In just two weeks, the Miami Dolphins will begin Training Camp! This will be our first real look at the new Miami Dolphins 2024 Draft class, as well as seeing up close and personal how our players coming back from injury look, such as our OLB trio of Jaelan Phillips, Bradley Chubb and Cameron Goode, although the 2 starters, Chubb and Phillips are obviously most important. As far as the rookies are concerned, OLB Chop Robinson and OLB Mohammed Kamara could potentially take on some big roles early on if the aforementioned duo of Phillips and Chubb aren’t ready to go at the start of the season. RB Jaylen Wright figures to have a chance at a decent amount of playing time, but RB Raheem Mostert is still at the top of the depth chart along with last year’s rookie sensation De’Von Achane. Achane, however, had a tough time staying on the field, so Wright could end up with a prominent role.
Besides the injured players and rookies, we’ll get our first look at some newcomers, such as CB Kendall Fuller, S Jordan Poyer, LB Jordyn Brooks, along with the majority of the defensive line, including Calais Campbell, Teair Tart, Neville Gallimore, Benito Jones, Da’Shawn Hand, Isaiah Mack, Jonathan Harris and Brandon Pili. 2nd year CB Cam Smith, who was our first draft pick in 2023, RD 2 pick #51, really needs to show up and have a strong camp, along with a strong preseason as well. Rookie LT Patrick Paul will be given a fair learning curve and there should be no immediate need for him to be ready for action as we have good depth at the tackle position with Kendall Lamm and Kion Smith. It would be great if Paul could look the part quickly, but again, not necessary.
Other rookies who could end up being counted on as depth pieces in the offense are WR’s Malik and Tahj Washington (no relation). One, or both may end up making the roster as they compete with veteran WR’s Braxton Berrios, River Cracraft, Erik Ezukanma, Braylon Sanders and Anthony Schwartz, as well as UDFA Je’Quan Burton. The offensive line battle should be a good one, as there are several players who are pretty close in talent vying for 3 spots in the interior. LT Terron Armstead and RT Austin Jackson are the only 2 positions that are decided, although I know many feel C Aaron Brewer is also locked in. To be fair, the heavy competition will be at the 2 OG spots as Isaiah Wynn, Lester Cotton, Robert Jones, Jack Driscoll, and Liam Eichenberg battle it out for the LG and RG spots. It’s possible we might still add another player to be in this competition. I also want to see the two special teams guys we picked up, because lord knows we could do better there. LB Anthony Walker, formerly of the Cleveland Browns and S Siran Neal, formerly of the Buffalo Bills. These two aces should help solidify our special teams unit that struggled last season.
First and foremost, let’s hope for no serious injuries. Let’s also hope for strong competition all around, and maybe a nice surprise or two. Wouldn’t it be a thrill if either or both Jaelan Phillips and/or Bradley Chubb looked ready to go? Wouldn’t it be wild if Patrick Paul came into camp like a beast and looked good enough to start right away, making the inevitable games missed by starter Terron Armstead less trepidatious? I’m hoping for some good things from the Washington WR’s, and hope one or both show well enough to stick. I hope Cam Smith looks great, good enough to start right away. I hope Jaylen Wright looks physical, along with being quick through the hole and show some pass blocking ability. We could use a back who runs with some “mean”. As a whole, competition usually brings out the best in players, let’s hope we get the best.
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
Rock,
I’m not so sure Tua throws guys open all that much. He’s throwing to where the receiver is supposed to be. It’s not a criticism. It makes for some wow passes watching guys run into the zone. I’m not saying he can’t…of course he can…but that’s not really how our offense works. Tua sets and throws in 2 seconds…and he puts the ball where he is supposed to. He’s expecting his guys to win and be there. And, it’s why our offense struggles once teams figure that out and stop that first read or start disrupting our routes off the LOS. Then, Tua is scrambling for his life because our OL isn’t built to hold blocks for 3-4 seconds.
isn’t throbbing the ball to the spot where the receiver is going to be in the future on time and rhythm “ Throwing a receiver open”?
if not, give me a better example of what throwing a receiver open is
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THROWING
Twice – That’s pretty fair. Of course all the games count, but whether you call it pressure or importance is also semantics. When you get to the end, the best teams play their best, and that’s usually because the best players are playing well.
In some cases though, it’s not always the best team that plays best, sometimes teams just get hot at the right time, either way though, you have to admit that if your team is playing poorly at the end of the season, it’s usually either you miss the playoffs, or get eliminated early. We need to fix that!!
