I have to say, things feel a little uneasy right now as far as Miami Dolphin-dom is concerned. Nothing serious like a critical illness or anything like that, but at a time when a lot of teams are making a lot of noise in free agency, staff changes, and pro-day visits, the Dolphins have quietly stepped out of the spotlight.
I cannot say this for sure, mind you, but it seems like the Dolphins took a couple of days off from the pro-days. I can always confirm when they WERE there, but it's a bit harder to confirm if they WEREN'T. Still, it seems like they've skipped out on the bulk of the most recent events. Of course this put a bit of a grinder in the works that was to be my ongoing updating of the Draft Board on the sidebar. That's right, if they're not actively watching the players in public at the pro-days, I cannot add any names to the list.
It seems that out of the 20+ pro days yesterday, the Dolphins could only be confirmed to be at 2 of them. That's not a huge deal considering most of them were small schools without any notable prospects, but the percentage from the day before was not much better. And one of the events they may have skipped was Maryland's pro-day, featuring Darrius Heyward-Bey.
Some of the events where I use the word 'skipped' may have been attended by a lower level scout, but I confirmed at least ten of them were not attended at all by the Dolphins.
They also haven't brought in any work-out free agents, or signed anyone in a week. Things are eerily quiet for this time of the year. Maybe they are having their annual Sexual Harassment training?
Still, today there are a few I'm sure will be well attended - West Virginia, Oregon, Boston College and Texas Tech are the big names, but expect more than one Miami official to be at the Troy pro day as well.
The Dolphins did NOT attend the WVU pro day. Very unlikely then that they're going to draft Pat White.
The Dolphins signed free agent CB, Eric Green, thus showing that they WERE up to something. The quiet must've been the lawyers and agents hard at work.
I cannot say this for sure, mind you, but it seems like the Dolphins took a couple of days off from the pro-days. I can always confirm when they WERE there, but it's a bit harder to confirm if they WEREN'T. Still, it seems like they've skipped out on the bulk of the most recent events. Of course this put a bit of a grinder in the works that was to be my ongoing updating of the Draft Board on the sidebar. That's right, if they're not actively watching the players in public at the pro-days, I cannot add any names to the list.
It seems that out of the 20+ pro days yesterday, the Dolphins could only be confirmed to be at 2 of them. That's not a huge deal considering most of them were small schools without any notable prospects, but the percentage from the day before was not much better. And one of the events they may have skipped was Maryland's pro-day, featuring Darrius Heyward-Bey.
Some of the events where I use the word 'skipped' may have been attended by a lower level scout, but I confirmed at least ten of them were not attended at all by the Dolphins.
They also haven't brought in any work-out free agents, or signed anyone in a week. Things are eerily quiet for this time of the year. Maybe they are having their annual Sexual Harassment training?
Still, today there are a few I'm sure will be well attended - West Virginia, Oregon, Boston College and Texas Tech are the big names, but expect more than one Miami official to be at the Troy pro day as well.
The Dolphins did NOT attend the WVU pro day. Very unlikely then that they're going to draft Pat White.
The Dolphins signed free agent CB, Eric Green, thus showing that they WERE up to something. The quiet must've been the lawyers and agents hard at work.
Oops, I forgot to mention Nebraska as well.s The Dolphins might be interested in the OT Lydon Murtha.
ReplyDeletePro day at Tenn y'day. No reason for us to send a scout. Ayers is the top player but doesn't fit our scheme.
ReplyDeleteJust watched a clip of Andre Smith's pro-day on NFL Total Access. He ran a 40 topless. I'd just eaten as well. That REALLY wasn't pretty.
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They say the big man in the sky works in mysterious ways. Well, I am not saying BP is related in any way, but he has this facet in common. On the plus side, if ANYone knows who we will draft in the first round it is a miracle. On the negative side, I'm getting a bit jittery about our CB situation. It just takes one knee or ankle to go and we're looking very exposed.
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I guess they know what they are doing, but I hope it doesn't involve too many siestas in the Florida sun.
uk, the news is out on Andre Smith on how bad he looked at his pro day. I'm very surprised because I watched him play and dominate his guy. I haven't seen his 40 time posted, but his bench was 19 times. That's ridiculous, you can watch him play and know that he's strong but he must be in horrible shape(cardio) to peter out that early on the lift.
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ReplyDeleteThe report said he could play but that he attended interviews at the combine then flew home, backing up what bad shape he was in. There still seems to be quite a bit of interest in him though.
We signed Eric Green, so that clears that up.
ReplyDeleteI have to say I was beginning to wonder. The Trifecta say you can never have enough OL and sign a few more, then say the same about CB and let one go. Just didn't add up somehow.
Green and Grove played together at Virginia Tech, but so far I haven't been able to find any quaint farming family videos of Green.
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fingers crossed!