Miami Dolphins Training Camp Primer: Offensive Line

  It is rare that a teams number one need heading into the offseason is as obvious as the Miami Dolphins was headed into this offseason. Giving up 58 sacks will do that. Having a scandal hijack your season will do that. Needing to replace 3/5ths of your offensive line will do that. There is…

Miami Dolphins Training Camp Primer: Wide Receivers and Tight Ends

Much of the focus the offseason is on Ryan Tannehill. Will the new offensive line protect him? Will he make the next step? Is he this franchise’s “franchise” QB? While those questions are valid, the answers will always depend on other players as well. No matter how good Tannehill plays he will always depend on…

Miami Dolphins Training Camp Primer: Running Backs

Earlier is this series I addressed the quarterback position, now I take a look at the running backs. The running back position will be important for the Dolphins success this season. To call last seasons production in the running game disappointing is an understatement. Only six teams ran for fewer yards than Miami did last year. With…

Miami Dolphins Training Camp Primer: Quarterbacks

As the season creeps closer the Miami Dolphins prepare for training camp. With one OTA in the books the time has come to take a good look at the position groups. Decisions will need to be made. Some dreams will simply come to an end. Before any of that happens it helps to look at…

First Day of OTAs. 100 days to NFL season.

Today is the first day of OTAs (organized team activities), the precursor to NFL training camps. Some are covering today as if it matters. It really does not. Teams simply kick the tires and try to knock off some of the rust. For fans it does give us some hope. If nothing else it is the…

Miami Dolphins 2014 Draft: Rounds 4-7

Last time I wrote about the first two days of the NFL Draft. (found here) This time around I tackle the final day, rounds four through seven. I love this day. These are the longshots, the surprises. Terrell Davis and Tom Brady were found here before leading their teams to the Super Bowl. Zach Thomas fell…

Miami Dolphins 2014 Draft: Rounds 1-3

After month after month of scouting, debating and a multitude of other moves the 2014 NFL draft has come and gone. Watching the moves Dennis Hickey and the Miami Dolphins made this weekend I am decidedly underwhelmed. It is not that they made bad picks, overall they choose well, it is the hope for something…

Quarterback Quandry

Everyone loves the Quarterback. While football is most definitely a team game, the quarterback position is very important for success. A great quarterback can cover a multitude of sins at other positions. So it is understandable that NFL teams and fans obsess about who they have behind center. In this draft there are three quarterback that…

The Last Mock Draft of 2014

This mock draft is coming to you very late. I planned on having it ready last week honestly, however the extra time kept making me second guess myself. These are my thoughts, what I would do. I know there are picks here that most everyone says are not going to happen. Well…I don’t care, this…

We Know Nothing

(Originally posted on SportsRants.com) In the Richie Incognito/ Jonathan Martin story we know so very little. On the surface the story is simple. One man bullied another, one man threatened another. Simple, neat, nothing is ever so simple. It takes me back to my youth, to my days of watching Hogan’s Heroes. Sitting back I…