Source: Miami Dolphins Players Haven't Worked On The Offense In Two Weeks

The Miami Dolphins haven't been working on the offense or plays for the past two weeks at their player-only workouts led by Chad Henne and Jake Long.

According to a player involved in the workouts, the Dolphins players have just been running and lifting weights since that time.

The Miami Dolphins players were the first group to begin their players-only workouts, so this isn't terrible news. Sure, it's not great news, but it could be much worse. Unlike other teams, the Dolphins have been able to work on their new playbook as soon as the lockout started because Chad Henne received one from Brian Daboll before the lockout was in effect. Henne has been leading the workouts with Jake Long, and we can only hope that they have properly taught enough of the playbook so that they can jump right into training camp and be ready.

This news comes on the 117th day since the NFLPA decertified as a union, forcing the NFL to impose a lockout. There has been a lot of optimism these past few weeks regarding the lockout and the fact that it could be close to done. We are well past when Minicamps and OTAs were scheduled to be held.

The lockout is in a critical stage, because training camps will be starting near the end of the month and teams will want time to focus on free agency before camp starts.

Hopefully the Lockout will be over soon enough and we can see what the Miami Dolphins are able to do.

Thanks for stopping by, and I hoped you liked today's post. Let me know your reactions to the news below.

How The Lockout Has Helped The Miami Dolphins And Chad Henne's Leadership

First, I want to say that I absolutely want the Miami Dolphins to add another quarterback by either free agency or trading. Chad Henne and Tyler Thigpen are not enough, and the Dolphins should add a player with some previous experience to compete for the job.

Now that I have said that, I now want to say that I have been very impressed with Chad Henne this offseason. He has been charged with showing the rest of the Miami Dolphins offense to the players, and from what I can tell he has been doing well at it.

Henne's ability to hold these player workouts has been a reflection of leadership qualities that I never knew he had, and frankly I wouldn't mind him starting next season simply because of how much he has been able to work with his players this offseason.

As much as you would expect the lockout to really hurt a team putting in a new system, I honestly think it has helped the Dolphins offense. I know it must sound crazy for me to suggest that a team would be able to implement a brand new offense using one player's knowledge of the offense without any coaches around better than if they did have coaches around teaching the offense themselves, but hear me out on this.

The players have had an extended amount of time to put the offense together. Instead of lessening the amount of time that the players have to work together, the lockout has increased their time together working on the offense.

The players have also been able to learn the way that they want to learn and focus on what they want to focus on with the offense and haven't had to worry about their coaches getting in the way. I love the idea of the players having the chance to do what they want to do with the offense. If they see something that needs fixing they can make that change and then tell OC Brian Daboll once the lockout is lifted. I'm not saying that coaches are bad because they aren't, but I do think that it is good to let just the players work together by themselves and see what works best, and this lockout is allowing them a lot of time to do just that.

I know I seem like I am doing a complete 180 with Chad Henne, but I thought a lot about it yesterday and I feel like Henne makes much more sense as a starter than Tyler Thigpen and a lot of the potential QBs that Miami could add. Henne knows the offense the best and has had a lot of time to learn and work on it.

There are only two players that I would want the Dolphins to start over Henne and a third that I think would have about a 50% chance of starting. The two starters are Kyle Orton and Carson Palmer, and the 50/50 guy is Vince Young. Orton is my hands-down favorite option and Palmer is another option that I would trust to lead the team. Young is a wild card who could either be great or awful. I tend to lean towards him being great if he came to Miami, but he could just as easily be awful.

I want to know what you guys think. I hope you liked and were able to follow what I was trying to say on today's post. Please let me hear your reactions with a comment (or two) below.

Thanks for reading.

Report: Miami Dolphins Not Interested In Pursuing WR Plaxico Burress

The Miami Dolphins are not interested in pursuing Plaxico Burress according to a report by Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald.

Salguero said that a source of his told him that the Miami Dolphins are "absolutely not" interested in Burress.

This puts the Plaxico discussion to rest, and I am glad that the Dolphins aren't going to try and get him. He just wasn't needed and would have further crowded a very talented WR group.

Hopefully this lockout will be over soon. According to this report the NFL and NFLPA are pushing for a deal in the coming weeks.

Thanks for reading, and let me know what you think about all of this.

I also want you guys to know that I am working on the Chad Henne interception video, and then I will be able to work on the other videos as well.

When Do You Think The NFL Season Will Start?

Today's post is more about the entire NFL and not just the Miami Dolphins, but I think it will be a good one. Gary gave me this idea, so you guys can thank him for it.

My question is, when do you think the NFL season will FINALLY start?

I'm sure there are going to be a wide range of answers. I am going to say that I don't expect it to start until we have missed a couple of weeks worth of games.

