Training camp is on! Rookie OG Jonah Savaiinaea is signed, and the the Dolphins added another free agent OG, former Niners and Titans OG Daniel Brunskill. The Dolphins also added CB Cornell Armstrong, who was originally drafted by our Dolphins in 2018 in the 6th RD. He’s more than likely likely a ST’s and back end of the CB rotation type of guy if he makes the 53 man roster. As far as the O-line is concerned, OG Liam Eichenberg who was slated to be the 6th guy on the O-line will miss a few weeks into the season with an injury, which necessitated the Brunskill signing.
I’m glad the big guy (Jonah Savaiinaea) is signed and now working, which is something I felt was so important to him being as ready as possible to start for us this season. Rookies have enough obstacles to deal with, a holdout and missing time could have proved to be too much. It also seems as if Daniel Brunskill is a guy who could step in and give us quality play without a huge dropoff, and that’s good, especially if Eichenberg is really going to miss a lot of time. James Daniels is working with the team now which is a good sign, I was having my doubts as to whether he would be good to start the season while still recovering from injury.
It appears as if WR Erik Ezukanma is making is his annual Training Camp drool reports, but is anyonme here buying that he can do it and stay healthy during the season? Not me, not anymore. We have some depth as it is now with Malik Washington and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, who is a bigger, more physical receiver, so EZ has his work cut out to even make the roster. I have nothing against Erik Ezukanma, but I do think the team has to be careful though to rely on him because he’s let us down by mostly not being able to stay healthy.
It’s crazy how fast time is going, the first preseason game is in about 3 weeks, Aug 10th, against the Chicago Bears. Apparently our “rivalry” jersey log was released, and it appears that the logo is orange and black, which would lead you to believe the Jersey with be orange, black and aqua, and not feature the Marlins pink color in them. Thank goodness for that, pink has no place in the NFL, but is fine in the Lingerie League where it belongs!
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
Happy Birthday Tim!!!
Thanks, man.
Happy Birthday Tim
Thanks
Go Dolphins, I’m psyched about this team.
Good to see you Son. Love to see the positivity!
Thanks yeah man I always am, and I’m pleased with how this years team shaped up.
Tim, happy birthday! I forgot your birthday was on the 25th. Mine is tomorrow. Fellow leos 🙂
Thanks and happy birthday to you fellow Leo.
Happy Birthday Enchanter!
Thanks
Mike E or anyone,
since no Fest game this year my crew is planning on 12/28 at home vs Bucs. Doing the whole routine, stay in Hollywood and go to the game from there.
Among the rest who we’ve lost I saw that the guitar player from Golden Earring also passed away
George Kooymans 77
Yeah lots of death recently 😥
Happy Birthday, Tim!
Enjoy your day and I hope it’s not as hot over there in Jersey as it is here in PA! Stay cool, Bro!
How did you find that? 😂
Thanks, man. It’s 100 degrees today. 😳
Happy Birthday Tim!!! 🥳🎂🎁
Thank you!
Tim’s Birthday Mock Draft!
13. T.J. Parker EDGE Clemson
45. A.J. Harris CB Penn State
77. Xavier Chaplin OT Auburn
81. Jack Endries TE Texas
110. John Mateer QB Oklahoma
142. Aaron Graves DT Iowa
206. Bryce Boettcher ILB Oregon
Happy Birthday Tim!!!
T.J. Parker’s NFL comparison is Jaelan Phillips.
😂 thanks
Tim Knight
says:
July 25, 2025 at 3:53 pm
How did you find that?
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LOL, I simply went to YouTube and typed in “Happy Birthday, Tim”! I thought ya might get a kick out of it! 😀
And 100 degrees over here as well. I don’t mind the heat, it’s just the HUMIDITY that’s disgusting to me right now… and we don’t get the sea gusts that Florida gets… it just sticks around until a cold front comes through.
😂
BBM,
Thanks for posting all the practice updates. I really haven’t been reading anything else other than the blog, so it’s nice to get all the updates here.
No problem.
Happy Birthday, Tim!
Thanks, man.
BBM,
Ditto on what Cav Kong stated above: thanks for the TC updates, Bro!
@DavidFurones_
Dolphins edge defender Jaelan Phillips, ahead of a pivotal fifth NFL season, says this ACL rehab was easier than his return from a torn Achilles. He’s full-go early in Dolphins camp.
^
Heck yeah!
“My mindset was no vacation for me until this is all over,” rookie offensive lineman Jonah Savaiinaea said. “I wanted to stay here, get acclimated to this weather …. Having Pat (Paul) here all summer, we’ve got to build that chemistry, especially now playing next to him. Just building chemistry not only on the field, but off the field and just being able to trust each other.”
