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### Jonas Gray, added to the Dolphins' practice squad today, might be the Dolphins' second-best running back, but agent Sean Stellato said the team gave him no indication if or when he would be promoted to the 53-man roster. Any team can pluck Gray off the practice squad and put him on a 53-man roster at any time.

Damien Williams and LaMike James are the backup running backs on the 53-man roster, behind Lamar Miller. Jay Ajayi isn't eligible to return until game eight (week nine), according to short-term IR rules.

"Miami was the first place that gave him an opportunity and he feels comfortable with the organization," Stellato said. He said Tennessee was impressed by Gray during his visit there today but the Titans want to see what they have at running back.

Gray ran for 412 yards on 89 carries (4.6 average) and five touchdowns last season for the New England Patriots, who surprisingly cut him over the weekend. He had 201 yards in a Sunday night game against the Colts last season but had only 33 yards on 12 carries in preseason.

### Both Phil Simms and Boomer Esiason independently rated the Dolphins the fourth-best team in the AFC in a segment on Showtime's Inside the NFL tonight.

"Ryan Tannehill has gotten better every year. This is a breakout year for him," Esiason said.

Simms surprisingly omitted the Colts from his top five, citing their lack of a pass rush.

### Center Mike Pouncey, a two-time Pro Bowler on his move back to center after a season at guard: “Pro Bowls are not good enough any more for me. I want to be All-Pro. It’s something I’ve never done in my career.”

### Extra points are about to become more exciting, Dolphins fans. Besides the fact they’re 10 yards longer than past years (33 yards, instead of 23), keep in mind that rookie Andrew Franks missed eight of 123 PATs in college at RPI.
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Good news at the beginning. Not so good news at the end .

Love the addition of Gray to at least fill the power back position until Ajayi gets back

Concerned that our new kicker missed so many extra points in college
 
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Concerned that our new kicker missed so many extra points in college
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Meh. I wouldn't be too concerned. The kid may be an NFL-level talent but it's unlikely that his college snapper and holder were.
 
I'm excited about gray I hope we get home on our active roster before someone signs him off our practice squad
 
Gray will get signed back to NE's 53 after he has been here for a while. Please tell me our coaching staff knows this.

#thingsthatareobvious
 
fishfanmiami said:
Good news at the beginning. Not so new at the end .

Love the addition of Gray to at least fill the power back position until Ajayi gets back

Concerned that our new kicker missed so many extra points in college
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Don't be too worried Fishfanmiami - I read where the big issue was the Rensselaer Polytechnic special teams having good enough blockers to protect him to kick. You have to remember that this is a serious top academic engineering university playing in Division III - his RPI teammates were all young engineering students just having a game of football. This is an example where the pure statistics can be very misleading. Other interesting story in this is that Andrew Franks has never had a proper kicking coach until joining the Dolphins. He has a really big leg, was 100% self taught and has got better every day since he joined Miami. He is the acorn of acorns and Special Teams Coach, Darren Rizzi found him.
 
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Miami picked up Gray simply for info about the Pats. Let's not get too excited
 
I just realized today that you can get picked up off the practice squad by other teams.
 
Frankly, I'd rather cut LaMike and get Jonas. I'm sure we have other options at KR/PR. I don't think LaMike offers much outside of ST.
 
I think LaMike is on a short leash and if he fumbles or doesn't produce we'll go back to Landry or someone else.
Since he has limited value as a RB he'll probably be cut in this case.
 
James should have been first RB cut... can't believe he's still here.
 
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