Summer Camp with the Fins

Boys and girls, ages 5-15, can participate in an interactive, week-long football experience featuring appearances by current and former Miami Dolphins' players. The camp focuses on football training, teamwork building and the importance of education. The goal of the Miami Dolphins Football Camp is for the children to develop skills that will help them succeed on and off the field.

 

Girls, ages 5-14, learn from the pros! In a non-competitive environment, these little ladies will learn dances and cheers, and attend etiquette and glamour classes taught by both current and former Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders. Age Groups: 5-7, 8-10, 11-14.

 

All camps are from 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Monday – Thursday and 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. on Friday.

 

Start Date: ASAP

End Date: July 25, 2012

camp dates:

 

Session 1: June 18-22 • Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL

Session 2: June 25-29 • Training Facility, Davie, FL

Session 3: July 9-13 • Southwest Florida Camp, Estero, FL

Session 4: July 9-13 • South Dade Camp: Felix Varela High School

Session 5: July 16-20 • Palm Beach Camp: Jupiter High School

Session 6: July 23-27 • Boca Camp: Boca Raton High School

 

Enter "fanclub2012" on the form (where it asks for a promo code) to take $25 off of the registration price.

 

Also, be sure and answer "Where did you hear about camp?" with "Bitchin

 Dave"

 

http://www.miamidolphins.com/finatics/fins-kids/youth-programs/spring-summer-camps.html

 

 

 

 

Look for Michael Egnew to be one of Tannehill's top options

Tannehill (Red) and Egnew (#84) in dolphins rookie minicamp 

When Tannehill was drafted many fans wondered who the Dolphins would draft to be Tannehill's number one guy and many assumed it would be a WR. However the Dolphins drafted a TE instead of a WR in the 3rd round and the two already have a connection. “Before I even (arrived in South Florida), he was texting me picturesof the playbook,” Egnew said. “He was just trying to get me acclimated to their offense, which was quite a different offense than what we had in Missouri.” Egnew was a WR turned TE and is a vertical threat and a defensive mismatch. In rookie minicamp Tannehill looked like he was in control of the offense and looked comfortable and threw a TD pass to Egnew during drills. Both Tannehill and Egnew will probably not take many 1st team reps in the beginning of camp, however they can both build a relationship with each other on the 2nd string squad. I believe this relationship will be important because I see Tannehill starting fairly early in the season and I also see Egnew as an impact player who can play significant time at around mid-season. The Dolphins need a safety blanket for Tannehill and if Egnew can turn out to be it that would be great for both their young careers and hopefully in the future.

Ireland helps himself with a solid draft

Ryan Tannehill and his family > Ted Ginn and his family

Jeff Ireland has taken a lot of heat this season. Some of it he deserved and some he didn't because it was out of his control, like when he pursued Manning. However I now think we can now stop the fire Ireland chants and protests outside the stadium. I know that you can't necessarily draw conclusions after a draft because you never know, but I think Ireland really did have a good draft and showed he could take some risks.

The safe pick at number 8 could have been a defensive/offensive lineman who could come in and contribute right off the bat because Ireland was on the hot seat. It would have been a safe pick and there would not be any real risk. However in the future that pick might not have been the best option when we look back at it. It was about time that the Dolphins took a QB and a risk in the draft and if Tannehill turns out to be a good player we are in the playoffs. The same can't be said about a lineman.

We were able to sure up the right side of the line with the addition of Jonathan Martin who was projected to go in the 1st round before the draft. In the 3rd we selected Olivier Vernon and Michael Egnew. Vernon has 2nd round talent but character issues made him slide a little bit, but when he is on the field he could flat out dominate. We needed a pass rusher opposite of Wake in the new 4-3 base defense we will be running and we got it. Next we got Egnew who was a WR but converted to TE. He is the insurance policy Tannehill needs and we needed a pass catching TE. Yes we do have Clay and Fasano but at times Clay could always slide to FB and Fasano is more of a blocking TE and anyways at times in the Texas A&M offense they utilized 3 TEs.

Lamar Miller who we selected in the 4th, in my opinion, was the steal of the draft. Miller could have gone as high as the late 1st or 2nd round but he slid all the way to the 4th because he had shoulder surgery and health is a concern. However Miller has home run speed and it was a luxury that we got him even with Thomas and Bush. Bush will be used more as a WR in this offense and Thomas could serve as that goal line back. Imagine the speed we will have with both Bush and Miller on the field at the same time.