Thursday, left tackle Patrick Paul told the media that he and Savaiinaea were together in the building every day this offseason watching film and working out. Savaiinaea took it one step further, issuing a challenge to defensive tackle Kenneth Grant, Miami’s 2025 first-round pick, to see who could be the first one to arrive each morning and the last one to leave.
“It’s a battle every day to be honest,” Grant said of his matchups against Savaiinaea. “First in the building, last in the building. We’re challenging each other on the field and off the field.”
Outside linebacker Jaelan Phillips’ practice plan called for a reduced number of reps, but that didn’t mean it had to be a light day.
“That’s just a little extra reps,” said Phillips when asked about running sprints off to the side with fellow linebacker Bradley Chubb during practice. “Bradley has been really critical for me and for everybody in the room and defense of holding us to a really high standard. Today, took a little less reps and to make up for that we’re running sprints on the sideline.”
Steve, here you go. Win a practice jersey.
@WingfieldNFL
We have an awesome new fan feature for camp starting tomorrow with the fans back in attendance.
Introducing the Miami Dolphins Orange Jersey Fan of the Day!!
Aside from the injury front on day 1, I’m really liking what I’m hearing/seeing/reading about our TC.
Happy belated birthday Tim fir the big 6 oh.
Happy Birthday Boulder
for
Thanks, man.
Sonny – Can’t make it this year bud, I have too many vacation days used by then. I’m going to try to go with my friend to the Steelers MNF game on the 12/15, not even sure if I can swing that one.
Happy Birthday Boulder!
thanks brother!!
@CameronWolfeDolphins signed CB Jack Jones to add some depth to a thin room in terms of proven depth.
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BOOM!!!
boink?
Nice!
Wonder who is getting released to make room.
Happy belated birthday Tim!
Happy birthday Boulder!
go Leos!
thanks rock!
Thanks, man.
Son, was looking at late season games to go to. Christmas weekend might be kind of tough for me. Was looking at the Sunday night Bengals game. Holding off until I see what kind of team we have. Whenever I go to a game, it’s always last minute.
Might drive up for the Falcons game also.
Happy Birthday Boulder! 🎁🧁 🎉
thank you herd!
Apparently, the Dolphins went back to Rasul Douglas with an offer this past Thursday and he wouldn’t come off what he wanted so the Dolphins went a different direction with Jack Jones.
Hopefully Jones has grown up some.
Also, I think he is somewhat inconsistent. He will make some plays and give up too many plays.
According to PFF anyway.
Joe Schad
CB Jack Jones will wear #23 for the Miami Dolphins
ESPN is broadcasting live from Miami Dolphins training camp this morning.
Devon Achain wearing the orange jersey this morning.
eSPN’s camp pass at the Dolphins until noon live
Oops, I’m sorry. Bad reporting. The show is on till noon the Dolphins portion is over now
Happy Birthday Boulder!
Chronologically bottom to top
Travis Wingfield
Tua hits Waddle for another explosive – 20 yards in the air, 10 more after the catch. That was four straight plays of 20+ to end practice, three of them probably home run TDs.
And that’s it. What a show today. Podcast and story coming tonight.
Willie Gay has Achane dead to rights at the LOS, but De’Von puts his foot in the ground and gets all the way back out the backside to take advantage of Pat Paul walling off Chubb for another explosive.
Tua to Tyreek 60 yard TD! Tua loads up, resets his feet, all day to throw, Reek gets on top of Ashtyn Davis (Storm Duck the corner in coverage) for the score. Dime.
Monaray Baldwin hits Cam Smith on a double move. Nice concept that brought a route in front of Smith that he jumped, Baldwin sneaks in behind him and Ewers had it timed up well for the long TD
Ben Stille doesn’t take the cheese on the bootleg and closes down Ewers escape hatch. Ewers floats one out but here comes Jack Jones FROM OUT OF NOWHERE! For the breakup.
Willie Gay is all over the route to the outside from Ezukanma but Wilson paints the corner and finds the completion.
Now Zach has all day to throw, surveys the entire field and comes back to Eskridge with a bullet over the middle. Tua and Bev both come and dap Zach up for the play.
Defense is bringing the heat today, threw in exotic blitz at Tua there and he hung in there and found Waddle for a hot completion. Offense is settling in against all these different things the defensive front is throwing at them.
De’Von Achane takes a carry around the corner, beats Brooks and Chubb with speed, Tanner Conner issues a punishing pancake downfield on Kendall Sheffield – explosive play led by the block of the TE and the speed of the back
Long-developing play action shot has Waddle open down the middle as Tua hits him for 30-ish
Grayson Murphy takes the corner on Ryan Hayes and heats up Ewers for a would-be big hit
Zach Wilson with another nice rip, this time a corner route (didn’t see the WR), but he’s hit that hole under the safety, over the curl/flat defender a few times today.