I think that mostly because Executive Director of the NFLPA DeMaurice Smith seems very stubborn and he looks like he is out to prove a point. I understand that he wants to look tough and all, but I think he is taking it too far. I understand some of you guys won't agree with me because I am just saying all of this based on this feeling I have.

Let me know what you guys think. I do have some good news. John and I flipped a coin to decide the fate of the lockout, and the coin said that we will have football this year. So, we can all relax and prepare for it to start. Go ahead and buy everything you need to prepare for the games (joking).

Thanks for reading, and let me hear it.

Who's Side Of The Lockout Are You On?

Today, I wanted to try something a little different involving not just the Miami Dolphins but also the entire NFL, its owners, and its players.

Today I want to ask you a simple question that will require a much more than simple answer: Whose side are you on? The Players or the Owners?

I am very interested to see where you guys will go with this, because it is a very touchy subject, especially when what we will be discussing is a topic that could leave us without the NFL next year.

So, let me know what you guys think. I think this will end up being a very good discussion.

Thanks for reading.

NFLPA Live Ustream Chat At Noon

I just wanted to let you guys know about a live Ustream that the NFL Players Association will be holding at 12 noon today.

The Ustream will include former NFL players like Floyd Little, Cornelius Bennett, and others. I have not been told exactly what the players will be talking about, but I would guess they will be discussing rule changes and the lockout.

I hope you will consider listening in. Here is the link:
http://www.ustream.tv/NFLLockout

I hope you guys enjoy listening and thanks for reading. Sorry about the short notice.

NFL Lockout and NFLPA Decertification Mean Big Problems For The Miami Dolphins

So, by now I expect that you guys have heard about the NFL Players Association decertifying, the NFL locking the players out, and the legal battle that is to ensue.

While this news stinks for all NFL fans, it will be even worse for fans of certain teams like the Miami Dolphins.

I am no expert on all of the legal stuff, but I have heard that the battle in court could last as long as six months. Six months from today would be September 12th, and the NFL season is scheduled to start September 8th. So, if the court battle between the NFL and NFLPA lasts anywhere as long as expected, then there could be some major problems for some teams.

Imagine an NFL season with no OTAs, training camps, or preseason. Some of you may not think that's a big deal, but it is a huge deal for teams with a new coach and new offenses to teach their players.

Enter the Miami Dolphins. The Dolphins have a new offensive coordinator who has to teach his players a new offense, they have huge questions at quarterback, and we don't even know who our starting running back is.

This is all bad news for Miami, because the longer the battle between the NFL and NFLPA lasts, the less time the Dolphins get to prepare for the season.

The one bright spot is that Chad Henne was able to learn the new offense. I am very glad that he was motivated enough to take the initiative and prepare for a potential lockout. I just hope he will be able to successfully teach the offense to the rest of the team. Because of this whole mess, I do think it will be smart to start Henne for, at least, the beginning of the season.

I am NOT on the Chad Henne bandwagon, though. I just think he will be the best option to start off the season because of the lockout. If he ends up doing really well and lives up to the hype that surrounded him at the beginning of last year, then more power to him, but I just don't see it happening.

I am still a huge Ryan Mallett supporter. I will be a fan of his as long as he doesn't go to a team like the Jets or Patriots, and when he ends up being extremely successful in the NFL, you guys can flood my inbox with praise. I promise I won't mind it at all. My email address is paul@dolphinshout.com, so you should add that to your contacts for when you need to send me praise.

Thanks for reading, and let me know what you think about the lockout, Henne, or Mallett with a comment. I look forward to seeing what you guys think. You may have also noticed that I didn't put up a post yesterday, and I apologize to anyone who was expecting it, but I was hoping to keep my post about the trifecta compared to the bifecta up on the top of the blog because I wanted to keep the conversation going.

We Need You, Miami Dolphins Fans, To Help Block The Lockout

As we all know, it is possible that we won't have football next year because of a lockout. I wanted to let you guys know about #LETUSPLAY day that NFL players will be participating in next Tuesday the 18th.

Basically, "Let Us Play" day will be an online blitz by NFL Players across social media outlets in an attempt to Block The Lockout.

We all want football next year, and we need to make sure that the "Let Us Play" message gets out. You guys can help by signing a petition to help "Block the Lockout" and then getting your friends to sign it as well.

The petition is at http://www.nfllockout.com, so be sure to sign it and then post on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter telling other people to sign it. It is important that you get the word out to tell people about the petition, because we need as many people to sign it as possible.

I, personally, can't stand the thought of no NFL for a year, and I am sure most of you feel the same way. Please be sure to sign it everybody.

Once again, here is the link:

http://www.nfllockout.com

Thanks for reading, now get to work.

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