"Football season is back," Miami Dolphins defensive end Andre Branch said Monday. "That’s what it sounds like. There’s no more OTA’s. No more mini camp. Football season is here."
There's something sweet about the Dolphins not only wearing full pads, as has not been the case, but trying to re-establish their physical running style, while also attempting to show they're better prepared to stop the run.
"It was fun to go out there and finally get to tackle somebody, hit somebody, run around," rookie middle linebacker Raekwon McMillan said. "You’re still trying to prove yourself to the coaches."
There's something sweet about all that built-up tension from the spring and early summer — let's play touch football, let's do some thud, perhaps, but never, never take that man down to the ground — being unleashed on a practice field, where fans let out oohs and aahs usually reserved for fall Sundays