Yes, regardless of getting hot or being consistent throughout, everyone needs to keep bringing it because their opponents aren’t just going to roll over…that’s on everyone to bring it but usually in the modern NFL it does tend to start from and stem from your QB as the main leader on the field. But the coaches and everyone needs to be ready – can game plans be adjusted on the fly? For the coaches, do you have a plan b, plan c and even plan d to counter when you know the other side is going to probably be taking away your plan a from you after being able to digest a full season of tape and tendencies on your team? Can the players (especially the QB) integrate those new plans quickly and fully and excel in those different plans? I know I’m not saying anything radical here and that hasn’t already been said by many on here, but that’s always been a pet peeve of mine – you better not just have a plan b, you better have c and d in your back pocket and with your players ready to execute those plans as necessary. That’s on both the coaches and the players.
Yes, the coaches also have to take some heat. I think in general this offense is tailor made for Tua, but when teams take stuff away, both Tua and the McD need to adjust.
Rock,
No, that’s throwing to a zone you already know your receiver is supposed to be in. To me, throwing a guy open is throwing to a place away from coverage or leading them into a throw. Tua’s throws can become “pckable” because he’s throwing that ball to that spot. If receivers are thrown off their routes or the defense reads what he’s doing with the ball, the ball is still going there. Tua expects his receiver will be there to make the play. That’s not throwing a guy open.
After so many years of being mediocre or bad, I’m just enjoying the moment that we’re a team in the mix.
I’m in too deep for that. I wish in some ways I could get back to just liking the team and rooting for them. Writing and researching about them has jaded that experience for me. 😦
Well that sucks! 😂
Several ESPN analysts have protested Tagovailoa’s ranking in the poll. (ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler’s poll this summer) Among them: ESPN’s Booger McFarland said Tagovailoa’s exclusion from the top 10 represents the “biggest snub on the list… 4,600 passing yards last season. Top 10 QBR. I know everyone says it’s because of Jaylen Waddle and Tyreek Hill. “All Tua Tagovailoa does is throw the football accurately, on time, in rhythm and allow these fast guys to run after the catch. How can this guy not be in the top 10? I have no idea.”
Former Washington quarterback Robert Griffin III said “the biggest snubs” in the top 10 were San Francisco’s “Brock Purdy and Tua Tagovailoa…. Tua, to not have him on this list, is not only disingenuous but it’s disrespectful. It’s a spit in the face. He’s been a top-five quarterback the past two years. [This poll seems] truly based on what you think a quarterback can do, not based on what these two men have put on the field.”
THIS^^^^
Conjecture Your Honor! Conjecture! 🙂
Oh no!!! Another highly paid, privileged person was disrespected by not being put on a list!! Oh My God! Should we appoint a special counsel to investigate…oh, wait.
LOL! That stuff cracks me up. Insulted Dolphins fans
Ok, you guys can post shit from talking heads that agree with your position, but I get ridicule if I post talking heads stating the opposite of your opinion? FUCK OFF
Anyone who posts anything gets shit! Have you not been here fir 10 years?
Randy, someone posted a video the other day of Kurt Warner talking about throwing to a spot expecting the receiver to be there. He said that’s what he did with the Rams. Then it was different with the Giants where they ran the ball more and they didn’t have the receivers to play like that. Then it was different again in Arizona. He talked about how it depends on the skill set of the receivers and altering your game as a QB based on that. It was interesting.
Tim,
Yep, that’s why I said earlier to Rock that it wasn’t a criticism. It’s how our offense works. But, the problem for us is when teams take that quick pass/first read away what do we do? What does Tua do? I didn’t see this Warner video. Did he address that?
Yes he said that’s what he’d like to see Tua improve on. When the quick throws aren’t there.
If Jonnu Smith will be open like Durham Smythe was, that will be a great help to Tua
Yeah he should provide another option. Smith is good after the catch so if he can open with some space that could add another dimension to the offense.
MikeE,
Smythe was open because nobody worried about him catching the ball. If a TE shows he’s a threat, he’ll draw coverage. The good thing is it loosens up coverage on Hill and Waddle.
Yep the more weapons you have the harder it is to defend. You can add OBJ and Achane to that mix as well. I think Achane is going to be used more as a receiver this season.
