Miami Dolphins Week One Fifty-Three Man Roster Projection

The Miami Dolphins 2016 Training Camp begins today Friday, July 29th, and two weeks later they play a pre-season game at the NY Giants.

Here is whats likely to be concluded over the next six weeks.


Top 46 active upon the regular seasons Kickoff . (Starters Emboldened)
(Players 47 thru 53 could churn their way into the active 46 roster for any given games needs).

Offensive Twenty-Two
Quarterback (Game-Day ACTIVE Two)
1 - Ryan Tannehill
41 - Matt Moore


ACTIVE Eight, Game Day Offensive Lineman
Left Tackle
3 - Brandon Albert
30 - Jermon Bushrod career left tackle to play (guard & right tackle also), 2016 Free Agent


Left Guard
6- Laremy Tunsil (left tackle extraordinaire) rookie
49 - Dallas Thomas (likely on occasion to unseat right tackle Sam Young for the 45th spot)


Center
4 - Mike Pouncey
42 - Kraig Urbik (experienced C & G starter may win the right guard position), Free Agent


Right Guard could go either way including K. Urbik. (May the best man win)!
10 - Jamil Douglas
48 - Billy Turner (tough to put him out of the 46) but he's the least versatile while coach Adam Gase suggest that just 7 are likely to dress, and I'm already carrying 8. Meanwhile, he could very well take the job and force Douglas or right tackle Young outside the 46. Urbik is too important to the backup center position to be outside the 46.


Right Tackle
5 - JuWaun James
45 - Sam Young (guard also), Free Agent


Tight End (ACTIVE Two)
17 - Jordon Cameron
28 - Dion Sims


Running Back (ACTIVE Three)
13 - Jay Ajayi
27 - Arian Foster (Free Agent)
29 - Kenyan Drake (rookie)


Wide Receiver (ACTIVE Five)
14 - Jarvis Landry
15 - DeVante Parker
16 - Kenny Stills
39 - Leonte Carroo (rookie)
40 - Jakeem Grant (rookie)

Special Teams (ACTIVE Three)
23 - Andrew Franks
24 - Matt Darr
25 - John Denney



Toe The Line Twenty-Eight
Defensive Tackle (ACTIVE Four)
2 - Ndamukong Suh
9 - Jordan Phillips
32 - Earl Mitchell
33 - Chris Jones (Free Agent)


Defensive End (ACTIVE Five), could go with four if in need of TE, RB, QB, OL, LB or DB
7 - Cameron Wake
8 - Mario Williams (Free Agent)
34 - Jason Jones (Free Agent)
43 - Terrance Fede
44 - Andre Branch (Free Agent)
52 - Chris McCain (A great camp could potentially put he & DJ at 43/44), bad camp gets them cut.
53 - Dion Jordan (?????) Was drafted 2013 to be the eventual replacement to Cam Wake
Position is loaded with four highly experienced starters. Youth, size, plays made & reliability advances Fede.


Line Backer (ACTIVE Five)
11 - Kiko Alonso (Free Agent)
18 - Jelani Jenkins
19 - Koa Misi
37 - Neville Hewitt
38 - Zach Vigil
50 - Spencer Paysinger
51 - Mike Hull


Corner Back (ACTIVE Five)
20 - Byron Maxwell (Free Agent)
21 - Xavien Howard (rookie) currently on the PUP until week one. (Enter Lippett, Ifo, or Lucas)
26 - Bobby McCain (Slot Starter)
31 - Tony Lippett
46 - Ifo Ekpre-Olomu (Free Agent/Waiver-Wire Pickup)
47 - Jordan Lucas (rookie)


Safety (ACTIVE Four)
12 - Rashad Jones
22 - Isa Abdul-Quddus (Free Agent)
35 - Mike Thomas
36 - Walt Aikens




Others looking to make a training camp splash towards the 53 man roster, or ten man practice squad.
Quarterback
Zac Dysert FA
Brandon Doughty (rookie)

Tight Ends (at least one and/or another teams cut needs to step up into the 53, if not the 46)
Thomas Duarte (rookie)
Jake Stoneburner (2015 Dolphin)
Marqueis Gray FA

Running Back (same as outside looking in TE's)
Damien Williams (2015 Dolphin)
Isaiah Pead FA
Daniel Thomas FA

Wide Receiver
Griff Whalen FA
A.J. Cruz FA

Offensive Line
Jacques McClendon (2015 Dolphin) C/G
Ryan DiSalvo (rookie) Long Snapper

Defensive End
Cleyon Laing FA

Line Backer
James-Michael Johnson FA
Akil Blount UDFA
James Burgess UDFA

Corner Back
Lafayette Pitts UDFA
Tyler Patmon (2015 Dolphin)


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GOFINS!!!

Miami Dolphins Add Do-It-All Veteran Running Back Arian Foster

The Dolphins core tailback tandem of second year man Jay Ajayi and rookie Kenyan Drake became a viable NFL threesome today with the addition of a proven do-it-all veteran in Arian Foster.

Foster has accrued 6,472 rushing yards with a 4.5 career average and 54 touchdowns in seven seasons while in three of those years he participated in eight or fewer games. As a receiver out of the backfield he's covered 2,268 yards with 14 touchdowns.

