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Eyewitness Reports | Future Schedule | My Comments | Related Links TODAY'S SUMMARY: The Dolphins continued their training camp regimen with a single, full-contact workout on Wednesday afternoon, having taken the morning off - at least from the practice field. LB Zach Thomas commented that the pace of training camp is better this year - he has said that Coach Cameron is allowing the team more time to recover between full hitting workouts. The practice itself started out with the same offensive line that has been featured since day 1. Drew Mormino and Anthony Alabi continue at right guard and right tackle on the starting line. Both players are getting heavily schooled by the defense at those positions and did not look good on Wednesday. According to one report, Alabi looks out of shape and slow, while Mormino was blown off the line by both Matt Roth and Akbar Gbaja-Bimila. At QB, Cleo Lemon took the majority of snaps with the starting offense and looked better than Trent Green. He hit PK Sam with a perfectly placed touch pass at the back of the endzone for a touchdown and Justin Peele on a deep post pattern for what would have been a big gain. Green, for his part, continued to make risky throws into tight coverage and was rewarded with two interceptions and another pass that was dropped by the defensive back. However, both Coach Cameron and Trent Green have defended his play, saying that they are taking more chances now than they would in a regular game because training camp is the place to work out the problems. But Green did have some good moments in practice, hitting Chris Chambers with a 60 yard bomb down the right sideline that was perfectly placed. He also had a 20 yard touchdown completion to Courtney Anderson. John Beck continues to do well, improving a little each day. However, he's not ready to move up the depth chart. There hasn't been much reported about Ronnie Brown's performance, other than he has been worked very hard so far this year. Coach Cameron's offense likes to feature the main running back and Ronnie Brown is bearing the load. His main backup Jesse Chatman is getting good reports from onlookers. At receiver, the usual suspects continued to make plays with David Sutton and PK Sam getting compliments from onlookers. It looks like the Dolphins have a good crop of new receivers and the final cuts at that position will be tough. On defense, Travis Daniels had some good plays and is impressing most onlookers with his continued improvement now that his ankle is healed. As for Jason Allen, he managed to break up a pass to Ted Ginn when Allen slipped and fell. However, in his fall, he managed to disrupt the route enough that Ginn was forced out of bounds. The Miami Herald said that he got the job done "in an Inspector Clouseau kind of way". Joey Porter, who has been pretty quiet so far, blew up at least two plays on Wednesday, getting into the backfield to knock Ronnie Brown for a loss on one play and getting to the quarterback for a sack on the next. And Zach Thomas provided a little fun for onlookers as he attempted a drop-kick as the request of Coach Cameron. Apparently, the ball went only about 10 yards, but at least everyone watching got a laugh out of it.
There was nothing exceptional that happened on Wednesday to change the current situation on the depth chart. Cleo Lemon continues to slightly out-perform Trent Green, but Green and Cameron's comments about the situation seemed to bear out the idea that Green is still the favored starter. Lemon was just getting a little extra practice with the first team. If reports about Mormino and Alabi are accurate, their continued presence on the starting line is head-scratching, to say the least. Unfortunately, no one has reported anything about Hadnot and Shelton, so it's difficult to make a comparison.
None reported yesterday.
Andrew Goodman and Joe Toledo continue to ride the bikes and do stretching exercises. Wide receiver Az-Zahir Hakim did not participate in practice and looks to have a minor injury to his leg or ankle.
Other than the regular media reports, there are no fan eyewitness reports today.
Friday, August 3
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The offensive line mystery continues and gets stranger by the day. I don't think we're going to know whether or not Coach Cameron is serious about keeping Mormino and Alabi on the starting line until the second or third pre-season game. The defensive backs continue to show improvement over last year, especially Travis Daniels. The only problem is that they reportedly are having trouble catching the ball. While that is not the most important attribute of a good defensive back, it sure would be nice to see the secondary get a few more interceptions this year. Coach Cameron and Trent Green's comments on the number of interceptions being thrown make me feel a little better about the situation, but it's still not comforting to hear that Trent Green is forcing the ball into coverage. Habits tend to persist and while Green is a seasoned veteran, the mindset he develops now will effect him throughout the season. Still, I don't think it's worth getting worried about - yet.
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