Jack Jones really nice rep passing off coverage, flipping the hips, running to the corner. On the same play, Pat and Jonah were in unison passing off a rush game up front – good on good rep
Tua back in – rips a shot to Waddle for 20 over the middle. Next play, Sieler introduces Patrick Paul to his famous swim move and blows the run up in the backfield.
Jason Marshall gets a PBU one rep, next rep he draws man coverage, stays in phase on the takeoff, gets his head back and makes the pick going to his back along the sideline – great play by the rook. Ewers on the throw
Cornell Armstrong drives on a slant and gets a PBU on a Zach Wilson throw for AJ Henning
Thanks Wyoming!
happy Birthday Boulder
and happy late birthday to Tim
Thanks, man.
Happy Birthday Boulder!
Not good:
Kader Kohou was covering Tyreek Hill on a play and went down to the ground. He was limping off the practice field under his own power and went back inside the facility with trainers. He did not return to practice.
Then, later in team drills, undrafted CB BJ Adams out of UCF went down and had to be carted back to the facility.
No word on how serious either injury is, but if there is one position group the Dolphins cannot afford to have a rash of injuries at it is at cornerback.
Here we go:
@OmarKelly
According to NFL sources #Dolphins safety Minkah Fitzpatrick has hired Drew Rosenhaus as his new agent.
Fitzpatrick is pushing for a new contract considering he’s out of guaranteed money on his existing deal, which pays him $15.5M this season.
Back to being MFF.
@DavidFurones_
Can confirm through league source the Dolphins are signing nickel cornerback Mike Hilton.
NB, hope that doesn’t mean the injury on Kohou is serious.
Has to be some roster moves to make room for CB’s Jones and Hilton.
I really hope it’s not Kohou. Fuck!
They probably will have to make some deals to clear cap.
I hear Minkah wants a new deal, but not more money just guaranteed money.
and/or a longer deal
They waived CB Ryan Cooper Jr. today to clear one spot.
Doesn’t sound good:
And while we don’t know for sure yet whether the Hilton signing was related, but fourth-year veteran Kader Kohou left practice early Saturday after being injured while covering Tyreek Hill in a receiver-vs.-DB drill.
As Hill made a hard cut outside — the receiver is limited to one half of the field — Kohou fell forward toward the end zone.
He then immediately grabbed his left knee before eventually limping off the sideline. After being examined, he walked off the field with a trainer, at first showing a clear limp but looking much better as he got closer to walking inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. He did not return to practice.
From Alain Poupart: (trying to weed out what Wingfield said in Wyoming’s post)
The festivities began with the team’s theme song blasting over the loudspeakers as players ran onto the field. Three rookie offensive linemen, led by second-round pick Jonah Savaiinaea, roused up the crowd.
One of the songs that played while the players were going through stretching was “Top Play,” one of the songs recorded by new tight end Darren Waller.
Newcomer Jack Jones had a great rep when he had blanket coverage and broke up a pass intended for Tarik Black, who earlier had a long reception down the right sideline.
Interesting that the first play had Minkah Fitzpatrick covering Hill.
On the first play of 11-on-11s, guess what? Yep, a flag for illegal procedure or illegal formation.
James Daniels did a nice job creating a cut-back seam for De’Von Achane.
On the first pass, Bradley Chubb created some pressure after working past Julian Hill.
Alexander Mattison got a big hole up the middle on Zach Wilson’s first snap, with Ryan Hayes making a key block.
Zach Wilson’s first pass was a pretty throw over a defense to wide receiver Dee Eskridge near the right sideline.
On the first bomb of the day, rookie safety John Saunders Jr. had blanket coverage on Tarik Black down the middle and broke up Wilson’s pass.
Linebacker Channing Tindall busted a running play by getting to Ollie Gordon II in the backfield after shooting through the gap.
Brooks got to Achane in the backfield for the second time.
Rookie free agent Andrew Armstrong made a nice low catch on a pass over the middle from Wilson.
Brooks and Benito Jones combined to bust up a pass play when they got close to Tagovailoa.
Willie Gay Jr. batted down a Tua pass intended to Tyreek Hill after coming on the blitz. Gay continues to look good in camp.
Minkah Fitzpatrick had the play of camp so far when he leaped to intercept a deep Wilson pass intended for Tahj Washington, who was well covered on the play.
Quinn Ewers had a great completion to Black for about 25 yards when he lofted a pass just over cornerback Jason Marshall Jr. We’ll say it, that was Tua-type touch.
Jaelan Phillips had a stuff against De’Von Achane on a running play after some special teams work.
Austin Jackson and Pharaoh Brown combined to spring Alexander Mattison outside and then did a flying bump chest. Mattison has been running with authority early in camp.
Cornell Armstrong came up to break up a Wilson pass up the middle intended for Tahj Washington.
