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Miami Dolphins’ Dallas Thomas establishing himself at right guard

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The Dolphins are continuing to experiment with personnel at left guard while Dallas Thomas has, surprisingly, remained entrenched on the right side.
Shelley Smith, who has played primarily with the second team recently, opened practice Tuesday as the first-team left guard. He replaced Daryn College, a recently signed veteran who started Friday’s preseason game.
When training camp began, the Dolphins were expected to start third-round draft pick Billy Turner at right guard. But Thomas, a third-round pick in 2013 who played just two snaps as a rookie, is spending most of the time with the first team.
“You could tell when you watched the tape throughout the course of last year that he was developing and progressing,” coach Joe Philbin said. “Obviously, fans didn’t get to see that on Sundays. But we got to watch it. We’ve watched one-on-one drills. We saw some development. Then he had a very good offseason program.”
Thomas, however, still has work to do. He played 25 snaps Friday against Atlanta but had one of the team’s worst grades, according to Pro Football Focus. He was OK in pass protection but poor in run blocking.
“I feel like there was way more I could have done,” he said.
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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/s...ns-dallas-thomas-establishing-himself-/ngzzw/
 
I would love to see him start and do well that would mean our future is good with thomas turner and james
 
Glad to see more time for the QB to throw.
Still wondering if the running game will even be ok..
 
Thomas and other have actually helped me become a bit less worried about the o-line. Now I've moved on to a panic about the LB corps.
 
Dont get me wrong I definitely see improvement in Thomas but IMO once Turner's pass blocking technique catches up to his athletic ability he will take over the starting RG spot. I could see it happening as soon as week 6 after the bye.
 
He hasn't "established himself"...we just don't have anyone better right now...
 
I really would like to see one of Shelley or Turner get into the starting 5...I feel comfortable enough that the protection is going to be adequate, I'm more worried about the run game. If we can't run the football again this season it's going to hurt our pass blocking as well and I see Shelley and Turner as the highest upside run blockers on the interior. I think Smith's best fit is at LG so I wouldn't mind seeing this stick.
 
FearTheBeard said:
I really would like to see one of Shelley or Turner get into the starting 5...I feel comfortable enough that the protection is going to be adequate, I'm more worried about the run game. If we can't run the football again this season it's going to hurt our pass blocking as well and I see Shelley and Turner as the highest upside run blockers on the interior. I think Smith's best fit is at LG so I wouldn't mind seeing this stick.
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I wonder if anybody is worried about the oline anymore. Certainly doesn't look as bad as any of us thought
 
I just want to see five guys start to develop some continuity.
 
Bumpus said:
I just want to see five guys start to develop some continuity.
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I just want to see five ABOVE AVERAGE guys start and develop continuity.

Who would really be mad with a 15th ranked OL or better after last year?
 
Oline is starting to be less of a worry to me, we actually have some ggod depth and solid starters. Im more worried about our lbs/ secondary now
 
Didn't we sign Shelley to be a starter? Is this a busted free agent signing?
 
Phinatic8u said:
He wasn't signed to be a starter. Nowhere has anyone said he was signed to start.
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whats his contract? to me the contract you sign tells the story. Finnegan got paid, and he will start. Fox got under a million I believe. we knew Fox was just depth.
 
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