Tim,
I said the same about Achane a couple months ago. That kid is a serious weapon and they gotta figure out how to get him into the flow of the game more. I’d like to see MM design more plays to get him the ball in space. With guys like Hill and Waddle drawing protection away from the LOS, you should be able to work stuff underneath IF the OL can function. There is no way a LB can stay with him and if teams wanna use a DB to do it….all the better for our other skill guys.
Yeah Achane is a mismatch nightmare.
I agree, but he’s gotta stay healthy first
Dolphins as expected put Chubb, Phillips, Goode and Wynn on PUP today
Salvon Ahmed on non football injury list
What was Wynn’s injury?
I think it’s still precautionary from last years injury
I was asking what his injury was, I don’t remember.
RIP Bob Newhart
Yeah I saw that. Funny guy. RIP
Randy – True about Smythe, but Smith will get chances if the D tries to take away Hill or Waddle, or especially both.
I can see a formation with Hill and Waddle, Smith, Ingold and Achane, then Achane motions out as receiver. You show 21 personnel which is a run/play-action formation but then we morph into 11 personnel. Does a defense play nickel against this or a standard 3-4/4-3 because of the Fullback?
RIP Lou Dobbs
So Craig Carton asks the question at what point does the genius Mike McDaniel win a playoff game? You don’t get 10 years.
Oh I don’t know, Craig, the first two seasons as a HC he’s made the playoffs. Why do people seem to act like McDaniel and Tua have been at this for 5+ years?
Craig Carton is a major dick
He can get really annoying.
My posts where I copy and paste from someone else, then respond aren’t going thru
If it were true Tua could read a D he’d be Drew Brees, and wouldn’t have to send someone in motion
I think the motion stuff is what McDaniel brought from SF. It’s not all about Tua.
Re-read my post, I said nothing about a designed motion
What are you talking about? Tua doesn’t “audible” motion. It is ALL designed motion. And the motions are there to help diagnose the D before the snap. It’s not like Tua is fucking up the rout tree by calling for motion that wasn’t built into the play.
Tua is VERY good at reading defense and knowing where all the moving parts are going to move to and putting the ball in the place where the receiver WILL BE (as long as he doesn’t slip or something like that) That is reading the defense. And I am going to disagree with Randy here too, I think he DOES throw receivers open. Each play has several routs, depending on the play design the routs are layered to disguise other routs or put stress on zones. You can have a comback by one WR, a slant by another and an our or crossing rout by a third with a flat by the RB.
EACH of those routes have a different timing and sometimes two points of timing on a rout. For example on the slat you can hit the WR right at the break or, you can hit that slant once it has cleared a zone or pulled the defender off the crosser. So for all intents and purposes that slant has two timing spots, early and late.
Tua has the ability to see all those moving pieces and throw the ball to the spot where the WR will be when the guy hasn’t even gotten to the stem on his route, or hit him right exactly when he turns on his come back. Or drop the ball between zones on a crosser exactly when the WR clears between zones. THAT IS throwing a WR open within the design of the play.
Any of you being effected by this Microsoft Outage? We can’t get logged into our e-mails and are locked out of some of our apps at work. I am surprised this site is working!
Yep. Can’t access my work applications. I am so disappointed
I wish I had that problem. Sadly, I have to work. 😭
This site went down early this morning, I called my friend, former President Trump and asked if he could fix it. Well, here we are. This is going to be the best site, one unlike any other site. No one has ever seen one like this.
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Rock,
I get your point, but I didn’t say Tua doesn’t throw guys open. I said our offense is designed for him to throw to spots. Not 100% of the time, of course. Tua has good accuracy, so I don’t have a problem with where he usually puts the ball. I have things I don’t like about Tua, but his accuracy isn’t one of them.
Yeah, you didn’t say he doesn’t you just said you are not sure he does. I get it. I was just playing Madden last night and was thinking about it, because, like I said each route has a different timing and progression.
I will say once again. Grier put together one hell of a Madden team. I very seldom lose. It is fun to play the dolphins for the first time since we had Ronny and Ricky back there.
I have played the franchise through 3 seasons two or three times now (before starting over because the team was made up of madden made up players after a while) and I have broken every rushing record with Achane in each of my franchises. 2000 yards rushing, 30 TDs LOL. Of course there isn’t a reset button when he gets hurt in real life. Now when I restart the franchise in preseason, I bench Mostert immediately.
