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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/...phins-practice-updates-080609,0,7390763.story

  • The Dolphins spent one period of practice creating a two-man wedge, which featured a trailer. The NFL has banned three player wedges making it a penalty.
  • Paul Soliai is working with the starting defensive line in Ferguson's place, and Joe Cohen is working as backup.
  • Tony McDaniel is spending his fourth practice working as the starting right end. Phillip Merling continues to work with the second team.
  • After 15 minutes of training Roth stopped and had his groin area wrapped in ice.
  • Outside linebacker Matt Roth continues to do conditioning drills with a team trainer. Jason Taylor continues to work with the starting unit.
  • Coach Tony Sparano is paying special attention to the fullbacks and tailbacks during individual drills. That unit is working on pass protection.
  • Shawn Murphy returned to the first team line, replacing Joe Berger as the starting right guard.
  • Andy Alleman, a key reserve, is working as the second team right guard.
  • After sitting out the morning session, starting inside linebacker Channing Crowder is working in the afternoon.
  • Rookie cornerback Sean Smith, who bruised his right knee in the morning session, practiced in the afternoon.
 
enduro said:
  • After 15 minutes of training Roth stopped and had his groin area wrapped in ice.
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I think we can now squelch the BS rumors we heard before about some mysterious illness.

It was his groin acting up again.

Plain and simple.

Tony McDaniel is spending his fourth practice working as the starting right end. Phillip Merling continues to work with the second team.
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I think it's interesting that McDaniel is starting on the #1 team at DE for the 4th straight practice. Sparano said yesterday that once he gets the proper knee bend and proper leverage, "he's very good".... And if you saw his body language when he said it, you could see Sparano was very impressed with his ability.

The regime likes McDaniel quite a bit. He may be a steal for a 7th round pick if he does well in the rotation on the defensive line. They must have thought he may not be a fit in Jacksonville's 4-3 defense, but a good player for a 3-4 defensive line.
 
I'm a little bit surprise that last year's starter : Ike Ndukwe did not start one time at RG during training camp.
 
If Tony McDaniel beats out Merling at 3-4 DE, then maybe Merling could be tries at elephant LB to offset any lost time from Matt Roth.

I thought there were some rumblings of Merling at SLB last offseason.

Paul Soliai might be an even better possible DE than McDaniel. Both Soliai and McDaniel have the height and weight you want for 3-4 DE and Soliai could be like Haloti Ngata who actually plays DE for BAL, not NT which is played by Kelly Gregg.

Our D could look like this...

DE Langford, Starks
NT Ferguson, Cohen, Dotson
DE Soliai, McDaniel

OLB Porter/Wake, Eric Walden
ILB Crowder, Kershaw
ILB Ayodele, Torbor
OLB Merling/JT/Roth* (Merling on running downs, JT on passing downs)

CB W. Allen, E. Green, N. Jones
FS Wilson, Clemmons
SS Bell, Culver
CB Vontae, S. Smith (with Sean getting the NB job)
 
BC he knew he was getting outplayed and would never make the roster. The economy is starting to get better, unemployment claims are down and he needed a head start finding a job.
 
FinsFan_In_Iraq said:
BC he knew he was getting outplayed and would never make the roster. The economy is starting to get better, unemployment claims are down and he needed a head start finding a job.
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Wow if that's true it screems "QUITTER". SO much for the traditional cut and pickup by another team huh?
 
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