Welcome to the Splash Zone, the quickest way to get your day started off right. We bring you a rundown of Miami Dolphins news from the last 24 hours.

The Miami Dolphins began OTA’s this week and yesterday was the first time media was able to watch the team practice. We’re really not going to learn much from these practices as the media is very limited in what they report. Regardless, there is some football to talk about at least. Compared to last year, the Dolphins had pretty good attendance as they were only missing four players with one of...

Jalen Ramsey is ready for a new start.

The Miami Dolphins and Jalen Ramsey have been headed to a summer divorce throughout this offseason, with the team needing to wait until after June 1 to make a deal due to salary cap ramifications. As we get closer to the start of June, multiple teams are believed to be interested in trading for Ramsey, which could lead to a bidding war, allowing Miami to receive more in return for the cornerback, despite the large salary cap number he is expected to have in 2025.

On Tuesday, five days before June 1,...

With Kevin’s series on past Miami Dolphins trades, I thought this would be a good time for this and the following question tomorrow night. For those of you, like me, who have been on this long and often exhausting journey of being a Dolphins fan, you have witnessed your fair share of trades. Some of those trades have been outstanding and yielded good to great dividends, such as the trade involving offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil, wide receiver Kenny Stills, and a sixth-round pick in 2021. The Tunsil trade provided the team, which was entering yet another rebuild, with a 2020...

Storm Duck awarded orange jersey for best practice performance.

As the Miami Dolphins continued their organized team activities in Miami Gardens, Florida on Wednesday, one player was recognized for their performance during Tuesday’s first OTA session.

Yesterday, cornerback Ethan Bonner shared the honors with EDGE rusher Jaelan Phillips. Today, another defensive back was wearing the orange threads — this time, cornerback Storm Duck!

With a trade of star cornerback Jalen Ramsey on the horizon, the Dolphins will need a youngster in the secondary to step up to fill the All-Pro’s massive shoes. Could Storm Duck be that player?

After joining...

We take a look back at the Miami Dolphins trade of safety Minkah Fitzpatrick to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Miami Dolphins used the 11th overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft to acquire a Swiss Army knife of a defensive player, selecting Alabama safety Minkah Fitzpatrick. Under then head coach Adam Gase, Fitzpatrick was initially listed as the backup behind Reshad Jones and T.J. McDonald at safety, but Fitzpatrick forced his way into the starting lineup for most of the season, with the Dolphins utilizing all three players on the field.

Miami fired Gase after the season, hiring Brian Flores...

Ten years ago, the Miami Dolphins added wide receiver Kenny Stills in a trade with the New Orleans Saints. We take a look back at that deal today.

The New Orleans Saints used a 2013 fifth-round pick on Oklahoma wide receiver Kenny Stills. In two seasons with New Orleans, Stills caught 95 passes for 1,572 yards with eight touchdowns. His 2014 season included 63 receptions for 931 yards, both remain his career highs.

Heading into the 2015 offseason, the Saints were reportedly shopping anyone on their roster, looking to rebuild after a 7-9 season and their first missed playoffs season...

The Colts owner sadly passed away last week at the age of 65.

The NFL was saddened last week when it was announced that Indianapolis Colts owner, Jim Irsay, had passed away at the age of 65. Irsay took over ownership of the Colts in 1997 when his father, Robert, passed away and worked in different departments with the team since 1982 before taking over. Though no announcement has been made yet, it is expected that Carlie Irsay-Gordon will assume ownership of the Colts after her father’s sudden passing. Check out what the Philadelphia Eagles, Cincinnati Bengals, and other NFL...

Summer is almost upon us. For those of us with kids or grandkids in school, they will be out for their Summer break, which will begin somewhere between this week and next, with most colleges already on their summer break. For many of us, this means some sort of big summer vacation or trip. Some will stay in-state, while others will travel somewhere else within the U.S., or even overseas, or at least out of the country. Luckily, just about the time all the kids are back in school, or have school starting just around the corner, both the college...

Two Dolphins players take home orange jersey honors during first OTA session of 2025.

The Miami Dolphins are back in action on the practice fields in Miami Gardens, Florida! With the return of voluntary offseason training activities, it also marks the return of Miami's prestigious orange jersey award given to the previous session's best practice performer!

And today we received a very first for the orange jersey award during Mike McDaniel's tenure as the team's head coach — a DOUBLE WINNER! That's right... two Dolphins players were rocking the orange threads at practice today!

Who were they?

Without further ado,...

It has been 20 years since the Miami Dolphins traded star cornerback Patrick Surtain to the Kansas City Chiefs. It is time to take a look back.

Somehow, 20 years have passed since cornerback Patrick Surtain was traded by the Miami Dolphins to the Kansas City Chiefs. It has been such a long time that Surtain’s son, Patrick Surtain II, is now a star cornerback for the Denver Broncos. It is not possible that this much time has already passed, but apparently it is true.

The Dolphins selected Surtain in the second round of the 1998 NFL Draft, pairing him...

The Miami Dolphins are on the practice field this week as phase three of the offseason training program begins.

The Miami Dolphins opened their first Organized Team Activities (OTA) of the 2025 offseason training program on Tuesday. This marks the ramp-up toward the mandatory minicamp cap practice in mid-June, the final event of the offseason. Following minicamp, team activities will cease for about a month before everyone reports back for training camp in July.

What is allowed over the next few weeks and when will the team practice? We have the remaining schedule for the Dolphins’ OTAs and minicamp right...

Dolphins sign CB Ryan Cooper Jr.

The Miami Dolphins made a couple of moves involving cornerbacks on Monday — just not involving the one cornerback (Jalen Ramsey) Dolphins fans have been expecting to be on the move for the last few weeks.

Miami placed Jason Maitre on the injured reserve list and in a corresponding move, signed 23-year-old defensive back Ryan Cooper Jr. to take his place. Cooper returns to the Dolphins after spending a brief period with the club earlier this year.

Cooper entered the league with the Baltimore Ravens after going undrafted in the 2024 NFL Draft. He...