Dolphins DeVante Parker continues to be unimpressive

The Miami Dolphins need to do something with wide-receiver DeVante Parker as his inconsistent and unimpressive training camp continues.

On Sunday, DeVante Parker had yet another bad practice. He dropped some passes, failed to get his body in position to shield off the defenders, his route running was poor, and Xavien Howard has pretty much owned him this entire training camp.

So what gives? Last year the Dolphins praised Parker and his off-season changes. Last year was supposed to be his break out season. It wasn’t. It was instead, much of the same. This year Parker changed his off-season routines again. He wasn’t letting negativity influence his play on the field but something happened between the off-season and the start of camp.

Honestly, I can’t remember a day when the media reported a big practice for Parker. Plenty of bad ones. Sunday was just another down-swing in a mediocre and inconsistent effort on Parker’s part.

At one point someone witnessing practice said that Parker looked to have hurt his hand on a jump ball but that was later in the session. Will it be yet another “injury” excuse for a player who has incredible talent but can’t seem to find a way to use it? Is the drive there? I’m not sure the desire to be the best exists anymore with Parker, if it ever did to begin with.

There are plenty of people, media and fans alike, who want to line up to bash Parker. I’m not one of them. I do call it like I see it. There is a problem with Parker. Something is in his head or not in his head. The Dolphins have not given up on Parker but maybe that time should be coming. Maybe the Dolphins need to think about a future without him.

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Adam Gase believes that Albert Wilson is an outside receiver and he played well in the first pre-season game. Parker needs to not be treated like a veteran. He needs to be put on the field. Play with the ones, the two’s, maybe even the three’s until he gets out of his own way.

Perhaps maybe the visual frustration is because of Xavien Howard. Is Howard so good that he is shutting Parker down every play or is Parker that bad that he is making Howard look like an island? I suppose we will find out soon enough but for now, Parker needs to step up his game. More and more he looks like he is going to be another in a long line of bad draft decisions.