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Monday, July 23, 2007
Soi Signed
Dolphins add defensive lineman Brian Soi
Monday | July 23, 2007by George Richmond
The Dolphins officially announced the signing of free agent defensive lineman Brian Soi on Monday, a move first reported on the FinHeaven Forums nearly two weeks ago.The Dolphins attended Soi's workout in Provo, Utah on July 7. As noted above, his rumored agreement with the Dolphins surfaced hours after he went unselected in the supplemental draft.
Soi, 22, was a third-team freshman All-American in 2005, his only season at Utah State.
After failing to qualify academically at BYU, he spent the 2003 season Hargrave Military Academy, where he registered 10 sacks in 8 games. In 2004, he transfered to Utah State but was ruled academically ineligible.
Finally getting on the field in 2005, Soi racked up 31 tackles (7.5 for loss), 4.5 sacks, 1 forced fumble in 11 games at defensive end. He also blocked a kick.
In 2006, academics once again kept Soi off the field. The 6-3, 317-pounder finally declared for the NFL's supplemental draft after being declared academically ineligible for the 2007 season.
Mormino signs: Updating previous reports, sixth round pick Drew Mormino signed his four-year deal on Monday.
Beck Signed
Dolphins ink quarterback Beck to four-year deal
Monday | July 23, 2007by George Richmond
The Dolphins secured their future at quarterback Sunday night, signing second round pick John Beck to a four-year contract. John Clayton reports Beck's deal is a thee-year deal with an option that will give him $2.25 million in guaranteed money.
Only four second round picks in the entire NFL have signed with their respective teams. Beck and center Samson Satele, chosen 60th overall, makeup half that number.
Beck's deal leaves WR/KR Ted Ginn, Jr. Miami's lone unsigned draft pick. However, the team and agent Neil Cornich are close to a deal and are working hard to get it done before Tuesday, when rookies camp gets into full swing.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Not Good...
Culpepper deserves better than this
By GREG COTE
gcote@MiamiHerald.com
The Dolphins' handling of Daunte Culpepper a year ago was bad enough -- ill-fated coach Nick Saban blindly wishing and allowing his mending quarterback into action before he was physically ready.
The Dolphins' handling of Culpepper under new coach Cam Cameron has been worse. Much. Bungled every which way.
We'd have thought it impossible for Saban to look good by comparison under any circumstance, but he does in this instance if only from the magnitude of wrong in the way Culpepper has been treated by the new administration.
It has been senseless from start to acrimonious end.
It has been grossly unfair to Culpepper.
It has levied a public relations mess upon the franchise.
It has worked on team chemistry like battery acid on flesh.
It has defied logic in terms of trying to make this team better.
We've questioned and doubted only one other major move of the Cameron regime: drafting receiver/returner Ted Ginn Jr. over quarterback Brady Quinn. In that case we'd at least admit it cannot be known for sure how wise or dumb that choice was until each man's NFL future has begun to define itself.
In this case we needn't wait to suggest the club's mishandling of Culpepper merits reproach on all fronts.
There was no surprise whatever in Tuesday's development in the saga -- the NFL Players Association filing a grievance against the Dolphins on behalf of Culpepper.
Leave it to the lawyers to figure out whether Culpepper's contract was violated when, on Friday, he reportedly was not permitted to practice with the team even after his and the club's doctors had cleared him physically to do so.
No law degree is required, though, to know the Dolphins would lose any grievance if the charge was a lack of simple fairness.
Culpepper has done enough in this league -- averaged 26 touchdown passes in his five healthy seasons -- to have merited at least a chance to win the starting job.
He has sweated enough in his arduous rehabilitation from his Oct. 30, 2005 injury to have damn well earned that chance.
Isn't competition at a position what makes teams better?
So why wouldn't you invite competition at your most important position?
Why would you hand the job to a man, in Trent Green, turning 37 and coming off a concussion-ruined season rather than make it an open battle between him and a man, in Culpepper, who is much younger, of a stronger arm, and so keenly motivated to prove all of his doubters wrong?
