o-line news

[MikeO]

Miami Herald reporting Jamil Douglas has pulled ahead of Billy Turner for the starting RG position.

Thomas has locked up the starting LG spot.

Fox is cleared to play but probably will be held out this Thursday's game incase he has to play Week 1 at LT

[EDGECRUSHER]

New reports show that Albert may not be ready until Week 3, which is obviously bad news.

[MikeO]

New reports show that Albert may not be ready until Week 3, which is obviously bad news.

False reporter per the Fins. Looks like Albert will miss week 1 but could go by week 2. Not a given he misses Week 1 either

[EDGECRUSHER]

That would be fantastic, gotta start off 2-0 and that's a lot easier without Jason Fox starting at LT.

[CF DolFan]

Albert laughed about him missing three games and said it was news to him. He said don't believe it until you hear him say it and he doesn't know when he will be ready. Reiterated it could be the first game.

[Brian Fein]

I thought Thomas actually wasn't awful at LT.  Not nearly as bad as he was last season at RT.
Maybe he will be OK.  Apparently he is better on the left side, according to analysts.

[CF DolFan]

Hal Habib @gunnerhal
Reporter: Have you been as consistent as you want to be?
Billy Turner: At times I have. At times I haven't.

HAHAHAHA

[MikeO]

Jason Fox not practicing today. If Albert can't go Sunday Fins will have to use a 3rd string LT Week 1

[EDGECRUSHER]

If Fox is still not even practicing, then it must've been a pretty severe concussion and I don't think it would be crazy to say he won't be able to play for quite awhile. Hopefully, it's not needed.

[CF DolFan]

Albert is hopeful that he is playing. He may be on a pitch count based on being in shape but I'm guessing he plays.

[MikeO]

As of now it looks like Albert WILL start Sunday. Might be on a snap count and might not play every series at LT.

Jamar Taylor is probably going to miss the game Sunday at CB

[CF DolFan]

Albert is in the starting lineup for Sunday's game. I don;t think they will pull him unless they feel like they need to.

[EDGECRUSHER]

The thing about pulling Albert is that he has no backup, only the emergency one which is Dallas Thomas. So, we move our LG to LT and then what? If we pull Albert because we are up big, I hope that means we pull Tanny too.

[MikeO]

PFF Grades for the Dolphins Week 1 game vs Skins yesterday. Out of the 4 worst players yesterday 3 were on the o-line

Dead Last was Jamil Douglas (and he was dead last by a lot). One spot ahead of him was Dallas Thomas. Then 4th was Branden Albert.

Until that o-line is fixed (probably won't be this year) this offense will struggle. Even teams with a mediocre defense will have success against the Fins. A team like the Bills will eat the Dolphins alive

[CF DolFan]

PFF Grades for the Dolphins Week 1 game vs Skins yesterday. Out of the 4 worst players yesterday 3 were on the o-line

Dead Last was Jamil Douglas (and he was dead last by a lot). One spot ahead of him was Dallas Thomas. Then 4th was Branden Albert.

Until that o-line is fixed (probably won't be this year) this offense will struggle. Even teams with a mediocre defense will have success against the Fins. A team like the Bills will eat the Dolphins alive

It was only one game and we won playing horrible which I do take as a positive.   With that said there wasn't anything to get excited about on the O-line. It is still very bad after 4 years. Doing the same thing and yet expecting different results is insanity right?   Many of the concerns we had about o-line, linebacker and tight end were confirmed yesterday. Sadly I'm pretty sure that Tannehill will be learning a new offense next year.