Rookie Jason Marshall Jr. had another spectacular interception, leaping and making the catch falling backward on a Quinn Ewers pass down the right sideline intended for RB Nate Noel. There was a flag on the play at the line of scrimmage, but it doesn’t change Marshall’s impressive play.
Zach Sieler busted up a running play by Ollie Gordon II by getting into the backfield immediately.
Wilson had another nice second-level throw over a defender, this one to Dee Eskridge.
Waddle got himself wide open in the middle of a zone down the middle of the field, and Tua hit him for a sizable gain.
Wilson had a nice dart over the middle, again to Eskridge.
After Julian Hill false-started, Tahj Washington went low to catch a pass from Wilson.
I have an unabridged version of the Miami Dolphins Curse regulation on file, and after careful reading, it does say in Article 4, Section 2 under required injures, clause 4 that in 2026 our secondary will be utterly decimated before the start of preseason.
Now it doesn’t specify CB vs S, but I think we can see the way this particular section of code is being applied this year.
Oh, and, Happy Birthday, Boulder!!
oh, and just in case it isn’t common koweledge, there is a separate clause in article 1 indicating the entire regulation shall be applied one year early- so 2026 equals 2025. (I figured everyone already knew this, so didn’t mention it in my original comment…lmao) 😳
I think I’ve had such a rough year, I’ve skipped ahead to 2026 already, lol.
lol
Once you reach 60, you won’t want to skip ahead anymore.
Just me, but I would tell MFFF we honored your wishes last time, you left. This time you’ll honor our wishes and play under your contract you fuck!
😂
I was waiting for your response. lol
I think he just wants guaranteed money not more money. I say go ahead and extend him, give him some guaranteed money and reduce his cap hit this year by a little.
We have to clear more cap anyway.
Ryder does his practice recaps going off what the media posts but also gives his takes and added info. They are a little lengthy, so I don’t post them, but posting this one because he has video clips from practice today, including the one when Kohou went down. The way he went down does not look good.
I fear the worst with Kohou. To get on the phone and have Mike Hilton signed that fast just tells me it’s an ACL.
This is the part of football that sucks!
Hilton, I believe, was signed, because Burns got hurt
that’s an upgrade
Adding Jack Jones too, makes the CB not horrible, think they learned their lesson last year from OL
I believe we’re much better with Jones/Hilton than out of position Kohou on outside/Burns slot
would be even better, if Kohou isn’t seriously hurt
I can live with either scenario
IDGAF what Minkah wants. He doesn’t get shit until he plays well thus season. What makes him so special?
Make this year guaranteed, after that tell him we’ll revisit it in March
Kodou going down reminds me of when that happened to Needham. 😥
Tua not telling Tyreek we good, instead saying he’s got to earn it back is a big leadership change for him
not concerned about the locker room, like I was 3 months ago, seems lots of guys stepping up
Savaiinaea, PP and Grant competition sounds great too (as Jordan Phillips smirks in background)
Happy B-Day, Boulder! Make it a good one, man!
DouglieDoWrong
A big majority still like and support tua
Brandon Liguori
Miami #Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa continues to be a fan favorite.
Tua is going to surprise everyone this year with the extra time he’s going to get to throw
he’s pretty deadly with time
Still can’t believe MM doesn’t run some type of short passing game like Brady had, but then why pay a guy like Tyreek? Maybe next year
I think that’s coming with the backs.
watching his highlights above I noticed his tackling technique, was going to point out Jack Jones doesn’t tackle like Hilton, then I read this and realized, no other CB does either
Hilton, 31, wasn’t one of the primary culprits in the Bengals’ defensive unraveling last season. He allowed three TDs, but his passer rating against (92) wasn’t awful. PFF rated him the 16th best cornerback in the NFL last season and the best against the run.
The highlight video I posted of Hilton was just last year 2024 highlights. I see why he is the best against the run.
I don’t think they signed Hilton to replace Burns or they would have signed him sooner and before they signed Jack Jones.
I think they signed Hilton to replace Kohou. I so hope I am wrong.
No one is going to want to play NB/slot CB. First, we lost Matre, then Burns and now possibly Kohou. WTF?
bailbondmike
says:
July 26, 2025 at 7:55 pm
I don’t think they signed Hilton to replace Burns or they would have signed him sooner and before they signed Jack Jones.
I think they signed Hilton to replace Kohou. I so hope I am wrong.
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We had to have had Hilton on speed-dial being it happened so quickly after Kohou was injured today. Perhaps the idea was to place Kohou on the boundary and Hilton in the nickel?
I really hope you’re wrong as well, but it’s still too early to know for certain. Fingers crossed.
But they signed Jack Jones to play the boundary before Kohou got hurt. Jones was practicing with them today on the boundary when Kohou got hurt.
