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Dolphins’ Laremy Tunsil, right, lines up during line drills Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. CARL JUSTE cjuste@miamiherald.com

Midway through the Miami Dolphins practice on Sunday, amid all the mixing and matching of personnel we’ve seen along the offensive line, the team might just have put its strongest foundation on display for a few fleeting plays.
Without fanfare and easily overlooked in the midst of all the other activity of an NFL practice, the Dolphins substituted both their starting guards -- slipping in rookie Laremy Tunsil on the left side and veteran Jermon Bushrod on the right side.
And there it was, the makings of what looks like a potentially good line:
Left tackle Branden Albert. Left guard Laremy Tunsil. Center Mike Pouncey. Right guard Jermon Bushrod. Right tackle Ja’Wuan James.
The picture of that line came and went without any grand upgrade in the offense’s level of play. Production didn’t instantly multiply.
The clouds did not clear.
Birds did not sing and turn everything to gladness.
It was seemingly another set of players checking into the lineup. It was just a glance at another combination of players coach Adam Gase and his staff are running through the competition wringer this camp.
But to my untrained and inexpert eyes, that group looked … right somehow.
Good even.
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IMO, if Albert, Pouncey, Thomas, or James are on the line, then it's not the right combination!
 
Albert and Tunsil are fine. Everyone else should be replaced. I don't expect an improvement in o-line play over 2015.
 
We can only hope that from now some of the first tweets of each report will be that Tunsil is starting out with the starters... Turner, I'm okay with giving more time at RG, and backup RT. Bushrod is good depth or maybe even end up as a starter. Just get Thomas out at all costs.
 
So now Pouncey is bad and needs to be replaced? When did he start sucking? The last game he played, prior to the preseason game, was the Pro Bowl.


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In my opinion, Pouncey has never been any good. Not as a center. He's one of the most overrated players in the league.
 
Spiff said:
In my opinion, Pouncey has never been any good. Not as a center. He's one of the most overrated players in the league.
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Do you even watch the games bro? In which way is he not one of the best centers in football??

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K-Rob said:
So now Pouncey is bad and needs to be replaced? When did he start sucking? The last game he played, prior to the preseason game, was the Pro Bowl.


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Players get voted in because of their popularity even if they suck. Not saying Pouncey sucks just saying he might not be one the best at his position.
 
Spiff said:
In my opinion, Pouncey has never been any good. Not as a center. He's one of the most overrated players in the league.
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Pouncey has always been good. He hasnt been great but he's been consistently good his entire career. Yes he is overrated and realistically more like the 10th best center but he certainly isnt a problem.
 
IMO..... The second we cut Sunpass Thomas...... This OL becomes 20% better. Instantly.
 
IMO the selection of the starting 5 is going to tell us alot about Gase. If it's whom it should be(everyone else besides Dallas Thomas starting) then he has some idea of what he's doing. However, if through all of this Dallas Thomas is still the starter opening day then I have very little faith in this coach.
 
MARINO1384 said:
Pouncey has always been good. He hasnt been great but he's been consistently good his entire career. Yes he is overrated and realistically more like the 10th best center but he certainly isnt a problem.
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There you go . . . no, Pouncey isn't a top center, but he's top third. Yes, he can be upgraded but I'll not worry about that until the league's worst OGs are replaced by 'top' OGs. And average OG play will help Pouncey. Priority, priority, priority.
 
Spiff said:
In my opinion, Pouncey has never been any good. Not as a center. He's one of the most overrated players in the league.
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from PFF...On our line last season (written in December of 2015)

Pass blocking rank: 27th

Run blocking rank: 30th

Penalties rank: T-8th

Stud: You almost feel bad for Mike Pouncey (80.0) at times, who looks so much better than his line teammates.

Dud: Pick a guard, any guard. Well, any guard named Dallas Thomas (36.3) or Jamil Douglas (28.7). Neither man has come out of the first eight weeks with any real credit.

Summary: The offensive line looked like a weakness heading into the season, and so it has proved. Injuries to Ja’Wuan James and , haven’t helped, but even those two being fully healthy couldn’t overcome the play at the guard spots.
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rnrexpress3423 said:
Do you even watch the games bro? In which way is he not one of the best centers in football??

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No need to feel offended just because I stated my opinion. Yes, I do watch the games and I stand by what I said. The line performs better when Mike Pouncey is not the center.
 
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