After reading day after day of reports from camp the only player with glowing reports day after day has been Marcus Vick. Now even Marvez at the Sentinel is saying “Converted QB Marcus Vick continues to catch everything thrown in his direction, working well with backup QB Joey Harrington, who was playing against the first-team defense.”
Could he be the next Randle El? And even though Booker caught a TD pass yesterday he doesn't instill a sense of security in me.
As I sit in amazement as another childhood action hero of mine has completely disgraced himself (Mel Gibson) I am still too excited for football’s start to worry too much about anything else. I take that back, there are plenty of world events that bother and concern me but that doesn’t mean the NFL can’t keep us preoccupied while the rest of the world seems to crash down around us.
On to the football. It seems weather stopped the party for fans at camp and the heat on both days equaled cramps for many players. From most of the reports I’ve read and some coverage on the NFL Network it seems everything is moving smoothly. I’d like to hear more about Vick as WR as there are some great pictures of him from camp on the Sentinel’s site. There’s little mention of him on special teams either.
Most important though is Daunte and Joey. They’re the keys. And again the reports seem light on info except to talk about defenders intercepting or knocking down passes. Surprisingly the Palm Beach Post’s Jeff Darlington has a pretty good blog here. He’s finally updating it with reports and it fills in some gaps that I just mentioned.
The bad news is that Jason Allen is still not in camp. It’s too bad that almost every other first rounder has reported and he hasn’t. Everyone keeps saying he’s going to be a starter this season, but if he stays out of camp I don’t see how. Otherwise I’m just too happy that there will be news all around the web for the next six months about the Dolphins. Thank goodness, because you can only watch so many baseball games.
I knew this off-season was going too smoothly. It looks like Jason Allen is going to be a no-show for camp because he wants a five year deal instead of a six year deal. It’s interesting that only picks 1-16 can sign six-year deals though. Allen’s even left Florida to be with his family. And Huizenga even said he didn’t want holdouts this year. That doesn’t seem to be the case. This is the stupidest thing in the NFL right now. How do we fix it? Rookie salary caps?
It sounds like Daunte is ready to go for camp when it opens on Saturday. There won’t be any contact on the quarterback so he should get a full slate of practices from camp. That’s excellent news. If he can work on his timing with Chambers things will most likely go well for us. Saban spoke of Daunte even playing a pre-season game. That’s really surprising. He didn’t say he would necessarily but the fact that it’s even being considered speaks volumes to Daunte’s health.
We’re still waiting on Jason Allen and Darek Hagen to sign. Is anyone else tired of this “let’s wait until the last second” crap across the league?
