The Dolphins are holding their second practice of training camp this morning, but their franchise quarterback is reportedly across the state in Bradenton.
Ryan Tannehill, still squabbling with the Dolphins over ?offset language? in his contract, has checked into IMG Academies to train with former Florida State quarterback Chris Weinke, according to ESPN?s Chris Mortensen. Weinke, the director of football operations at IMG?s Madden Football Academy, also trained Cam Newton during last year?s lockout.
According to the report, Tannehill brought his Dolphins iPad playbook with him, and ?has a full staff of strength and conditioning coaches, a performance coach and a certified athletics trainer at his disposal.?
Meanwhile, back in Davie, today will be David Garrard?s turn to work with the first-team offense, after Matt Moore got the snaps yesterday.
Below, we have the live updates from practice at the top, followed by post-practice quotes from several players and coach Joe Philbin:
* Brian Hartline took a couple reps with the first team offense today, after playing mostly with the twos on Friday, but the top three receivers still appear to be Chad Johnson, Legedu Naanee and Davone Bess. Julius Pruitt got some looks in four-WR sets, and he and Roberto Wallace are clearly the fifth and sixth guys right now. Hartline didn?t really practice on Saturday and is clearly still dealing with the after-effects of his appendectomy from this summer.
* Garrard connects with Pruitt on a really nice 25-yard seam route with Vontae Davis and Tyrone Culver in coverage. Crowd goes wild.
* Chris Clemons, hobbled all last season by a hamstring injury, is sitting out this practice with some sort of right leg injury (he?s wearing a compression sleeve). Culver and Jimmy Wilson replace him at free safety.
* Charles Clay looks FAST when catching and running. This guy is going to be lining up all over the field.
* Hartline and Clemons have completely removed themselves from practice and are now working with a trainer off to the side.
* Artis Hicks continues to work as the starting right guard, John Jerry is working with the second team and Eric Steinbach is at left guard with the second team. TE Jeron Mastrud is also getting reps with the first team offense, along with Anthony Fasano and Charles Clay.
* In 11 on 11 drills, Richard Marshall, not Vontae Davis, is paired up with Sean Smith at cornerback. And Jimmy Wilson is lined up at free safety in Clemons? spot.
* Garrard does a really nice job of avoiding the rush and floating a perfect pass to Charles Clay for a big game, just over the out-stretched arms of Jimmy Wilson. But it may have been a sack in real football. But Garrard can?t connect with Reggie Bush on a screen pass, floating the ball a little too high.
* Couple of bad drops by Daniel Thomas and Jerome Messam in passing drills. Messam needs to have an excellent camp to beat out Steve Slaton for the fourth tailback spot.
* Speaking of Slaton, he limped off the field with a trainer toward the end of practice. Curious to see if this is a cramp or something more serious.
* Garrard threw a beautiful deep sideline pass to Chad Johnson, while Moore threaded the needle perfectly to Chris Hogan down the seam. Johnson also drew a nice pass interference penalty on Jimmy Wilson.
* Second-round pick Jonathan Martin, plugged in as the starting right tackle, needs to work on his jump off the ball. Saw him false start at least two times today, probably more.
* Richard Marshall took a couple of reps as the outside cornerback instead of Vontae Davis, and rookie Olivier Vernon took a few of Cam Wake?s snaps.
* The Dolphins will put on the pads for the first time on Sunday after going through a ?climatization period? for the first two days of camp. Joe Philbin anticipates having his players put on pads for most practices, but ?I doubt you?ll see us in pads for three hours straight in practice, so we?re going to pick our spots.?
* Roberto Wallace and Julius Pruitt have been getting a lot of buzz to be the final receivers to make the roster, and Philbin has noticed them, too. ?I think they?ve caught the ball very well,? he said. ?You watch them run around the practice field they?re the first guys in their drills, they?re hustling. I love their attitude. We?ll see as the camp unfolds, but I think those two guys definitely have a future.?
* Pruitt, entering his fourth season out of tiny Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) College, wants to catch touchdowns and be a star receiver, but understands that excelling on special teams is his best way of making the roster. ?It?s all about finding your role, and if that?s my role, I?m gonna be the best at it,? he said.
* New guard Eric Steinbach has almost exclusively played left guard throughout his eight-year career with Cincinnati and Cleveland, and has been playing left guard with the second team through two days of training camp. But the Dolphins? hole is at right guard, and Steinbach, who missed all of 2011 following back surgery, is willing to play anywhere on the line. ?You put the best five up front,? he said Saturday, ?and as long as I?m healthy and getting the system down, I feel confident that I?m one of the best five.?
Reggie Bush runs sleds by himself after practice. Hard Knocks cameras were eating it up / Ben Volin, Post staff
Tags: Chris Mortensen, Chris Weinke, David Garrard, Matt Moore, Ryan Tannehill
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