I agree they had to have Hilton on speed dial. Mike Hilton’s agent is Drew Rosenhaus.
It is too early to know, but…
I hear ya, man… I hear ya. Just trying to find a good reason to not fear the worst for Kohou. You may be right.
Here’s what Grok had to say about Darth Kader’s injury, for whatever it may be worth…
@grok
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Replying to
@FugiMichael
As of July 26, 2025, Miami Dolphins CB Kader Kohou suffered a leg injury in training camp practice after tangling with Tyreek Hill during drills. He limped off but walked to the locker room under his own power, with no pronounced limp later—an encouraging sign. Severity unknown; no updates yet. Team signed veteran CB Mike Hilton as potential precaution.
I still think the Hilton signing came far too quickly after Darth Kader’s injury. I mean, team doctors didn’t even have enough time to put ice on Kader’s leg… much less assess any kind of damage to Kader before signing Hilton.
Doesn’t mean Kader wasn’t seriously injured, however. Hoping for the very best.
Jack Jones is ELECTRIC like Deion Sanders! He’s a true… ahem… BALL HAWK!!!
His only problem? Like Deion, he’s not a willing tackler… especially against the run. He’d better grow out of that or it could be a short stay in Miami for him.
Oh yeah… and he takes chances on intercepting the ball. Like Trevon Diggs of the Cowboys, he can give up a big reception in trying too hard to make a game-changing play. The hope? He’s still young and coachable in year 4 of his NFL career. If Anthony Weaver and company can teach him proper techniques and patience, he could be quite the FA steal.
I’m rooting for this cat!
And just so y’all know, Jack Jones IS a bonafide starting CB in the NFL. If memory serves, he had the 3rd highest snap count of all NFL CBs last season.
He’ll have to earn the starting job, of course… but he’s already penciled in as one of our starting boundary CBs.
BBM,
Here’s another point. IF Darth Kader is A-okay, I think Hilton takes the nickel role. That would likely put Kader as a boundary CB. Was that the intention all along? Don’t know… but that’s what I foresee.
Kader has had an excellent offseason to date!
Alain doesn’t think Kohou plays the outside as well as he plays nickel
whatever, but i think Hilton is one of top 3, so he needs to play
Kohou/Duck, Jones and Hilton seems to be what the writing says
I’d like Bonner or Johnson playing over Duck
Omar likes Johnson, he’s seen what I’ve seen at camp in previous years
After rereading this post, not that there’s anything wrong with that, Omar likes Johnson 😅
“I truly feel like Chop is going to be one of the best players in the league very soon,” Phillips told reporters Friday. “I think he already is supremely talented, but the more comfortable he gets, the more confident he gets, and everything he’s doing, I think he’s a future Defensive Player of the Year candidate.”
Translation: Chop does things I can’t
Adam Schefter of ESPN reports on Sunday morning that the Dolphins have reworked the contract of Minkah Fitzpatrick. They haven’t added any years on his deal, but have given him $16.42 million of new money in the form of a signing bonus.
@AdamSchefter
Dolphins and their recently-acquired safety Minkah Fitzpatrick have agreed to a revised contract, adding a $16.245 million signing bonus to his deal. There had been no guaranteed money left on the contract, and no additional years were added. “We are comfortable with this commitment to Minkah as we continue to work with the Dolphins on a multi year extension,” said Drew Rosenhaus, Fitzpatrick’s agent.
let’s see how he fits in, before we start extending, also have to think about Weaver for next year
Weaver leaving could have an affect on how he plays past this year
https://x.com/ian693/status/1949466185151508977?s=46
looking like it might be dark navy instead of black for the rivalry uniforms
They should use the old logo
Have any of you seen or heard Minkah talk about being traded back to the Dolphins?
He hasn’t done an interview yet, that’s not how he rolls, but they said, he should be doing at some point in camp
Oh okay
He doesn’t do social media either. I believe he will talk when he wants to or whenever it’s his turn to talk to the media like Steve said.
The Miami Dolphins and safety Minkah Fitzpatrick have agreed to a restructured contract, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The move added $16.245 million to Fitzpatrick’s signing bonus, adding about $2 million to the safety’s 2025 salary, moving it from his 2026 money owed. For the Dolphins, moving the money into the signing bonus created about $11 million in additional cap space for Miami, providing them with needed room to continue to upgrade the roster for this season.
They’re working hard on an extension. I’m sorry, this is what is fucked about this team, and will until Grier is fucking gone! How can you give this fucknut an extension until he plays a season for you? He can suck, get injured, or asked to be traded again. Why reward players that aren’t part of your organization? How can you pay Minkah before paying Sieler? Someone make it make sense for me please. I hate Grier, I really fucking do!
Hey Mike, how you doing this morning? 😉
maybe that’s what some of the newly available money will go towards/ a Sieler extension
This is from NFL.com. They did this much in a signing bonus and cleared 11m in 2025 cap???