It's an affront to logic.
Maybe that's partly why FoxSports.com, in its new NFL rankings that put the Dolphins 27th of 32, calls Miami ``one of the more curious teams in the league.''
Even presuming Cameron knows more than the rest of us -- such as Green having a better grasp of the playbook, perhaps, or a conviction that Culpepper will never be as mobile as before -- why not see for sure across training camp and into the preseason?
Hey, you might be pleasantly surprised! Culpepper might be close to his near-MVP form of 2004. If not, at least there would have been the appearance of fairness. At least your players would be allowed to feel Culpepper was treated right -- that, in turn, they might be, too, if recovering from a serious injury.
Be assured that veterans on this team, locker room leaders, believe Culpepper deserves a chance. If only they would be brave enough to speak publicly as they have in private. If only the team's NFLPA representative, Jay Feely, had the gumption to say this situation smells -- that a player who toughs through some 20 months of rehabilitation, any player who does, deserves better than Culpepper has gotten.
The quarterback's frustration here is justified. You can understand his wanting his immediate release in lieu of a fair shot. You can even understand his trying to force that by threatening to make a trade all but impossible by refusing to renegotiate his contract.
After the way the Dolphins have treated Culpepper?
Any form of hardball coming back at the club -- the player's public noise, his threat to stop a trade, the grievance filed Tuesday, all of it -- is richly deserved.
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Rookies Impress
Ginn, Satele impress at minicamp
BY SARAH ROTHSCHILD
srothschild@MiamiHerald.com
The Dolphins saw underwhelming performances from several of their 2006 draft picks last season, but after the completion of minicamp Sunday, Cam Cameron had high praise for two rookies -- Ted Ginn and Samson Satele.
Ginn, the ninth pick in the draft, finished his first minicamp, and spent five practices sharing time as a return specialist and wide receiver since Friday. Satele, selected in the second round (60th overall), took snaps as the starting center.
Ginn is about 90 percent healthy after sustaining a foot sprain five months ago, but that didn't slow him. The former Ohio State standout showed speed as a returner, and routinely breezed past the secondary in passing drills.
''He was everything I thought he was and then some,'' Cameron said.
Cameron, who has a rule about not making comparisons, couldn't help but liken Ginn to a star wide receiver he coached as an assistant at the University of Michigan.
He blurted ''Des-,'' before stopping short of saying Desmond Howard, a Heisman Trophy winner at Michigan who went on to become a Super Bowl MVP with the Green Bay Packers in 1996 and a Pro Bowl player in 2000. Cameron relented and said, ``You mean Desmond . . . there are some legit comparisons.''
Cameron said Ginn's ability to handle returning punts and kickoffs in ''tough weather'' is a major plus, as is his prowess on special teams.
''There are a ton of receivers in this league who have no interest in being that punt returner,'' Cameron said.
He also was struck by how Ginn seems to catch the ball ``so effortlessly.''
Cameron characterized Ginn's development at receiver as a ``work in progress.''
Ginn, who has not spent most of his career as a receiver, needs to work on routes and technique.
''We're trying to make it as hard on him as we can,'' Cameron said. ``We're putting him on the line of scrimmage where he can't move. The worst thing we can do for him is to start moving him around and doing all the stuff where he can get free access.''
Cameron said Satele, a former University of Hawaii offensive lineman, demonstrated grit. In the past week, Cameron said Satele had five root canals, something this 6-3, 300-pounder didn't initially reveal.
''He never flinched, never said a word,'' Cameron said. ``I have never been around a guy that practiced a whole practice with one root canal. One thing we know is he is smart and he's tough, which goes a long way at that position. We're very pleased with his progress.''
PORTER ACHING
Linebacker Joey Porter did not participate in Sunday's minicamp because of back spasms, Porter and Cameron said. Porter began the practice icing his right knee -- the same knee he wore a brace on Friday and Saturday.
Cameron said Porter looked ''outstanding'' this weekend and let him rest as a precautionary measure.
