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Dolphins coaches had a pointed message for Jason Fox this week: “Stay ready."

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Although that’s the marching order for every backup, it carries extra weight because of the Dolphins’ tenuous situation at offensive tackle.
The Dolphins signed Fox in the spring for just this scenario — when injury or performance scrambles their best-laid plans.
But when Branden Albert went down with a season-ending knee injury, it was Dallas Thomas, not Fox, who slid into the starting lineup. Fox has been on the field for just 16 offensive snaps all year, and wasn’t even active in seven of the Dolphins’ first 10 games.



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not sure how true this is but a lot of us have been wondering about Fox.
 
Oh he is ready all right , ready to fall apart like glass if he enters a game
 
i like the fact that if thomas sucks they have a quick hook...although that doesnt instill much confidence in thomas...and i really dont care about how he looks in the run game right now i'm sure hes more decisive with more game reps but pass pro will decide our future
 
Maybe we should play with 2 RTs...not sure that'd be enough considering who the 2 are.
 
What they keep saying about Thomas is that the thing he lacks is confidence in his ability. They've been playing him through good snaps and bad because they want to show Dallas that they believe in him, in the hope he'll believe more in himself.

For the time being, I see no chance of that tack changing. Switching Fox in would undo all that work and that's not how theses coaches operate so far.

I don't know that self-confidence and aggression are interchangeable in this discussion about Thomas. I think he lacks aggression - meaning that even if he gets his confidence up about his ability, he'll never be a player with a mindset of dominating opponents.
 
Garner must really be bad. All these sub situations and he never makes the lineup.
 
so thomas lacks confidence at tackle and pop even for a zone scheme at guard...this smells like the next 3rd round pick cut to me...i dont blame him for lacking confidence in space at tackle he's not the lateral or athlete period to overcome it but to be that soft at guard what you find yourself is a high round pick tweener...not good

and jawuan james doesnt look anywhere near as comfortable at left tackle...i'm hoping that just needs time cause if not we got serious tackle issues
 
Even with Colledge getting healthy, I might be inclined to keep Shelley Smith out there at LG. He's pretty solid in the run game.
 
The line's issues will be this team's undoing in the end. Too bad. A swing OT was one of the few things this team was missing and never was filled in.

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I called for it a ton.
 
Danny said:
Maybe we should play with 2 RTs...not sure that'd be enough considering who the 2 are.
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I'll be plenty fine if I see more jumbo packages. Tannehill with time is impressive. Tannehill without isn't so much.
 
I wonder what happened to Lydon Murtha, That guy played tackle really well and had insane athlethic ability for a Lineman.. There was one year where long got injured and he played LT with very little dropoff..
 
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