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Blog has moved so visit new blog for new posting
My blog has moved as promised so please visit the new Dolphins in Depth at this URL: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolphins_in_depth/I have a new posting up on that site already so leave your reactions there.In the next day or so the blog will be moved by the Herald so all you'll have to do is come to The Herald site as, I assume, you've been doing and click on my face to...
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May 12, 2008
Salguero on the radio today 9-11 a.m.
I'll be doing my weekend radio show today [Sunday] from 9-11 a.m. on 790 The Ticket.You are invited to call in and discuss the Dolphins or any other topic on your mind. You can also call in and give a shout-out to your mom.If you're in South Florida, you know the station can be heard on 790-AM. If you are in Siberia and all points south, you can listen live online at 790theticket...
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May 11, 2008
Patriots cheated on Dolphins offense also
[For all of you that consistently criticize me but nonetheless come to this blog more often than you sit down to eat, I am announcing this is my final blog entry. More on that later.]Today we are going to discuss the fact that the Patriots, cheaters and champions that they are, have been further busted by the NFL.As you know, they were fined $750,000 as an organization, had to forfeit...
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May 08, 2008
The importance of the Parcells conditioning program
The Josh McCown column that I told you about yesterday is up on the Herald's site so if you are interested in reading what McCown has to say about this coming season and his chances to win the starting quarterback job, take a quick jump here http://www.miamiherald.com/614/story/525218.html and then make your way back.Something I didn't get into in the column that really fascinates...
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May 08, 2008
Josh McCown most likely candidate to start?
Just had a very pleasant interview with Josh McCown, who is my early pick to be the Dolphins starting quarterback in the season-opener.I lobbed the typical softballs for McCown, you know, how he's getting acclimated and stuff like that. But there were also some pointed questions during the interview that he handled well -- like a routine snap from center.I asked him why we should...
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May 07, 2008
Paul Soliai under the microscope in Year Two
One would think Paul Soliai has a great NFL future before him. He is 6-4. He weighs 344 pounds. The Dolphins thought enough of him to draft him in the fourth round last year.But if the team knew then what it learned once he got to Miami, that fourth round pick would have been used on someone else.For all his potential and upside, Soliai is becoming something of a disappointment....
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May 06, 2008
Where do the upgraded Dolphins rank now?
I think no one will argue the Dolphins were the NFL's worst team last season. They had the worst record. They had the No. 1 overall pick this year. They fired their coach and general manager after only one season.They were the worst.But where are they today?Although no one has played a game lately, there has been plenty of activity around the NFL since February when the Giants...
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May 05, 2008
Final rookie minicamp practice over
The rookie minicamp is over and here is the update from today's work.Chad Henne was terrible in practice today. He struggled with his accuracy and was seemingly tired because his sideline throws had very little gas on them."Today, I didn't have such a great practice," Henne said afterward. "I was inconsistent with my throws."The conditioning of these players...
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May 04, 2008
Live blogging from morning practice Saturday...
... OK, just kidding.I'm sure you guys already know about the little web blog hiccup concerning live blogging from practice. Whatev. Less work for me. And more work being done throughout corporate America as guys now can't be online here rather than doing their jobs.As you may know I wrote a column about Jake Long for today's paper. I was truly impressed by his work Friday...
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May 03, 2008
Early report from first Dolphins minicamp practice
Here are some initial thoughts following the end of the first minicamp practice:*The starting offensive line for this practice was LT Jake Long, LG Shawn Murphy, C Mike Byrne, RG Donald Thomas, RT Dan Gore.*Chad Henne, as expected, took the first team snaps at QB while workout player Willie Copeland was second. Henne had an OK day. Copeland, predictably, struggled skipping a couple...
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May 02, 2008
Dolphins forbid live blogging at minicamp and all camps
The Dolphins have just announced that they are not allowing any live blogging at their practices, including this minicamp.You guys that defended the team's ridiculous new clamp down on the media, have fun. No live information for you on what is happening during today's practice -- or any practice, for that matter.The reason the Dolphins say they are not allowing this to happen...
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May 02, 2008
Live minicamp blogging starts at 2 p.m. Friday
The Dolphins open a three-day rookie minicamp Friday but it is interesting to me that rather than two-a-days on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the Dolphins are working only once Friday and once Sunday.Saturday will be the only day the rooks go through two workouts. Friday and Sunday offer only single practices.Don Shula (pictured) typically worked the rookies twice a day all three...
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May 01, 2008
For Miami it's about The Code, for us it's about a contest
The Dolphins have a marketing problem and they know it. They haven't made the playoffs since 2002. They were the worst team in the NFL last year. And they didn't exactly go out this offseason and wow anybody -- either with mega-signings during free agency or a sexy first overall draft selection.So the question is how to get people interested enough to buy tickets and fill...