Only way to clear that 2025 cap and reduce money owed in 2026 by 2m is to spread the signing bonus out over void years, but they don’t mention that. They said “no additional years added. Though, I think void years were added. I don’t see how else they could clear cap.
I don’t think an extension will be done until after the season. He is still under contract through 2026. I think this was done for 2 reasons. The main one was to clear much needed cap for this season and, second, to make the player/agent comfortable moving forward.
I don’t think they revisit an extension until next offseason.
Happy Birthday Tim!
Happy Birthday Boulder!
Thanks, man.
I read that the Dolphins and Fitzpatrick are working hard on an extension. I just can’t stand how this team operates. What are you basing the extension on? His dramatic falloff in play the last 2 seasons? It’s GM malpractice if they give him a raise, no reason whatsoever to do that
I think all of this stuff is about manipulating the salary cap. It’s not Grier sitting there saying how can I fuck this team up. The team has “capologists” working on this stuff 24/7. This is the business side of the game we love.
Yeah, they had to clear some cap. This just happened to work out for both sides.
Yeah, I don’t know about the extension. I know they haven’t given him more money, yet. They just are paying him up front with a signing bonus to reduce his cap hits this year and next. Again, only way to do that is spread it out over void years, which I hate.
Almost everything is about money.
Handing out more money to a vet who’s on the backside of his career again, eh? Great. How does this help this team when it might actually have a chance at competing for something?
They had to clear cap. They only have about 1m of cap and that is without Daniel Brunskill, Jack Jones and Mike Hilton contracts hitting the books yet. Cornell Armstrong’s contract also hasn’t hit the books yet, but he won’t crack the top 51 anyway.
Matos is still in the hospital. Prayers to him and his recovery!
What was his injury?
I believe it was a neck injury. He was temporarily paralyzed but he has full use of all his extremities now
Good to hear 🙏
BBM,
So, they’re making a stupid move to make up for other stupid moves, then?
EXACTLY!
Almost everything is about money. Guaranteed money for this year or next can free up cap space. Extending MFFF beyond that doesn’t help our cap, so any extension is crazy at this juncture. End of story
I don’t care about that stuff anymore. Soto is very good but is he worth what the Mets or any other team would have paid him?
Omar Kelly
@OmarKelly
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So considering Minkah Fitzpatrick and Zach Sieler are in similar situations – not having any guaranteed money left on their deals – when you address one and not the other as a franchise you have the potential to look bad. Especially when one was already making top dollar & the other is one of the biggest bargains in the NFL. Making the problem worse is the perception the Dolphins always take care of outsiders before they take care of their own. Take this how you wanna.
Tim – You know as well as I do that comparison doesn’t work. No salary cap in baseball, so who cares how much anyone gets paid? Read my post from above from Omar. This is exactly what I’m talking about. Why do we continue to reward outside players before our own? It drives me crazy, and we’ve made the wrong decision almost every time we’ve done it. Ramsey, Chubb, Hill, and now potentially Minkah
How has the cap affected anything the last few years? Most of the big names are paid. We even move on from one to another. Our team was derailed because of injuries. Not the cap.
I agree 100% that if we’re making Minkah happy, we’d better damn well make Sieler, the guy who has always done right by this organization, happy too.
If we were only going to take care of one of those guys, it needed to be Sieler. So I expect we’re going to get a deal done with him some time during TC because that is so obviously the right move.
Minkah and Sieler have the same agent in Drew Rosenhaus. My guess is something should be in the works for Sieler. If not and I’m Sieler, I’m on the phone with Rosenhaus saying WTF.
I am sure something is in the works.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Rosenhaus didn’t have a secondary office at Dolphins HQ. lol
That didn’t come out right, but you get what I meant. lol
Tim Knight
says:
July 27, 2025 at 3:27 pm (Edit)
How has the cap affected anything the last few years? Most of the big names are paid. We even move on from one to another. Our team was derailed because of injuries. Not the cap.
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Ok, guess the big ole recap is necessary . . .
Rewind back just a couple of years ago when we had an opportunity much like the Jets just did with Garrett Wilson and Sauce Gardner to sign Christian Wilkins and Robert Hunt. We chose not to sign them early, balked at Wilkins’ demands which really weren’t off, and then went on to allocate that money to Jalen Ramsey, Bradley Chubb, Tyreek Hill and Tua Tagovailoa. How did all that work out? Keep in mind Wilkins had no injury issues with us and played a shit ton of snaps for us in his last 3 seasons, and Hunt is considered one of the top OG’s in the NFL. What has Jalen Ramsey, Bradley Chubb, Tyreek Hill and Tua Tagovailoa done? Any playoff wins? We have no CB’s, we have a safety who quit on us so we traded him away for another safety that quit on us, and now we’re throwing money at him too. We have no CB’s, and while Chubb has potential, he hasn’t done shit for us. Hill also quit on us but he feels remorseful (now), but watch him if he gets only one or two targets in a game or two we lose and see how fast he changes his tune. This team is built with straw, I want a team built with bricks, a perennial contender to not only make the playoffs, but win them too!
like every other fan there Veruca
balked at Wilkins’ demands which really weren’t off, and then went on to allocate that money to Jalen Ramsey, Bradley Chubb, Tyreek Hill and Tua Tagovailoa
yeah how’d that work out with Wilkins?
