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It’s Saturday afternoon out at the Miami Dolphins Training Camp and we are going to see the team scrimmage before
next weeks pre-season match up against the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I have mentioned in previous articles
that our defense should be fine but the real concern on this team has been for the last few years and continues to
be the offensive side of things. The offense is not completely jacked up but the most important position on the
field is in flux. John Beck doesn’t seem to be making any progress and Josh McCown is really just Josh McCown. I
can tell you Josh had the better afternoon in the scrimmage yesterday but I’m not comfortable with the quarterback
play on this team. I don’t expect any great progress before next weeks pre-season game either.
You may be wondering what happened with Chad Henne out at the scrimmage. I can tell you much of the same which
was described above and nothing to write home about. I must admit we really can’t expect too much from Chad Henne
because this year he is the rookie learning the new system and adjusting to the speed of the pro game. There was
some talk about the possibility of acquiring the services of wide receiver Terry Glenn. I don’t know what’s going
to happen but Terry Glenn could be a nice addition to a receiver core which is still really unproven. I’ll be out
at the stadium next Saturday night and hope to see something encouraging from our team on both sides of the ball.
I want to see the toughness and speed that I’ve seen in practice.
The one bright spot on this team to me appears to be the runningback position, Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown
seem to be ready to punish opposing linebackers attempting to stop the run. Ricky Williams is in incredible shape
and Ronnie Brown seems to have fully recovered from last year’s injury. If you were out at Training Camp you would
have had the opportunity to see Miami Dolphins Hall of Fame player Dan Marino along with other Dolphins alumni like;
Mark Higgs, Bobby Harden, Troy Drayton, Shawn Wooden, and O.J. McDuffie. I really appreciate the opportunity to see
our team out at Training Camp and from the cheers in the crowd, all the fans were appreciative of the opportunity to
see their team out at Training Camp.
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