The Phinsider
The Miami Dolphins have held two OTA practices and already people think the season is over.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Miami Dolphins are back on the practice field and some people are already calling it quits on the season. The team is struggling and, after two days of practice - with the media only allowed to see part of one of those workouts - there are people who are ready to pack it in for 2026. I promise you, the sky is not falling after two days of organized team activities.
This portion of the offseason training program allows for the first offense versus defense drills, but the team is working without pads and without contact. This is a time where playbook installation is being done and the basics are being worked out. The performance on the field on Tuesday and Wednesday this week is not the performance we will see on Sundays in September.
This one post on X from South Florida Sun Sentinel reporter Davis Furones seems to have sent fans into a frenzy:
You mean a speed receiver going into his fourth season with a chip on his shoulder after not reaching 1,000 yards on the season for the first time in his career last year came out ready to run? A speed receiver “burned” cornerbacks?
Yep - season must be over.
I mean, forget the positive of Jaylen Waddle being ready to burn people, only focus on cornerback Cam Smith limping and “burned...DBs.”
Yes, the Dolphins’ cornerbacks are a concern. It is May. Things will change between now and September. Cornerback Jalen Ramsey will be traded, providing the Dolphins with a roster spot and salary cap space that could be used to add a veteran, with rumors of Asante Samuel, Jr., and Rasul Douglas leading the way. Younger players like Storm Duck (second year), Kader Kohou (fourth year), Ethan Bonner (third year), and Smith (third year), along with veteran free-agent addition Artie Burns, must step up and prove they are ready to be key members of the defense.
Miami is betting their pass rush will be a factor in the pass defense this season, led by Jalen Phillips, Bradley Chubb, and Chop Robinson. In non-contact, non-padded practices in May, it is hard to judge how effective a pass rush is in disrupting an offense’s timing and aerial attack.
“In the outside linebackers room, we call ourselves the ‘Big Dawgs.’ We have that mantra because at the end of the day, we want to be the ones to change the game,” Chubb told the media on Wednesday about how they can help the secondary. “We want to be the ones that if we need a play, we’re going to be the ones that do it. So yes, we’ve got some inexperienced guys in the backend, but we all know who we are in that room and we take it upon ourselves not because, ‘Oh, we don’t believe in this guy,’ but because we want to walk the...
