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Eyewitness Reports | Future Schedule | My Comments | Related Links TODAY'S SUMMARY: The Dolphins conducted one full-pads practice on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 in the full South Florida heat. It was another tough practice, including some interesting battles, but the biggest news for Saturday was not who was on the field, but who was off of it. LB Joey Porter sat out his second straight practice to rest his knee and is being evaluated by doctors. He is having some recurring soreness in his right knee after have an arthroscopic procedure on it in May. He has also been spotted wearing a brace on the knee during practice. However, it does not appear that this is a serious injury at this time. Porter is a relatively older player and is bound to have some soreness in training camp. Coach Cameron has been giving his veterans plenty of leeway as far as taking practices off to rest their aches and pains and the fact that Porter has missed a practice or two is not cause for serious concern. On the field, the offense worked on the quick passing attack on Saturday, with quarterbacks taking 3 step drops and firing quickly to running backs and tight ends. They also worked on the red-zone offense and had the 2nd team defense working against the first team offense. Encouragingly, the offense scored on 3 of 4 plays with Ronnie Brown carrying the ball all four times. Onlookers agreed that Ronnie Brown had his strongest performance of training camp on Saturday, catching short passes and converting several of those into long gains. Add that to his 3 scores in the red zone and Ronnie looked very strong on Saturday. The quarterback of the day was Trent Green, who looked the strongest among a shakey crowd. Cleo Lemon did not have his best day. And Travis Daniels had one interception caught and another one dropped. Daniels is getting noticed routinely for his play and it's almost entirely been in a good way. It will be difficult for Andre Goodman to unseat him when he returns. The team took Sunday off and will return to the practice field on Monday.
There wasn't much written about any of the wide receivers on Saturday, so that battle seems essentially unchanged. As I wrote earlier, Travis Daniels continues to make a case for retaining the starting cornerback spot, even when Andre Goodman returns. Rodrique Wright and Paul Soliai are the second string defensive tackles, while Jason Allen remains a backup at cornerback - probably behind Michael Lehan. And it looks more and more likely that Anthony Alabi and Drew Mormino are the starting right side of the offensive line, but we may have an explanation. Coach Cameron said that Alabi worked extra hard to learn the entire playbook quickly. If that is what put him in the starting lineup, it may prove to be an effective motivator for the rest of the team.
None reported.
In addition to Joey Porter, Safety Yeremiah Bell (left hip pointer), tight end David Martin (strained groin) and offensive tackle Mike Rosenthal (strained shoulder) also didn't practice. Andre Goodman and Joe Toledo remain on the PUP list.
Nothing new today. As always, the Palm Beach Post has the most complete and detailed camp reports.
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It was good to hear that Ronnie Brown finally broke out of his shell and made some big plays - even if it was against the second string defense. The starting running back is a huge part of Cameron's offense and Brown will really be tested this year in a way that he's never been tested before. Under Coach Cameron's tutelege, Ronnie Brown will have the chance to prove that he is worth the first round draft pick and the money being spent on him. Unfortunately, it looks like Jason Allen is not living up to his expectations. He could still blossom and become the player that the team hoped he'd be, but right now it doesn't look good. If the season started today, he'd be the number 4 cornerback and that would be without Andre Goodman in the lineup. I think it's fair to say that the jury is still out on Ronnie Brown as far as whether or not he deserved to be picked number 2 overall in the draft, but Jason Allen is rapidly closing in on the "bust" label.
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