I have followed the fins all camp. Here is a copy of the blog from saturday's practice- a common error most people make is to extrapolate data from a very small sample. Based upon reading all of the blogs, here is my assement of some key players:QB- There won't be a qb controversy at the start of the season, Green will start, Lemon will back up. Beck has looked fantastic at time and has forced some throws at other. DONT SLEEP on Beck.RB- Ronnie has shaken the rust of and is looking solid. Booker has been lightning quick and will be what they drafted him to be. A change of pace 3rd down back- with homerun speed, he has also been working on the punt return team. Jesse Chatman will be browns backup and if Brown gets injured could surprise.WR-Not alot to report here except that Ginn has looked very surehanded and fast all camp. Hagan has been progressing nicely. Hagan could supplant Booker as the wr2 I expect Booker to not be a dolphin next season with the develpoment of Hagan and Ginn. Def- Rodrigue Wright is looking good and could surprise. Yeraniah Bell is the best defender in the secondary. I wouldn't be surprised if he is a probowler this season.By Edgar Thompson | Saturday, August 4, 2007, 03:22 PM Good afternoon from Dolphins camp. It’s another scorcher … 98 degrees on the heat index.The Dolphins begin Week 2 of training camp in full pads during Saturday’s only session and a day off ahead on Sunday.The stage is set for a hard-hitting practice. But last night was pretty physical and Cam Cameron has been careful to give guys rest.Either way, LB Joey Porter, SS Yeremiah Bell and TE David Martin won’t be involved. Each player is in shorts.It’s the second practice Porter has missed; will have to get the scoop after practice from Cameron. Bell said earlier he landed hard on his left hip Friday night, but is OK.He hopes to be back Monday.We’ll also update Martin later.Let’s get started …Bell has joined G Joe Toledo (foot) and CB Andre Goodman (shoulder) on the bike. Back-up T Mike Rosenthal makes his first appearance on the cycles.The long-awaited two-deep on D-line.1st team: E Jason Taylor, T Vonnie Holliday, T Keith Traylor, E Matt Roth 2nd team: E Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, T Rodrique Wright, T Paul Soliai, E Chase Page.T Kevin Vickerson, an NFL Europa refugee, is the best of the third unit.The O-lines haven’t changed since Day 1.1st team: LT Vernon Carey, LG Chris Liwienski, C Samson Satele, RG Drew Mormino, RT Anthony Alabi 2nd team: LT Julius Wilson, LG Tala Esera, C Johnathan Ingram, RG Reg Hadnot, RT L.J. SheltonLBs and DBs are working on pass drops. Looks like three-quarter speed. DB Jason Allen just gives up a sideline catch to David Sutton. It looked like Allen was there, just stopped on the play. He’s having a tough camp.During a red-zone offensive drill, rookie Ted Ginn Jr. beats back-up CB Michael Lehan on a fade route and drops a perect throw by Trent Green.Ginn hangs his head for a moment, but Green pats him on the shoulder. It’s one of the few drops Ginn has had during camp. Can’t remember one, honestly.Coaches have cut down the time of drills. The red-zone drill couldn’t have been 10 plays.Team heads to the other field for special teams. Will let you know if anything happens, not expecting much.Like I expected, not much to say. The team is using a pitching machine to bomb punts 80 yards … perfect spirals. Pretty cool to watch that, at least.Goal line offense walk-through.Good news, though, 9-on-9 situational (3rd-4, 3rd-6, 3rd-8) is about to begin. Plus, practice with end with a goal-line scrimmage, should be some hitting.Play by play to come …On second thought, might be a bit ambitious the way the team is changing distances and switching QBs. Will give some highlights.S Renaldo Hill makes the hit of the day. Unfortunately he made it on Lehan. WR Chris Chambers escapes harm.Cleo Lemon finds Ronnie Brown for a nice pass in the middle. Brown seems to find the soft spots in the defense well and has sure hands. CB Travis Daniels picks off a Lemon “duck” on the final play, making up for a drop on the first play of the drill. Lemon looks shaky in this drill.Rookie WR Michael Malone and Green hook up on a nice crossing route. Green also connects with rookie Kerry Reed across the middle.Green has nice touch and accuracy on crossing routes - a staple of Cameron’s scheme. Time for team 11-on-11, move the chains drill … Brown continues to excel in the short passing game. Rookie Lorenzo Booker is a jet out of the backfield. He might touch the ball only 3-5 times, but should had pick up some key first downs and bust one here or there this season.John Beck makes a perfect throw downfield between the CB and S on the sidelines, but rookie David Sutton drops it. Sutton, who had six catches in two seasons at UTEP, has been a big surprise. But a play like that makes a spot on the practice squad more likely for him.Lemon makes his best play of the day, finding Chambers deep between Allen and S Cameron Worrell. Nice diving catch by Chambers.Final drill of the day, and it’s a good one: goal-line scrimmage. 1st team D vs. 2nd team O from the 4. 1st play: Back-up Jesse Chatman, bounced it outside for a TD untouched. 2nd play: Green rolls right, throws back left in the face of pass rush, TE Tim Massaquoi makes a nice grab with CB Will Allen all over him. 3rd play: Stuffed by Thomas and Matt Roth. L. Booker with the ball? Huh. 4th play: Thomas and Keith Traylor stone the 195-pound Booker. Don’t think he’ll get it much in these situations.Up next 1st team O vs. 2nd team D 1st play: Brown around left end for a TD untouched. 2nd play: Brown around right end, Lehan fails to support the run. 3rd play: Brown again. TD. 4th play: Brown hits the hole quickly and scores. Brown looks quicker today than he’s looked all camp.Up next 3rd team O vs. 3rd team D, switching up play to play on the offensive line 1st play: Once again, L. Booker stuffed. Guess coaches want to see if Booker can run inside the tackles if they need him. 2nd play: Chatman nice cut, untouched off left side, showing why he’s sure to be Brown’s back-up. 3rd play: Motion penalty 4th play: Beck tries to fire it through a crowd to Halterman. CB Geoff Pope drops sure INT.Not a great way to end the day. Maybe coaches want to give players something to ponder on their day off.A few quick observations:Brown had his best practice to date.The QBs were a little hot and cold, but Green looked the sharpest.Daniels looks good. He’s around the ball a lot and might end up more than a fill-in for Goodman.Gotta run, Cameron is heading to the media room.Have a good weekend.
