First of all, it was HOT! If you plan on going I suggest you bring 2 water bottles, sunscreen, and a sweat towel. There was a good crowd...about 1100-1200 people I would say.
Here is some of my key observations:
O-Line: I think we have a lot of talent. We are in better position than last year. I was a bit worried about J. Martin but the kid is looking pretty good. During one drill him and Randy Stark scuffled and J. Martin did not back down an ounce! J. Martin has a mean streak in him...I liked it!
D-Line/D-Ends: Cameron Wake is huge! Took his shirt off after practice and he is ripped! It seems like him and Randy Stark are pretty good friends. Didn't really see much out of Soliai today. I really wanted to see what O. Vernon has but the D-Line did a lot of work at the far end. And, during 11-11 drills O. Vernon didn't really make any splash plays.
Linebackers: Got to see a lot of their one-on-one stuff up close to the fence. Kaddu didn't look impressive...I would say he still needs a lot of work. The coaches got on him a couple of time for staying too high during some of the drills. I also noticed that he had a tough time separating once someone engaged him. Trusnik looked really good today.....during one-one drills and 11-11...he had an interception (tipped pass that the receiver should have caught).
Safeties: Clemons sat out the whole practice. He had a compression sleeve on his right leg...not sure if it's a hammy or calf issue. For someone who can't stay healthy he was sure smiling and joking on the sidelines. Jimmy Wilson got a lot of work with the 1st team. Jones is looking good.
QBs: Tannehill throws a nice ball. He was on target most of the day....had a couple of INTs but they were catchable balls that the receivers should have had. Most of Tannehills passes were short and intermediate passes. He looks good on roll outs. Moore and Garrad looked good, then just ok, then good again. I would almost call it even with those two.
Wide Receivers: I really kept my eyes on Pruitt, Moore, and Wallace.......Pruitt and Wallace have really good size. On a nice deep ball, Pruitt drops the pass....it seemed like the whole crowd saw it and everyone was upset. Wallace is really good on special teams. Moore didn't do much today except a nice 30-yd catch but he fell out of bounds.
Hartline was in the back ground just tossing a huge medicine ball against the wall. He worked with the medicine ball for about 15-20 minutes. No one was around him.
Bess......well...was Bess......looked good catching the ball in the middle of the field in traffic.
But, out of all the receivers, Fuller appeared to make the most plays today. He's a lot bigger and faster than I expected (he looks slow on tv). I didn't really pay attention to Cunningham and Matthew too much....if anything, I noticed that Cunningham was on the sideline during a lot of the 11-11 drills.
Chad Johnson really didn't do much today either. He runs nice routes but the ball didn't come his way often during the 11-11 drills (I only saw one pass toward him and it was off the mark).
RBs: Miller looked AWESOME! First day in full pads and first day in a long time that he's been allowed to take a hit. He has a knack for finding lanes. Looked really good catching the ball. Daniel Thomas had an up and down practice. He made a nice deep catch (I believe it was during 7-7)
TEs: I watched this group a bunch, too. Les Brown had a couple of acrobatic catches and looked pretty good separating from the LBs during drills. Mastrud made the best catch by a TE today. I really wasn't too impressed with Egnew today. He had trouble separating from most of the LBs during passing drills.....the only LB that he really got away from was Kaddu (see earlier write up on Linebackers). Fasano was also up and down today. Saw him drop a pass a a well-thrown ball.
The Dolphins select a few players to come over for autographs after the practice.....I was disappointed because I thought most of the guys would come over. In total, there were about 11-14 guys doing autographs. I was lucky enough to get Dansby, Sean Smith, Ryan Baker, Tyrone Culver, Dan Carpenter, Coach Philbin, Kheeston Randall, and Olivier Vernon. I figured Tannehill would come over considering it was his first day....but nope.
Here is some of my key observations:
O-Line: I think we have a lot of talent. We are in better position than last year. I was a bit worried about J. Martin but the kid is looking pretty good. During one drill him and Randy Stark scuffled and J. Martin did not back down an ounce! J. Martin has a mean streak in him...I liked it!
D-Line/D-Ends: Cameron Wake is huge! Took his shirt off after practice and he is ripped! It seems like him and Randy Stark are pretty good friends. Didn't really see much out of Soliai today. I really wanted to see what O. Vernon has but the D-Line did a lot of work at the far end. And, during 11-11 drills O. Vernon didn't really make any splash plays.
Linebackers: Got to see a lot of their one-on-one stuff up close to the fence. Kaddu didn't look impressive...I would say he still needs a lot of work. The coaches got on him a couple of time for staying too high during some of the drills. I also noticed that he had a tough time separating once someone engaged him. Trusnik looked really good today.....during one-one drills and 11-11...he had an interception (tipped pass that the receiver should have caught).
Safeties: Clemons sat out the whole practice. He had a compression sleeve on his right leg...not sure if it's a hammy or calf issue. For someone who can't stay healthy he was sure smiling and joking on the sidelines. Jimmy Wilson got a lot of work with the 1st team. Jones is looking good.
QBs: Tannehill throws a nice ball. He was on target most of the day....had a couple of INTs but they were catchable balls that the receivers should have had. Most of Tannehills passes were short and intermediate passes. He looks good on roll outs. Moore and Garrad looked good, then just ok, then good again. I would almost call it even with those two.
Wide Receivers: I really kept my eyes on Pruitt, Moore, and Wallace.......Pruitt and Wallace have really good size. On a nice deep ball, Pruitt drops the pass....it seemed like the whole crowd saw it and everyone was upset. Wallace is really good on special teams. Moore didn't do much today except a nice 30-yd catch but he fell out of bounds.
Hartline was in the back ground just tossing a huge medicine ball against the wall. He worked with the medicine ball for about 15-20 minutes. No one was around him.
Bess......well...was Bess......looked good catching the ball in the middle of the field in traffic.
But, out of all the receivers, Fuller appeared to make the most plays today. He's a lot bigger and faster than I expected (he looks slow on tv). I didn't really pay attention to Cunningham and Matthew too much....if anything, I noticed that Cunningham was on the sideline during a lot of the 11-11 drills.
Chad Johnson really didn't do much today either. He runs nice routes but the ball didn't come his way often during the 11-11 drills (I only saw one pass toward him and it was off the mark).
RBs: Miller looked AWESOME! First day in full pads and first day in a long time that he's been allowed to take a hit. He has a knack for finding lanes. Looked really good catching the ball. Daniel Thomas had an up and down practice. He made a nice deep catch (I believe it was during 7-7)
TEs: I watched this group a bunch, too. Les Brown had a couple of acrobatic catches and looked pretty good separating from the LBs during drills. Mastrud made the best catch by a TE today. I really wasn't too impressed with Egnew today. He had trouble separating from most of the LBs during passing drills.....the only LB that he really got away from was Kaddu (see earlier write up on Linebackers). Fasano was also up and down today. Saw him drop a pass a a well-thrown ball.
The Dolphins select a few players to come over for autographs after the practice.....I was disappointed because I thought most of the guys would come over. In total, there were about 11-14 guys doing autographs. I was lucky enough to get Dansby, Sean Smith, Ryan Baker, Tyrone Culver, Dan Carpenter, Coach Philbin, Kheeston Randall, and Olivier Vernon. I figured Tannehill would come over considering it was his first day....but nope.