Arian a 2009 Houston Texan un-drafted rookie with 6 games played became superstar material in 2010, 11, 12, and 2014. Foster played in just eight 2013, and four 2015 games due to injury. His most recent injury (achilles) came in week seven of 2015 versus the Miami franchise at which he now resides.

Miami signed 6-1, 227 Arian Foster (30 in August) to a one year deal at 1.5 million with another 2 million worth of incentives on the table. At his best he's a proven threat in every phase of the game and will easily earn such incentives. At the very least he offers proven veteran leadership! Along with the leadership aspect. Foster (once 100% healthy while working out for the Dolphins on numerous occasions during the process) has the superior skill-sets and all-around game which didn't exist in the (break glass in case of emergency) scenario of Damian Williams, Daniel Thomas, or Isaiah Pead.




Training Camp begins in TEN DAYS on July 28th.
The Miami Dolphins will play 2016's first pre-season game at the N.Y. Giants 15 days later on August 12th.


HERE WE GO DOLPHINS, HERE WE GO !!!

WOOOOO-HOOOO-GIGGGITTTY, GOFINS !!!

The Miami Dolphins Explained by Sun Tzu

Perhaps the 2015 Miami Dolphins are best explained by Sun Tzu:

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

Viewing the Miami Dolphins in the context of this famous quote leads to some interesting conclusions. I would venture to guess Joe Philbin was unaware of the dissent worming through a locker room he declared, “Ready to compete for championships.”

Sorry Joe, that locker room was as divisive as you secretly pushing to draft Derek Carr, only you didn’t know it. The mannerisms of a coach secretly uncomfortable with his starting quarterback radiate loudly in the testosterone fueled confines of an NFL locker room.  Bill Lazor didn’t come to the conclusion Ryan Tannehill shouldn’t run audibles on his own, Joe had a say. Joe was a control freak, some call it “attention to detail,” but for Joe, it was closer to OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder).

When Philbin was still with the team last season, he obviously didn’t know his enemy or his own team as the results revealed. Dan Campbell knew his team, and by having half the formula, he was capable of winning half his games. Ultimately, Campbell was overmatched when it came to knowing his enemy and Miami suffered defeat because of it.

Perhaps Sun Tzu gets too much credit for stating the obvious and issues run far deeper inside Dolphin Land. If the answer is this easy, the future may not be as bleak as the pundits would have it. 4-12, is the latest retreat from the last season’s playoff predictions and probably just as off-base.

The reasoning is simple, it’s not about talent…

It has never been about talent. The Miami Dolphins have as much talent as any team in the NFL. The issue has been leading that talent. Joe Philbin didn’t do the one thing he was brought in to accomplish, develop players. He was supposed to be a teacher, but he turned out to be an obsessive minutia manager. His locker room presence was scolding twenty something hormone raging young men for leaving Gator Gum wrappers on the floor.

He drafted a “cerebral” offensive tackle in the second round because the player fit his perception of proper behavior in the NFL. I guess Joe figured mild mannered Jonathan Martin would mend the ways of Richie Incognito and change the nature of a Center who huddled next to Aaron Hernandez in college.

Know thyself… It seems obvious, Joe didn’t know squat. He turned his back on reality and hoped things would somehow work out, he never fixed them. Philbin hired Jim Turner as OL coach and was unaware of the running 'joke' that Jonathan Martin was gay, and on at least one occasion, coach Turner participated in taunting Martin.

"Around Christmas 2012, Coach Turner gave the offensive linemen gift bags that included a variety of stocking stuffers. The gifts included inflatable female dolls for all of the offensive linemen except Martin, who received a male 'blow-up' doll," the Wells report said.

The key phrase here is, “Turner gave all of the offensive linemen except Martin.” In the locker room, all the players were on one side of the fence and one player was on the opposite. Joe allowed the discord to fester and then punished the majority, including throwing his own coach under the proverbial bus. Philbin should have traded or cut Martin immediately. This is what a leader would have done and this is when Philbin lost the Miami Dolphins.

From that point Joe’s clock was simply ticking to its inevitable end.

Phinbin turned this once proud franchise into a national media punchline, but those “news creators” just looked to pile-on an easy headline. True Miami followers know, there is an abundance of talent on this football team. The lack of national respect could have the 'Dan Campbell' effect, and bring out the best in Miami's talent but it will not be enough.

On the podium stands Adam Gase, a young up-and-comer with what many claim “an exceptional” mind. He’s young enough to perhaps have the “know thyself” arena covered, but suppose Gase is smart enough to have the “know thy enemy” covered as well? Suppose Gase can stare down Belichick and not blink?

Tony Sparano used the wildcat to one-up Belichick. The season may have been without Brady, but the formation did indeed fool Genius Bill for a fleeting moment.

It points back to our friend Sun Tzu, not in the sense that Sparano knew his enemy, but because the formation attacked his enemy’s weaknesses. Sparano didn’t really understand why the wildcat worked, if he did, he would still be a NFL head coach. This is the message for Adam Gase, your enemies all have weaknesses.

To exploit those weaknesses, you must understand them.

Know thy enemy and know thyself and you need not fear the result of a hundred battles…