Ramsey played a yr and a half at a high level, then did what he does, agreed bad trade
I have no problem with the other 3, for Tyreek he said some things, but it hasn’t effected anything on field, just a diva divaing
That injury may not have happened if he was here. Different circumstances
You can also add Van Ginkel in there as well, and add in letting so many of our draft picks, even some that had some success walk, like Jevon Holland
Brandon Jones had his best season ever in his 1st season after the dolphins let him go. He had 115 tackles, 3 INT’s, 10 PD’s and 1 FF.
We let him go and replaced him with Poyer.
That was last year.
maybe not, no one knows on Wilkins injury
maybe AVG and Jones don’t get those stats with us
AVG wanted to play with Flores, not much we could’ve done except backup the Brinks truck
I also liked Jones, but he’s really not special, an effort guy
everything being mentioned about players not being re-signed goes back to Grier, probably at Ross’ command, trying to win an SB
that swing and miss has caused these players to go to other teams
sure you have to get lucky, but Grier doesn’t seem like he has any idea how to build a team to win
he seems like he listens too much to his HC, then the 2 idiots just throw shit at the wall…
I hate the inmates running the asylum, but these superstars of today are different animals, you’re paying them too much money to not give them a say in how to play them
Minkah left the first time for this reason, and if you’re going to give him a new contract, you’d better allow him some input on where he plays or its Ramsey all over again
You’ve gotta allow the DC to run the show, no reason they can’t talk it out with your best players too
Fuck that! MFFF is back on a trial basis this time. He fucking plays wherever we tell him.
To add, why on earth would we give him a new contract now? Let’s see what he does for us this season, and then we can worry about it
I agree, no new contract until he plays out the year
Don’t forget that we allowed S DeShon Elliott to walk as well… not just Brandon Jones. Elliott killed it last season with the Stealers*, probably making Minkah expendable.
Minkah currently costs us $18.4M/season
Brandon Jones: $6.6M/season
DeShon Elliott: $6.3M/season
Jevon Holland: $15.1M/season
So we’re actually paying Minkah more $$$ this season than it would have cost us to re-up Holland.. who really has sucked over the last 2 seasons for us.
Minkah had BETTER be playing FS for us… Minkah’s fall-off came when the Stealers* switched him to SS.
But to think… we could have kept both Brandon Jones and DeShon Elliott for less than what either Minkah and Jevon are getting paid this season?
If it doesn’t work this season, sorry… Chris Grier should have been fired LAST season.
Why would you trade for a guy and then pay him more money if you hadn’t already hashed it out with him regarding how he was going to be used and what you expected from him? If you talk to him and he’s not on board with your plan then you don’t trade for him.
M – I was mainly talking about players we drafted and developed
AVG wanted to play with Flores, not much we could’ve done except backup the Brinks truck
This is completely false and revisionist history. (not surprising) Van Ginkel wanted to stay in Miami and reportedly turned down some other offers waiting on Miami to resign him. He just wanted an OFFER from Miami and they didn’t extend one so he wound up signing where he did. HE DID NOT leave Miami to play with Flores. He wanted to stay in Miami but Grief had fucked the cap so badly they thought they couldn’t even extend an offer! Just let him walk.
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that’s not how I remembered it, looked it up and its as you wrote, my mistake 🥳
The move to make room for Hilton.
The Miami Dolphins announced today that they have signed cornerback Mike Hilton and waived running back Nate Noel.
MIAMI GARDENS — Dolphins nickel/slot cornerback Kader Kohou is “day to day,” according coach Mike McDaniel, and at this point it doesn’t seem as though his right leg injury will keep him sidelined into the regular season.
“If there would be concern it would be completely made up,” McDaniel said Monday.
Beer to you
Not much of a Kohou update:
McDaniel said there needs to be a few more evaluations before they have a better understanding of the seriousness of the injury. The swelling needs to go down, and once it does, they will have a better idea of how long he will be out.
“We’re working on a day-to-day evaluation on him,” McDaniel said.
“If there would be a concern, it would be completely made up,” McDaniel said. “There’s quite literally, I don’t have the information to lean any way.”
Brewer improving: Center Aaron Brewer will participate in some walk-through situations this week.