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April 29, 2008
Gholston versus Long rivalry has gone pro
Jake Long and Vernon Gholston know each other pretty well. They played against each other the past several years while Long was the left tackle for Michigan and Gholston played defensive end for Ohio State.They are represented by the same sports agency. And now they'll be seeing each other twice a year in the AFC East games between the Dolphins, who picked Long No. 1 in the draft...
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April 29, 2008
Jason Taylor saga will become heated barring trade
Late Sunday evening when I came to understand the full scope of the current relationship between Jason Taylor and Bill Parcells, I felt like the referee in the middle of a cable television wrestling match.I wrote about that decaying relationship in my column Monday [read it here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/512073.html] and basically advocated that Taylor and Parcells...
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April 28, 2008
Live blogging starts right now ...
....The Dolphins are on the clock.For today, I say a WR, RB, NT, G/RT, and maybe a trade here and there.Fact is the Dolphins and Detroit have made a trade, swapping picks in the third round.The Dolphins move from 64 to 66 and pick up Detroit's sixth round pick, which is 176 overall.Weeeee....
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April 27, 2008
Bad news for Beck: You're not one of Bill's peeps
One thing I think we all should have learned about Bill Parcells by now is that he knows who he likes and doesn't like and he is loyal to his peeps.H fired Randy Mueller and Cam Cameron, in part, because he didn't know them. He hired Jeff Ireland and Tony Sparano, in part, he knew them and felt comfortable with them. Parcells is big on familiarity and that's the reason...
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April 26, 2008
Jags trade-up to get DE hurts Dolphins
You can remove one of the teams that had shown the most interest in trading for Jason Taylor from the list of possibilities.The Jacksonville Jaguars traded up from No. 26 to No. 8 today and used the pick on Florida DE Derrick Harvey. Harvey had all of 4.5 sacks last season and yet the Jags gave up their pick in the first round (No. 26 overall, along with their two third round picks...
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April 26, 2008
Dolphins make trade but not the one you think
The Dolphins tonight acquired linebacker Akin Ayodele and tight end Anthony Fasano from the Cowboys for a fourth-round draft pick. The Dolphins are scheduled to have seven picks Saturday after giving selection No. 100 to Jerry Jones and Co.Ayodele became expendable in Dallas when the Cowboys upgraded by signing, you got it, Zach Thomas. Fasano, a second round pick in 2006, had been...
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April 25, 2008
Dolphins preseason schedule is released
The Dolphins have released their preseason schedule and it is similar to last year's preseason schedule in that it involves the same four opponents.The Bill Parcells-Jeff Ireland-Tony Sparano era will being Aug 9 with a home game against Tampa Bay. Sometime between Aug. 14-18 the team will play at th...
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April 25, 2008
Some players Miami will look at with the rest of the draft
OK guys here are some names of players I have unearthed that the Dolphins are very, very, very interested in. This is not a complete list by any means but it includes names you might not have seen mentioned by other news sources.We know Jake Long is a done deal. But the rumors about the Dolphins liking other Michigan players based on the friendship between Bill Parcells and Lloyd...
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April 24, 2008
Taylor wants to play in 2008 but 2009 another story
On April 1, website profootballtalk.com celebrated the foolishness of the day by posting a spoof basically saying Jason Taylor was retiring from football because he had been bitten by the show business bug and wanted to devote his life to dance.Within hours of the post, several Dolphins players, who apparently think everything the site posts is gospel, were either calling Taylor...
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April 23, 2008
They've started something they still have to finish
Now that Jake Long is penciled in as Miami's starting left tackle, I wish to remind you of one small detail that threatens to be lost following today's signing: The Dolphins are still on the freakin' clock.The job is not finished. The team still has much work to do. And with eight more selections in the draft to finish what they have started, one hopes the Dolphins can...
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April 22, 2008
Jags indeed interested in Taylor, but is he long for the NFL?
[UPDATED FOLLOWING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING NFC COACHES' BREAKFAST]Last week I told you in this forum that Jacksonville coach Jack Del Rio was interested in the idea of trading for Jason Taylor, according to two league sources. I told you I would try to flush the issue out further at the NFL annual meet...
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April 22, 2008
Dolphins handle negotiations without gimmicks
The much anticipated multi-front negotiation with potential first overall picks the Dolphins were said to be preparing has not happened and, by the most rudimentary uses of logic, will not happen because it is simply too late in the draft game to make it work.The Dolphins talked to Jake Long's agent for the first time about two weeks ago and haven't talked to anyone else...
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April 21, 2008
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