can watch it live without flying there haha?
GEtSICK 4 JC
i dunno yet...but normally u can find something online
cant give out links in here tho.
id just go to a bar that had it…..but if ur staying home come by the site and ask around…
Phinsider Hall of Fame Class of 09' / 2-Time 09' Matty Award Winner
NFL Network will be airing it that night
just wait till 11 and it will be on NFLN.
As far as links, they are illegal and anyone providing them here will have to be banned for a few weeks…..SBN is taking this SERIOUSLY this season.
Omar's latest PC tweets
Sparano said one of the things they didn’t notice until Crwoder was out last year was how well he covered.
35 minutes ago from TwitterBerry Sparano on Davis: “I like the way he’s coming. He’s not afraid to compete.”
37 minutes ago from TwitterBerry Sparano said Vontae Davis is physical, has catchup speed, and is not afraid. But they need to get his eyes out of the backfield.
38 minutes ago from TwitterBerry Coach Sparano said Phillip Merling was fairly productive in the scrimmage, but coaches want to see Randy Starks on right side
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Current Phinsider Feud Points: 23
Just in case anyone needs some reading material....
Here’s some more tweets and links from Edgar for those of you who can’t access it at work:
- Tony Sparano just wrapped up, said coaches plan to increase reps of Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams this week.
- Tony Sparano on Sean Smith and Randy Starks w/ 1st team: “We want to shuffle the deck a little bit after the first week.”
- TS said Vontae Davis has done “some young-guy things,” like biting on 2 double-moves Sat. Davis needs 2 “get his eyes out of the backfield.”
- Tony Sparano said a period of goal line offense this morning was the first live contact drill of training camp.
- On new WR James Robinson, Tony Sparano said, “he has size and the guy can flat-out go.” The 26 yo ex-CFLer is a developmental player.
- On FB Matt Quillen being the 4th player to quit the team, Tony Sparano said, “It might be me. I told them, I’m not for everybody.”
- Tony Sparano said b/c of the heat, the hitting and mental grind of camp, sticking around “has an awful lot to do with passion,” not just $.
- Tony Sparano said Ronnie Brown, who caught 2 TDs in the a.m., is starting to understand the passing game much better.
- Tony Sparano said he’s impressed with new TE Ernest Wilford’s effort to in-line block. “What he does in the passing game isn’t an issue.”
Oh, and here’s a link to an article by Omar that touches on some points Edgar tweets about: http://bit.ly/vtzNF
Sorry for the long post again….I know how much it sucks not to be able to access some sites at work.
Well lets see what happens for this practice...
if my power doesn’t go out again
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by dolphinsinbuffalo on Aug 10, 2009 5:08 PM EDT reply actions
Why the new kicker?
Dan Carpenter has been nothing short of perfect throughout last season and training camp. Every time he did drills, he would put on a show for the crowd by never missing. However, a guy behind me did mention something. If Carpenter goes down, our season is over. Our team reminds me of the 2000 Ravens, winning through a stout defense and getting by through field goals. If Carpenter goes down, our season does with it. Unless, we have a quality back up that we can bring up through the practice squad. Maybe that is what the new kid is for.
Let this season BE GINN!
yeah it just makes no sense to keep two kickers on the roster
but practice squad does make a lot more sense.
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by dolphinsinbuffalo on Aug 10, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Apart from a practice squad spot,
it sends a message that ain’t nobody safe in their job.
Then there’s the injury factor.
Larry Little is the man.
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