This is just a reminder, and to some it may simply smack you into reality, as it just did me.  This coming Saturday, as in 4 days from now, is the NFL Hall of Fame induction ceremonies.  Sunday, which is 5 days from now, is the first pre-season game.  A week later, a full slate of games on tap as week 1 of the pre-season gets under way.  That is only a mere 10 days from now…if your a Miami Dolphins fan.  Miami plays Jacksonville on August 11th.
O.k. 11 days from now.  The first game of that week is a [...]

The Miami Dolphins are scheduled to practice this evening and the players are scheduled to do a fan autograph signing around 6ish at the training facility.  This mornings practice has been characterized as “exceptionally boring”.  One news reporter said he had just spent “X” amount of hours wasting his life, time he could not get back.
The Dolphins have seemingly been takeing it rather easy.  There have been some hits here and there, but the “oooohhhhs and ahhhhhhssss” have been relegated to sideline catches and non-contact Lorenzo Booker runs.  That of course will change.
Tonight many assume will be the first hard [...]

It was suggested that I write my thoughts on the subject matter for this weeks ATW.  The question is, “what will you be watching the most this training camp?“.
I have the answers to that question posted from various Miami Dolphin fan sites.  So now I will oblige the reader who suggested I do it as well.
I took the time to do a training camp breakdown on this site, position by position.  So in a way, I have a decent idea of what is important to me.  So I will break this down in cop-out fashion and anyone reading can feel [...]

The question posed to fans from all over the internet asked, “What will you watch the most of in training camp?”  The fans have responded, so without delay, here is this weeks ATW:  Around the Web!
From MiamiDolphinsInsider:
Todd:  “WR to me is the most interesting. Is the team going to start/demote/cut marty booker? Is Hagan going to start? How are Ginn/Hakim going to split playing time? Then we have the young longshots like Sutton/Malone/Sam. IMO, WR is the most wide open position in training camp.”
Irishfinfan: “If I was to pinpoint one thing it would be the rookies. This is [...]

We here at Phinphanatic.com are truly saddened by the loss of one of the great coaches of the NFL.  Bill Walsh, at the age of 75 has passed away after a long bout with Leukiemia.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.  Thank you Mr. Walsh, for all the memories. 

Bill Walsh – 1931 – 2007

“Brandon, I’m telling you, the Oline move is like this….but you have to say OLE!”

Here are some Miami Dolphins training camp pictures courtesy of Sun-Sentinel photographers Andrew Innerarity and Josh Ritchie. To see more camp photos, follow this link here to the Sun-Sentinel. More Photos. Enjoy! Click on an image to view in actual size.

The Miami Dolphins have entered day 3 of their training camp. 
Here are notes from the AM session:
LT Vernon Carey, LG Chris Liwienski, C Samson Satele, RG Drew Mormino and RT Anthony Alabi. – this is the starting oline this morning.
The starting line has been the same now for 3 days.  Alabi is still not 100 percent and can not run effectively.  With the situation the Dolphins are in with the offensive line, I wonder why the Oline has remained.  Greg Bedard of the Palm-Beach Post seems to find this concerning, and he cites the fact that Oline starters should be getting [...]

It seems that the Miami Dolphins are playing physical.  Practice yesterday turned into some thumping and grunting as the players got used to full pads.  Here are some Quotes from day 2 as well as some of the practice highlight notes as well.
Quote of the day belongs to Channing Crowder:

”Fans will start cheering like he just broke for 80 yards,” Crowder said in regards to long runs by the RBs. (they are not supposed to hit and let the RB go through them) “‘So we say, `OK, we’ll just knock the crap out of him.’ Fans don’t like that. Fans don’t cheer for [...]

I figured, while looking over some other great blogs, Phinsider comes to mind immediately, that a simple feature we should have here, is “readers Emails“.  Simply put, send an email with your comments, complaints, suggestions, and even your thoughts on the Phins.  Have a question you can’t find an answer to?  Ask us, let us do the leg work and the research for you.
We want this to be more than just a site for news, and opinions.  We want this site to be fan interactive.  A place for you, the fan, to have a voice…and to be heard.
You tell us [...]

Would you like to have your photos appear here on the Phinphanatic.com? If you are going to the Dolphins camp, I would be interested in posting pictures and archiving them for use in future blog entries. You will receive full credit for the photos you submit.
In addition, if you are going to camp and would like to breakdown the camp from your view, feel free to Email me with your assessment and I will blog that for you here as well. You of course will be given full credit for your submission on that as well.

It was only the first day of camp, but still, camp is camp and camp means football has returned to the world of Miami Dolphins fans…and if I could find a way to say camp is camp a few more times I would. But I camp…can’t sorry.
Brandon Fields – The rookie punter drew quite a few raised eye-brows when his kicks soared at times to 70 yards. YES, I said 70. It was reported by at least one media member that you “did not need to read a jersey number to see who was punting”. In [...]

Marion Dukes the rookie tackle for the Miami Dolphins has walked off the team.  Dukes will return to the Clemson Tigers as a student coach and finish his college degree according to the Miami Dolphins home page.
Head Coach Cam Cameron had this to say regarding Dukes:
“He came to me this morning and he’s going to go back and be a student assistant coach at Clemson,” Cameron said. “He’s a wonderful young man and we don’t feel like he’s running out on us. He had thought about it a great deal, didn’t want to waste our time and I respect him [...]

Here are a few comments made by coaches and players following their first morning parctice of the the training camp.
Vonnie Holliday on rookie Lorenzo Booker:  “This guy is impressive, he’s fast I can’t wait to see him actually get into a preseason game and get some carries and some catches out of the backfield. He’s so quick … and his ability to make a move and get north and south is impressive.” 
HC Cam Cameron on the first weeks of camp:  “Our major emphasis the first couple weeks of training camp’s going to be techniques and fundamentals. That’s the foundation we’re [...]