Rock,
Please don’t tell me you think a video game has anything to do with actual real football?! I love video games, but I know I can’t fly! Lol
The plays, formations, etc are right out of NFL playbooks. It is actually very sophisticated. I don’t know if you have ever played.
Rock,
Did you ever play, I think it was, TECMO Bowl? An old PC game? Is Madden like that?
LOL No, there are actually 1000’s of plays in the different playbooks and you can create your own with different route combinations, etc. The formations and everything are right out of the NFL.
you can also audible any WR into a different route at the line to beat coverages once you see how the Defense deploys.
Ben Volin was just on the Joe Rose Show on WQAM, Joe asks Volin what he thinks of the AFC East. He says he still thinks it’s the Bills division, and the Jets will be much more competitive if Aaron Rodgers stays healthy, and then the Dolphins, who Volin says is great September through November. This narrative is so unfair! Why does everyone keep saying mean stuff like this?
BECAUSE IT’S TRUE!!!!!
F-I-N-I-S-H !!!!!! Learn how to win those games at the end of the season for a fucking change, will ya????
Rock,
I’ve never played Madden. I’ve heard guys talk about it but never played. Sounds like more thinking than I care to do. Lol
Randy, I played ball from Peewee up to JV in high-school. I was a very late bloomer though so I would up quitting JV half way through the season because 1. I was 20-30 lbs lighter than most of the players on the team (100 lbs lighter than some of the monsters) and 2. I kept getting my bell rang (concussions) 3. I sat on the bench a lot. LOL
But on none of my teams did they actually teach football. I have learned more playing Madden the past 2 years than I learned in 8 years of playing on the optimist club team or the high school team.
I watch the game differently now too.
Rock,
Even the TECMO days were exaggerated. I’d imagine these video games allow you to do all kinds of things that you can’t do in a real game. Throw out 80% of the plays/schemes/formations whatever…and that might be more like real football. We aren’t a route tree offense. We’re a one cut, catch and get YAC offense. We rarely run long, complicated route trees…in 2 seconds. Again…not saying 100%. It’s how teams stopped us last year. In one way or another defenses prevented our receivers from getting to their spots in the quick pass scheme….usually the middle zone. By design or that’s what Tua likes, I have no idea. But, we rarely adjusted. Let’s see if MM has developed as a play caller. Not a play designer but calling a game. Completely different skills. He hasn’t been great at it so far.
yeah, he tends to bang his head against the wall and not make adjustments. He seems to be a very innovative guy drawing up plays and layering routes but his in-game adjustments have left me wanting more.
Rock,
At my biggest in HS, I was about 185. Our FB was 250. He actually hit me as hard as I’ve ever been hit just playing football in front of the high school before school started one day. He was a big ole farm boy. Most nose guards in my conference were the fattest guys they could find in school. Same for centers. I exaggerate just a little. I played guard too, so I often played against the biggest guy on the other team on Fridays.
I loved it. Those big fat asses were slow and sad. I was past them before they finished coming out of their stance. Back then you could pile on and kinda even jump on guys….that I didn’t enjoy after I made a tackle. They always seemed to end up falling on me with a leading elbow! Lol
Why were they sad?
I was 125lbs as a sophomore. I got to 175lbs in my senior year and was that weight until about 6 years ago when I stopped smoking and blew up to 230 in 2 1/2 year span. I have since fought my way back down to 200 – 215 lbs. I get down to 199 and then eat a freaking cookie and below back up to 215. LOL
Randy, the “new” Madden on PS5 is even more nuanced. How you throw the ball depends on the type of pressure you apply to the buttons. If you tap the button it will be a touch pass, if you jam the button hard it will be a dart. Then while the ball is in the air you have to signal the WR how he is going to catch the ball. Catch the ball in stride, make a possession catch, make an aggressive catch. So on any pass you can lob it, dart it, throw it with touch and then catch it in different ways. When I get too excited I Fuck up and jam the button sometimes when I should lightly tap it to lob it over the defender and wind up throwing picks or incompletions because I threw it on a rope instead of arching it over.
MikeE,
Their mommies didn’t hug them because she didn’t love them. At least, that’s what I used to tell them during the game.
Actually, I never trash talked in my life, but it sounded good. Lol
LOL!
Rock,
I gotta be honest…I stopped reading after “nuanced”. Lol
I have just never been a fan of playing games that require me to know 32 different key combos and the quick twitch of sports games. I will play a good golf or pool video game though…or fishing! I’ve seen guys play the game for brief moments like on TV and even that is overstimulating. Yeah…I’m old and pathetic!