Happy Birthday Anthony Weaver!
great news on Kohou!
Or is it? We don’t really know anything
on Minkah now looking for an extension:
he was All Pro in Pitt, then had a couple of down years, he can’t expect a new contract until he shows he’s back to All Pro form
that would be so Grier like
We should get some information out of camp today. I think today is supposed to be Miami’s first practice with full pads? We will see I guess.
Why did AVG bother saying he wanted to stay in Miami when he knew they weren’t going to keep him? Why didn’t Miami make any sort of offer to him? Anybody who believes a word a player or agent says is taking a huge leap of faith.
Maybe Miami knew from having Flores and AVG in the building that AVG wanted to go with him. Maybe AVG knew all along he was going to follow Flores and just wanted to sweeten the deal. Maybe he was even hoping other teams might get into the bidding and might push up his contract. Maybe he didn’t want every team to know he really wanted to follow Flores or maybe even wanted to put more pressure on MN to get more money. Maybe Miami knew all this and wanted no part of it.
By the way, did any other team make any effort to sign AVG? I don’t recall. Maybe they knew it was pointless…maybe not.
I love conspiracy theories. I don’t believe 99% of them, but I love them all the same. Lol
By the way, AVG grew up in Rock Valley, Iowa….about 90 minutes from where I grew up. I wrestled a guy from Rock Valley who was deaf back in the day. Go Hawkeyes!
Any chance to hype Iowa, ya know.
People are mad when we don’t sign Players to extensions.
People when we sign other players to extensions.
Idunno
No pads today. Tomorrow will be the first practice with pads.
Tua wore the Orange Jersey today
No Storm Duck at practice today, he has some kind of injury
Rookie Dante Trader Jr has an undisclosed injury that Mike McDaniel said isn’t serious
Kenneth Grant and Andrew Meyer got into a fight where helmets were stripped off of each other
Liam Eichenberg was seen with a compression sleeve on his left leg
A lot of RED ZONE work today at practice
Austin Jackson called for a FALSE START on the first play of team drills
De’Von Achane had a big run up the middle when a big hole was opened for him
Tua Tagovailoa hit Tyreek Hill for 20 yards on a beautiful pass play
Willie Gay Jr with pressure on Tua and a “would be” sack if there was tackling.
Tua hit Tyreek for a touchdown on a red zone drill
Tua hit Tyreek, who was running over the middle of the field, and got open
Ollie Gordon II had a nice 5 yard run
Jalen Phillips with a “would-be” sack on Tua
Chop Robinson with a “would-be” sack on Tua
Quinn Ewers hit Theo Wease Jr for a touchdown, where Wease got open on a busted coverage
Tua hit Jaylen Waddle on an out-breaking route for about 15 or so yards
Benito Jones stopped De’Von Achane for a 1-yard run
Alexander Mattison had a 5-yard run
Ben Stille got in the face of Quinn Ewers and had a “would-be” sack
Tua hit Tyreek deep down the field on a post pattern for a “would-be” touchdown. Tyreek beat Jason Marshall Jr on the play
Zach Wilson hit Julian Hill for a 15-yard completion
Dequan Jackson and Zeek Bigger stop Ollie Gordon II on a running play in the backfield.
Zach Wilson hit Tarik Black for a touchdown on a play where Wilson threw a bullet
Willie Gay Jr dropped an easy INT on a pass thrown by Zach Wilson
On a 3rd and Goal play inside the 5-yard line, Matt Dickerson and Grayson Murphy had a “would-be” sack of Zach Wilson
Center Addison West and Quinn Ewers had back-to-back fumbled snaps
Ollie Gordon II had two runs inside the five yard line, neither of which resulted in a touchdown
Tua with a 3-yard TD pass to Tyreek Hill in a red zone drill
Tua hit Tanner Conner for a 10 yard TD pass in a Red Zone Drill
Jordyn Brooks had a tackle for loss
Dee Eskridge drops a pass from Zach Wilson, it was a fastball pass thrown by Wilson (Zach Wilson’s big arm is on display today, very impressive)
Jaelan Phillips had a “would-be” sack of Tua on a 3rd and 8, looked like a coverage sack
Tua threw wide of WR Malik Washington, who was covered very well by Isaiah Johnson
Addison West with a HIGH SNAP to QB Quinn Ewers when Ewers was in the shotgun; Ewers was able to haul it in and throw a touchdown to AJ Henning on the play. Great save of the play by Ewers
Quinn Ewers hit Andrew Armstrong for a big pass play
Quinn Ewers threw a bullet to Andrw Armstrong, who couldn’t catch it, and it went off his hands and was picked off by Jordan Colbert
Mike Hilton was at practice today wearing #38
Zach Wilson rolled out of the pocket on a play and found Nick Westbrook-Ikhine wide open.