Kaddu in the 5th is a good coverage LB and don't mind the pick. Cunningham, our 6th round pick, is a good west coast WR. He is one of the better slant runners and although he does not possess elite speed he is more than willing to make the tough catches in the middle of the field. The DT Randell and the WR Mathews are also good prospects who could make and impact in a few years.

The more I look back at the draft the more I like it. WR could still be considered a need, but like Philbin said in his offense their is no #1 receiver. This could be a good sign because that might mean someone like Roberto Wallace has made enough of an improvement to become a #1 receiver or maybe they like Legedu Naanee.

Also on another note Tannehill said yesterday when interviewed at the press conference that he already  knew 75% of the playbook and another report stated that Philbin said that Tannehill had the playbook down within 3 hours. Tannehill is a smart guy and I recently watched a video of Gruden's QB camp and was impressed on how much Tannehill knew and you can tell Gruden was impressed as well. He also said that he has never seen a QB teach a WR first hand how to run a route and was impressed. I strongly recommend that you watch the video to not only see Tannehill but get a sneak peak at the offense we will run. I now wouldn't be surprised if Tannehill beats out Moore and Garrard for the starting job in week 1. He knows the offense and even though he lacks experience Flacco and Sanchez both started right off the bat with even less games started.

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A ray of hope?

Finally. After more than 12 years and 5 head coaches, the dolphins finally got some sense knocked into them and drafted a QB in the first round. None of us know if Tannennhill is any good or if he will work out. But at least the team finally made an effort. Now whether Stephen Ross forced Irelands hand is anyones guess, but you have to believe there was some influence there in spite of both of them saying otherwise. And so it goes. Ireland's future will be linked to the young QBs success. Now the question is whether Ireland drafted the "immediate impact" player or if Tannennhill will sit on the bench the whole year. I hope he gets a chance to compete and grows with the new head coach.

Ryan Tannehill is the right choice

Picture taken from NFL.com

There it was, the moment we had been waiting for since free agency ended. With the 8th overall pick the Miami Dolphins selected the QB out of Texas A&M, Ryan Tannehill. Tannehill wasn't a big surprise to many but I think if another team not named the Dolphins had the #8 pick and they chose him it would have been a surprise. The reason for this is because I think Tannehill is perfect for the Dolphins. His head coach is our offensive coordinator, we have Philbin who developed Rodgers, Tannehill knows the offense because he ran it in college, and we also have the luxury to not be forced to start him day 1. Nobody else knows as much as Sherman does about Tannehill's potential and he was convinced he would be great and if Sherman thinks so, so will I. Get excited Dolphin fans, this should be a fun journey.

The season of false information and deception

Don't you just love this part of the offseason? Everyone has a mock draft out and speculation is running wild. Along with all this comes false information and a lot of smoke screens, causing teams to release any false information just to get a leg up in the game. Take for example what just happened with the whole thing about Ross wanting the Dolphins to draft Tannehill from PFT. It was originally reported on PFT but was then later denied by Armando, but then confirmed by Peter King and then denied by the owner himself Stephen Ross. No one knows for sure which is true besides the Dolphins themselves.


Now the Jaguar's director of player personnel Terry McDonough said that “people know Miami’s going to take [Tannehill], if a team wants a quarterback they're going to have to come in front of Miami." 


If you are a Tannehill, as strange as this is going to sound, this is actually a good thing for the Dolphins. The reason being that this shows that the Jaguars have not received any legitimate calls about trading up to the #7 spot because if they would have they wouldn't have said anything. They are trying to sell the 7th spot and so far there are no buyers. 


It's the draft season and usually most the information out there is not reliable and are mainly smoke screens for teams to gain the mental advantage.  Just make sure to take everything as a grain of salt and not look too much into it. 

Draft Meet Up

Fyi

From: "Nate \"Igor\" Smith" <drivenbyboredom@gmail.com>
Date: April 23, 2012 5:40:47 PM EDT

If there is anyone planning on making the trip to NYC for the Draft clearly you guys should meet up with us, but Michelle and I are doing our 4th anual draft event and it would be awesome if you guys could let your fans know about it... here are the details:

Thanks guys!

http://www.dolfansnyc.com/2012/04/23/dolfans-nyc-at-the-draft/