In case you’re scrolling via Twitter, or X because it’s referred to as now, you’ll have seen various stories on what’s happening in camp. Nothing has been extremely adverse outdoors of the Jalen Ramsey damage, however typically it’s exhausting to get a transparent description of what’s occurring. Simply feels just like the reporting is conflicted. Everyone has their very own opinion on what they see, so the reality normally lies someplace within the center.
With that mentioned, there are just a few reporters inside the Miami Dolphins media that I totally belief, and once they say one thing, I’m all ears. I’m certain Dolphins followers will agree with me after I say Cameron Wolfe is one in every of them. Wolfe has been masking the Dolphins since 2018 and has been on ESPN and NFL Community speaking Dolphins. He’s a fan favourite and universally revered on the Dolphins’ Twitter. Wolfe appeared on NFL Community yesterday and gave an replace on the whole lot he’s seen to date at Miami Dolphins coaching camp.
“Increase Or Bust”?
The very first thing that jumps out from what Cameron Wolfe mentioned is that Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is having a robust coaching camp and as soon as once more is “flashing his exact accuracy.” That’s no shock when Tua was enjoying almost MVP-level soccer in yr 1 of Head Coach Mike McDaniel’s system and now will get to mix that with one other full offseason of studying and constructing that system. He’s placing the whole lot collectively proper on schedule.
What issues me about what was mentioned concerning the offense is that it’s changing into a “growth, or bust” kind of offense. That may win you video games and makes you explosive, however that’s one-dimensional soccer. That’s additionally what the offense was in the course of the dropping streak final yr. They weren’t capable of maintain drives with the operating sport or brief passing sport. Every little thing was contingent on Tua hitting house run pictures to Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle. It doesn’t work in the long term, and it’s not that arduous to sport plan towards.
My feeling is that the entrance workplace didn’t do sufficient to improve the gaping holes on the offensive line, and that’s going to return again to chew us. The Dolphins desperately want third-year Guard Liam Eichenberg, or fourth-year Sort out Austin Jackson to lastly flip the nook, or pray Isiah Wynn comes again to life. The silver lining is that on the finish of the day, it’s nonetheless early, and it’s preseason. Nothing counts right here, however when week 1 rolls round, expectations and strain can be turned as much as eleven.
Tyreeks journey to 2K
Tyreek Hill made a assure on his Youtube channel a number of weeks in the past, and on the time many individuals thought he was trolling. There’s no means he might be the primary participant in NFL historical past to succeed in two thousand yards. Nicely, he wasn’t trolling. He totally believes if Tua stays wholesome, he’ll attain two thousand yards and the Dolphins will win a Superbowl. The Superbowl prediction isn’t so farfetched both now that the Dolphins have the sixth-best odds to win all of it at (+2500) by way of DraftKings Sportsbook, however let’s simply follow the 2K milestone.
Tyreek Hill already had a profession yr with Tua Tagovailoa in 2022 with 1,710 yards and that was with Tua lacking 5 video games. It’s completely cheap to suppose that he may do the identical harm on this offense, realizing how a lot they’re going to depend on the intermediate-to-deep passing sport between Tyreek Hill, and Jaylen Waddle.
From all accounts, Tyreek has been nearly unguardable in camp. He’s been flying by guys for giant performs excessive and simply placing others in pretzels. He’s in elite form, motivated, and all in. The right recipe to attempt for 2K.
Will we see starters within the preseason?
The query that’s on everybody’s thoughts heading into the preseason sport towards the Houston Texans Saturday is that if the starters are going to see some enjoying time. Wolfe alluded to Mike McDaniel taking it slowly and ready to see the way it all felt after joint practices earlier than making that call. He then reminded viewers that Tua, and the opposite starters final yr performed the second and third video games of the preseason after sitting out the primary. We must always count on extra of the identical.
Belief me, I’m extra for joint practices than preseason video games since you will get much more focused work in, however a few of these guys have to take successful earlier than the season begins to prepare, particularly Tua. You don’t get hit a lot in joint practices outdoors of the event combat. The one actual contact being finished is within the trenches. All I’m saying is that it’s higher to get hit a bit of main as much as the true factor than to not have any contact after which simply be thrown into the deep finish f the pool when guys are coming on your head. I’m hoping McDaniel sticks to the identical sport plan as final yr and has the Dolphins able to roll in week one.
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