NOTABLE
Defensive tackle Chase Page did not practice and rode a bike because of what Cameron characterized as a hamstring tweak.
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Hagan One Year Wiser
Dolphins receiver Hagan one year wiser
Second-year receiver Derek Hagan is displaying his ability in minicamp, and coach Cam Cameron likes what he sees.
BY SARAH ROTHSCHILD
srothschild@MiamiHerald.com
Dolphins receiver Derek Hagan is hoping to build on a 21-catch rookie campaig. Hagan 'can make catches I've never seen before,' according to coach Cam Cameron.
Wide receiver Derek Hagan spent last season as the fourth wide receiver on a Dolphins team that primarily used three. Now, with a new offensive-minded coach and a year of NFL experience, Hagan has a clearer shot at being one of the Dolphins' top three receivers.
During the third day of the Dolphins' final minicamp, Hagan showed glimpses of his talent. Hagan, the Dolphins' third-round pick in the 2006 draft, made several acrobatic catches, including one where he leapt in the back of the end zone and fell backward on a 20-yard pass from Cleo Lemon. For the record, referees ruled the catch out of bounds during a drill, but it had coach Cam Cameron buzzing.
''One thing I noticed about Derek, he can make catches I've never seen before,'' Cameron said Sunday. ``I'm really growing to appreciate Derek, and the reason I say that is if you could pick one guy that I'm on every second of every day it's Derek. I see something in him that I'm not sure he sees in himself.''
UP AND DOWN
Cameron said he's impressed by Hagan's ability to make spectacular catches, but would like to see the former Arizona State star show consistency.
On the play after Hagan's dazzling catch, Lemon threw the same route, but this time it resulted in a drop. Cameron said Hagan's issue is not his hands.
''He'll turn around and drop the one you and I can catch,'' Cameron said.
The solution?
''What do you catch the football with? You catch the ball with your eyes,'' Cameron said. ``Most guys think it's about their hands. Derek just has to be more disciplined at looking the ball. You are not the all-time Pac-10 reception leader if you can't catch a ball.''
As a rookie last year, Hagan played as a reserve in all 16 games, and had 21 receptions for 221 yards and one touchdown.
''I was still learning, every game we had, every practice we had,'' Hagan said.
Cameron said he sees a gem, and that's part of the reason he constantly pushes Hagan to improve. Cameron, a former wide receivers coach at the University of Michigan and San Diego Chargers offensive coordinator, has made a point of harping on Hagan during minicamp. He has offered both praise and constructive criticism.
Wide receiver Chris Chambers has noticed a different Hagan this offseason.
HARD WORK
''He's a lot more confident,'' Chambers said. ``He was a rookie last year, and for a receiver usually you don't come along for two or three years. He's worked extremely hard, he has his ups and downs but he always bounces back, and that's what makes him a good player.''
This offseason, Hagan said he has focused on honing his fundamentals, and said he expects to increase his production. He said those gains will come from his work ethic, whether that means arriving at the Dolphins facility before offseason workouts or staying afterward to reach 1,000 catches a day.
Hagan showed promise with the Dolphins almost a year ago. He had a strong training camp and competed to be the No. 3 receiver, but that role went to Wes Welker, who led the Dolphins' wide receivers with 67 catches. In his first five games, Hagan had only two receptions.
''When you're coming in as a rookie you're working hard, but the coaches expect you to drop off sooner or later,'' Hagan said.
``I thought I was all right, but things didn't go as well as we wanted.''
Even his high points, Hagan said, seemed meaningless because of the team's offensive struggles, and also its 6-10 record.
He caught a career-high six receptions for 66 yards against the Jets on Oct. 15 in a three-point loss.
The next week against Green Bay, he had five catches for 53 yards and scored his first touchdown on a Joey Harrington pass. That, too, seemed like a footnote.
''I was happy but we still lost the game, so it didn't matter that I scored,'' Hagan said. ``We still lost, I wasn't thinking about my touchdown, I was thinking about losing to the Green Bay Packers.''
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