So how did Dolphins kicker Caleb Sturgis sustain a quadriceps injury to his non-kicking leg?Oddly enough, during a team-organized kickball event, according to three sources.The Dolphins decided to schedule a team-building activity following a recent practice and someone in a position of authority –-- it’s unclear if it was a coach or the strength/conditioning staff --- decided on a game of kickball.But that idea turned regrettable when Sturgis sustained a strained quad to his plant leg, an injury that will sideline him for the remainder of the team’s offseason practices, which run through June 18.Sturgis will resume activity in two to three weeks and is optimistic about being ready for training camp, barring a setback.The Dolphins and Sturgis’ agent, Paul Sheehy, declined to comment.
The Dolphins know they're going to get criticized for this and there is disappointment internally about this. So I'm not going to lampoon or pile on with criticism here for something that was regrettable but also could be considered something of a flukish injury.That said, it would clearly be more prudent to have the players go to a movie or play arcade games at Dave and Busters, something Joe Philbin has done with his team in the past. So the Dolphins will learn from this mishap. Ultimately, it won't be a big deal if Sturgis heals by the end of June, as everyone expects.One other thought: Some fans voiced frustration with Sturgis on Twitter on Monday, but he’s certainly not to blame for this.
This much is clear: The Dolphins need Sturgis to heal, win the job and deliver his best season, because even though his competition in camp, rookie Andrew Franks, has a strong leg and has made several 50-plus yard field goals in OTAs, Franks’ accuracy is erratic and he connected on just 37 of 56 field goals at RPI in New York. And the available veteran kickers (Shayne Graham, Jay Feeley) would be merely end-of-their-career stopgaps.
CHATTER### The Dolphins are hoping to leave defenses scrambling and confused by moving receivers to different positions, something they finally have the personnel to do.“It makes every play call a threat,” Jarvis Landry said.For Landry, that means getting some snaps on the boundary --– something he covets.Echoing a point that his agent, Demarius Bilbo, made earlier this offseason, Landry said this week: “I don't want to be limited to a slot player. I want to have the opportunity to do a lot of different things. The more I do that, the more I show coaches to trust me to put me out there.”Said Bilbo: “He wants people to know he can be a guy who can go deep. He wants to make plays all over the field. He wants to prove people wrong.“He feels he’s a No. 1 guy with Mike Wallace and Brian Hartline gone. He has a chip on his shoulder. He still talks about the draft, can’t believe he was passed over by this many teams.”
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The Dolphins know they're going to get criticized for this and there is disappointment internally about this. So I'm not going to lampoon or pile on with criticism here for something that was regrettable but also could be considered something of a flukish injury.That said, it would clearly be more prudent to have the players go to a movie or play arcade games at Dave and Busters, something Joe Philbin has done with his team in the past. So the Dolphins will learn from this mishap. Ultimately, it won't be a big deal if Sturgis heals by the end of June, as everyone expects.One other thought: Some fans voiced frustration with Sturgis on Twitter on Monday, but he’s certainly not to blame for this.
This much is clear: The Dolphins need Sturgis to heal, win the job and deliver his best season, because even though his competition in camp, rookie Andrew Franks, has a strong leg and has made several 50-plus yard field goals in OTAs, Franks’ accuracy is erratic and he connected on just 37 of 56 field goals at RPI in New York. And the available veteran kickers (Shayne Graham, Jay Feeley) would be merely end-of-their-career stopgaps.
CHATTER### The Dolphins are hoping to leave defenses scrambling and confused by moving receivers to different positions, something they finally have the personnel to do.“It makes every play call a threat,” Jarvis Landry said.For Landry, that means getting some snaps on the boundary --– something he covets.Echoing a point that his agent, Demarius Bilbo, made earlier this offseason, Landry said this week: “I don't want to be limited to a slot player. I want to have the opportunity to do a lot of different things. The more I do that, the more I show coaches to trust me to put me out there.”Said Bilbo: “He wants people to know he can be a guy who can go deep. He wants to make plays all over the field. He wants to prove people wrong.“He feels he’s a No. 1 guy with Mike Wallace and Brian Hartline gone. He has a chip on his shoulder. He still talks about the draft, can’t believe he was passed over by this many teams.”
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