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[h=3]After being off Monday for Memorial Day, the Dolphins will be back on the practice field Tuesday for the start of Offseason Training Activities, otherwise known as OTAs.[/h]
The Dolphins have been hard at work for the past five weeks, but things ramp up a notch next week when Phase 3 of the offseason program begins.
After being off Monday for Memorial Day, the Dolphins will be back on the practice field Tuesday for the start of Offseason Training Activities, otherwise known as OTAs.
The Dolphins will hold 10 OTA sessions — the maximum allowed per league rules — over the next three weeks: May 26-27, May 29, June 1-2, June 4, June 8-11.
The offseason program will conclude with the veteran minicamp from June 16-18.
One big difference between OTAs and Phase 2 of the offseason program is that team drills are allowed for the first time in the spring.
That has Head Coach Joe Philbin excited about the upcoming four weeks.
“Next week is big because it starts the OTAs,” Philbin told The Finsiders this week. “The work we’ve had the first five weeks of the offseason program is extremely valuable. We’ve had a lot of strength and conditioning, a lot of classroom work, we’ve had some field work as well, but now we’re going to be able to go out there in some 11-on-11, competitive situations — not live certainly, but competitive situations — where we’ll have an opportunity to learn a lot more about some of these new guys.
“We love what we saw of them on tape before we signed them, but it’ll be fun to see them, how they respond in a blitz drill, how they respond in the red zone, how we’re going to be on third down. Even though it’s just against ourselves at this stage of the game, I think we’ll be able to learn a lot more and have a better handle on things in the middle of June.”
The offseason program began April 20 and Phase I lasted two weeks and consisted of strength and conditioning and rehab work.
Phase 2 began May 4 and included on-field work, but only individual player instruction and drills as well as team practice conducted on a “separates” basis.
No live contact is permitted at any point during the offseason program.
While he’s looking forward to OTAs, Philbin told The Finsiders he has enjoyed the past few weeks and getting the chance to start working with his new — as well as returning — players.
“Being out on the field with these guys every single day and being able to stand in front of them in a team meeting as the head football coach, I feel really good about the character of the guys that we have,” Philbin said. “Football is a team guy and we need each and every guy to contribute and everybody is important. I thought one of the nice things about Ryan (Tannehill’s) press conference was he acknowledged a lot of the behind-the-scenes people that work here in our facility each and every day. The fun is and the excitement is getting on the field with these guys and then thinking a little bit ahead down the road about, boy, what are the things we can accomplish together on the field when the games start?”
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The Dolphins have been hard at work for the past five weeks, but things ramp up a notch next week when Phase 3 of the offseason program begins.
After being off Monday for Memorial Day, the Dolphins will be back on the practice field Tuesday for the start of Offseason Training Activities, otherwise known as OTAs.
The Dolphins will hold 10 OTA sessions — the maximum allowed per league rules — over the next three weeks: May 26-27, May 29, June 1-2, June 4, June 8-11.
The offseason program will conclude with the veteran minicamp from June 16-18.
One big difference between OTAs and Phase 2 of the offseason program is that team drills are allowed for the first time in the spring.
That has Head Coach Joe Philbin excited about the upcoming four weeks.
“Next week is big because it starts the OTAs,” Philbin told The Finsiders this week. “The work we’ve had the first five weeks of the offseason program is extremely valuable. We’ve had a lot of strength and conditioning, a lot of classroom work, we’ve had some field work as well, but now we’re going to be able to go out there in some 11-on-11, competitive situations — not live certainly, but competitive situations — where we’ll have an opportunity to learn a lot more about some of these new guys.
“We love what we saw of them on tape before we signed them, but it’ll be fun to see them, how they respond in a blitz drill, how they respond in the red zone, how we’re going to be on third down. Even though it’s just against ourselves at this stage of the game, I think we’ll be able to learn a lot more and have a better handle on things in the middle of June.”
The offseason program began April 20 and Phase I lasted two weeks and consisted of strength and conditioning and rehab work.
Phase 2 began May 4 and included on-field work, but only individual player instruction and drills as well as team practice conducted on a “separates” basis.
No live contact is permitted at any point during the offseason program.
While he’s looking forward to OTAs, Philbin told The Finsiders he has enjoyed the past few weeks and getting the chance to start working with his new — as well as returning — players.
“Being out on the field with these guys every single day and being able to stand in front of them in a team meeting as the head football coach, I feel really good about the character of the guys that we have,” Philbin said. “Football is a team guy and we need each and every guy to contribute and everybody is important. I thought one of the nice things about Ryan (Tannehill’s) press conference was he acknowledged a lot of the behind-the-scenes people that work here in our facility each and every day. The fun is and the excitement is getting on the field with these guys and then thinking a little bit ahead down the road about, boy, what are the things we can accomplish together on the field when the games start?”
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