The Top 100 are the only one's that draw much notoriety. In a league of 32, if each team were fortunate enough to employ three of the Top 100 you'd have a total of 96 players. However. An extreme few if any teams at all have more than three of the Top 100 players on their roster, several teams dress three of the Top 100 on a weekly basis, many have two, some have one while others have none.
The National Football Leagues Players took a vote on who they think are The Overall Top 100 players for 2015. The final conclusion was that The Miami Dolphins Defense has three of the leagues Top 39 forces with Defensive Tackle Ndamukong Suh leading the way as the leagues 24th best player, followed by Corner-Back Brent Grimes at 38th with the tailgating Defensive End Cameron Wake 39th.
The Sky's The Limit.
A couple weeks ago the suggestions of 22 active Offensive players and 3 Specialist were offered up toward the game-day roster of 46 which left a void for 21 active Defensive players. Of course the numbers relating to the Offensive and Defensive units are etched only in pencil and can potentially be reversed slightly, or perhaps even drastically. However. In attempting to create a well balanced roster at every position, the numbers came out as they did from this particular point of view with Two backups for every defensive position.
Miami's Dolphins opened their 50th training camp just yesterday July 30th, and all were in attendance while things went well according to reports. Here are the names and numbers of those trying to make the opening day cut on Defense.
Game Day Active Defensive Twenty-One.
Defensive Tackle (4)
93 Ndamukong Suh, 6-4, 305, Age 28, 5 years experience (2015 Free agent acquisition)
90 Earl Mitchell, 6-3, 310, 27, 5
94 C. J. Mosley, 6-2, 312, 31, 10 (2015 Free Agent acquisition)
97 Jordan Phillips,6-5, 329, 22, Rookie
Defensive End (4)
91 Cameron Wake, 6-3, 262, 33, 6
50 Olivier Vernon,6-2, 268, 24, 3
79 Derrick Shelby,6-2, 282, 26, 3
78 Terrence Fede, 6-4, 282, 23, 1
Cornerback (4)
21 Brent Grimes, 5-10, 190, 32, 8
22 Jamar Taylor, 5-10, 200, 24, 2
24 Brice McCain, 5-9, 187, 28, 6 (2015 free Agent acquisition)
29 Will Davis, 5-11, 190, 25, 2
Safety (4)
20 Reshad Jones, 6-1, 215, 27, 5
25 Louis Delmas, 5-11, 210, 28, 5
35 Walt Aikens, 6-1, 210, 24, 1
31 Michael Thomas,5-11,201, 25, 2
Linebacker (5)
53 Jelani Jenkins,6-0, 245, 23, 2
55 Koa Misi, 6-3, 252, 28, 5
58 Chris McCain, 6-5, 250, 23 1
57 Jordan Tripp, 6-3, 240, 24 1
52 Kelvin Sheppard,6-2,252, 27, 4
Conditional and/or Situational Game-Day Inactive/Occasionally Active Roster Spots 47 through 53.
Defensive Tackle
76 Anthony Johnson,6-2, 304, 22 1
96 A.J. Francis, 6-5, 330, 25, 1
Cornerback
36 Tony Lippett, 6-2, 192, 23, Rookie Corner Back/Emergency Receiver
30 Zack Bowman, 6-1, 196, 30, 7 (2015 Free Agent acquisition)
Safety
41 Cedrick Thompson, 6-0, 208, 22, Rookie
Linebacker
42 Spencer Paysinger,6-2, 236, 27, 4 (2015 Free Agent acquisition)
49 Zach Vigil, 6-2, 240, 24, Rookie
Hoping for One of Ten (total O & D) Developmental Squad Positions.
Defensive Tackle
73 Calvin Barnett, 6-2, 317, 23, 1
62 Deandre Coleman,6-3, 315, 24, 1
Defensive End
98 Emmanuel Dieke, 6-6, 257, 24, 1
47 Ray Drew, 6-5, 276, 22, Rookie
67 Kendall Montgomery,6-5, 262, 23, Rookie
Cornerback
28 Bobby McCain, 5-9, 195, 21, Rookie
37 Sammy Seamster,6-0, 205, 24, 1
Safety
38 Don Jones, 5-11, 205, 25, 2
44 Jordan Kovacs, 5-10, 210, 25, 2
32 Shamiel Gary, 6-0, 205, 25, 1
Linebacker
45 Mike Hull, 6-0, 232, 24, Rookie
46 Neville Hewitt, 6-2, 219, 22, Rookie
48 Jeff Luc, 6-1, 256, 23, Rookie
The final 20 mentioned hopefuls will get the majority of reps in a game day evaluation process of the rosters backbone wanna-be's in Pre-Season game one. That particular game takes place at the Chicago Bears in LESS THAN TWO WEEKS ON THURSDAY AUGUST 13th : )), We'll be lucky to see the starters through the first quarter, and The Dolphins aren't about to show much of their meaningful playing cards at this early juncture !!
THANK YOU for an Open-Minded Read, and we look forward to your angle of view : )) !!
GOFINS!!!
