As I was looking over the current Dolphins roster, it occurred to me how intense this training camp will be. In my opinion, Dennis Hickey and Mike Tannenbaum have done a stellar job at acquiring talent.
That is good news for the Dolphins as they do appear to have a very competitive team to field this season. However, it will make for some very difficult cuts during the preseason. Here is my early prediction on the roster shaping up. 1. Ryan Tannehill – Starting QB 2. Matt Moore - Backup QB 3. Jarvis Landry - Starting WR 4. Kenny Stills – Starting WR 5. Greg Jennings – Starting WR 6. DeVante Parker - #4 WR 7. Matt Hazel - #5 WR 8. Lamar Miller – Starting RB 9. Damien Williams - Backup RB 10. Jay Ajayi - #3 RB 11. LaMichael James – KR/Backup RB 12. Jordan Cameron – Starting 1a TE 13. Dion Sims – Starting 1b TE 14. Arthur Lynch – Backup TE 15. Branden Albert – Starting OT 16. Ja’Wuan James – Starting OT 17. Jason Fox – Backup OT 18. Jeff Linkenbach – Backup OT/OG 19. Jamil Douglas – Starting OG 20. Billy Turner – Starting OG 21. Dallas Thomas - Backup Guard 22. J.D. Walton – Backup Center/Guard 23. Mike Pouncey – Starting Center 24. Cameron Wake – Starting DE 25. Olivier Vernon – Starting DE 26. Derrick Shelby – Backup DE 27. Terrence Fede – Backup DE 28. Ndamukong Suh – Starting DT 29. Earl Mitchell – Starting DT 30. Jordan Phillips – Backup DT 31. C.J. Mosely – Backup DT 32. Anthony Johnson - Backup DT 33. Koa Misi – Starting Middle Linebacker 34. Jelani Jenkins – Starting WLB 35. Chris McCain – Starting SLB 36. Spencer Paysinger – Backup SLB/MLB 37. Jordan Tripp – Backup WLB 38. Mike Hull - Backup WLB/Special Teams 39. Zach Vigil – Backup MLB 40. Reshad Jones – Starting SS 41. Louis Delmas – Starting FS 42. Walt Aikens – Backup FS 43. Michael Thomas – Backup SS 44. Brent Grimes – Starting CB 45. Jamar Taylor – Starting CB 46. Brice McCain – Nickle CB 47. Zack Bowman – Nickle CB 48. Bobby McCain – Backup CB 49. Will Davis – Backup CB 50. Tony Lippett – Backup CB/WR/S 51. Brandon Fields – Punter 52. John Denney – Long Snapper 53. Kicker - ( Not Sure Who) My Thoughts • Some of the players are going to likely make it due to the position depth and talent. Dallas Thomas is paid peanuts and is not near as bad of a guard as he is a tackle. He will likely be kept for depth at guard based on what he is paid. If they were to sign someone like Evan Mathis that would change, but as of now I would expect him to make it do to the lack of depth at guard. • I did not name Caleb Sturgis the kicker. I think he is going to end up going against a veteran like Jay Feely • LB is a hard one for me – I kept Mike Hull and Zach Vigil over Kelvin Sheppard and Jeff Luc. I feel like Hull and Vigil offer more on special teams and the team may try to use Paysinger as the back-up MLB to Misi if needed. • I kept Matt Hazel as my #5 WR. Rishard Matthews is probably a better WR currently. However, the Dolphins took steps to keep Hazel protected. Hazel will be around for years if he shows something. Matthews is almost certainly in his last year with Miami. I would not be shocked if the team only goes with 4 WR’s to open up another roster spot if needed. My thinking is the team can slide Jordan Cameron to WR in 4 WR sets. They will be doing this with motion a lot anyway. Also, I think Tony Lippett can serve as an emergency wide receiver • Miami is completely stacked at DT – I kept AJ Johnson as a # 5 DT but that could easily go to AJ Francis or even Deandre Coleman as well. They may end up working out a trade during the preseason. • I like to keep a lot of CBs. It is a passing league now and you simply get torn apart by guys like Tom Brady when you have a bad cornerback. So I tend to leave other spots thin to make sure I have plenty of DBs. It probably will be hard to keep both Will Davis and Bobby McCain but that is the direction I went. There you have it, my 53 man prediction. The final 10 roster spots look very competitive to me. I would love to hear what other Dolphins fan predict the 53 will be. This column was written by Chad Ronnebaum. Follow him on Twitter: @Gofins4SB
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