Randy, one more thing. I can fly (up to twin engine prop) and I have to tell you. The flight simulators now-a-days…Yeah, you can fly too. LOL
I’m back from a very badly needed vacation! Happy to see the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower back safe after her stint in the Persian Gulf, stemming from the Oct 7th attacks on Israel.
The beach and surf were great, food was awesome, and the temps were nearly 100 degrees all week… my kind of weather.
I’ve never seen so many dolphins breaching as a beachside viewer as I had this past week; it was truly remarkable and I loved it! No jellyfish (as experienced in the past), no sharks, no riptide… yet the undertow was very strong (kept my lil’ nephew by my side at all times).
I’M READY FOR TC, BABY!!!
GO PHINS!!!
HELL YEAH!!!
Tua absolutely audibles motion
Watch him, he’ll do a presnap read, not have a clue if it’s man or zone, then send someone in motion
He signals the motion he doesn’t audible the motion. It was already built into the play. You can’t audible motion randomly because it fucks up the route tree
Semantics, the point was he hasn’t read a D yet at the level he needs to, to be close to Brees, but if he someday does he’ll pass Brees
Will he ever, is the million dollar question
It’s not semantics at all. It is a specific distinction between one thing and another thing and you are wrong
So now we’ll have another battle at LG. I guess between Robert Jones, Lester Cotton, Liam Eichenberg and Jack Driscoll we’ll find our LG and RG.
Of course we all hope that Phillips, Chubb, Goode and Wynn are all able to come back after missing the first 4 weeks and be ready to step in and play.
From memory the PUP at thus stage doesn’t mean they have to sit out 4 weeks, that’s the regular season PUP you’re referring to
Here’s what I found
Players on PUP count against the 90-man roster limit and can come off the PUP list at any point during camp and begin practicing immediately. But players who begin camp on PUP and then come off cannot return to the PUP list if they sustain a setback or different injury during training camp or preseason.
This article lists 10 Fins, that are great duos
No reason we shouldn’t at least be in the SB conversation
https://phinphanatic.com/posts/5-miami-dolphins-duos-considered-among-nfl-best-01j2eaz536tw/3
It doesn’t list Tua, Jonnu, Armstead, Jackson and Seiler, we have lots of top end talent, now put it together already sheesh
Thanks Steve – good info on the PUP
I’m seeing reports than Shaq Barrett is retiring
he is
he just published a statement
Dick move
I think we get all the $ back both in was and actual cash
doesn’t really bother me
we drafted a guy named Pork Chop!
destiny is waiting for PORKIND
15 sacks as a rookie coming our way
https://x.com/antwanstaley/status/1814756870743265699?s=46
Here’s an article, that is in the Mike E camp, it’s use of 200m guaranteed by Lawrence is a farce (only fully guaranteed money matters)
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2024/07/dolphins-season-preview-2024-tua-tagovailoa
Otherwise I mostly agree
With Shaq retiring I wonder if the D in passrushing downs changes from its original plan, until Phillips or Chubb get back
Seiler, Calais, Tart and Chop/Kamara as a change up from snaps where Chop and Kamara are both on the field
Or just get Ogbah in camp now
Our depth just took a hit. Kamara will probably see a lot more action if Chubb and Phillips aren’t able to play a lot early on
Cameron Wolfe
@CameronWolfe
Dolphins will host free agent EDGE Emmanuel Ogbah for a work out Monday, per source.
Ogbah could fill much-needed pass rush void after Shaq Barrett retirement. He was productive in limited 2023 Dolphins role (5.5 sacks in 25% of snaps). Could do more under new DC Anthony Weaver.
Get it done. Always wanted Ogbah back.
I think that’s the right move
I just want to see a vet available early to help the rooks along
honestly I think in the long run we will be very good with a 4 man rotation of Phillips/Chubb/PorkChop/Kamara
I agree, but that’s not going to help us start the season
If Ogbah is signed I believe he’s got more left in the tank than Shaq, could be a blessing in disguise
I misread, Rosannadanna moment, never…
M13, Chris Webby went crazy with the word play on this one. Taking shots at some pervs in the rap industry. Also, that is his dad playing guitar at the end of the video.
“I go to war like Kenobi, Yoda, and Anakin or Harrison Ford *blast blast*”. NICE!
Very impressive song and I dig the guitar at the end. Thanks for sharing, man!
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