Aug

12

Dolphins Week 3 Camp Stock Report

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Since training camp began, the reports on center Mike Pouncey had been ambiguous. 

We knew he’d be out due to hip surgery, and he was placed on the PUP list prior to the start of training camp. 

There were fears that Pouncey might miss more time than the original three months indicated—fears that weren’t exactly calmed by the signing of Samson Satele. 

It didn’t look very good, but then we saw news reports like this one from ESPN.com’s Walker where Pouncey claimed that he felt he was ahead of schedule. 

The Sun Sentinel‘s Kelly would then tweet this out on August 4:  

It sounded nice—just a tad optimistic—but then I got to see Pouncey with my own eyes (and a camera phone with an active Instagram account). 

As you can see in the picture I’ve linked to, there was Pouncey doing some resistance training, mainly working on his hips. 

These were not the actions of a man who, just a month prior, was undergoing hip surgery, nor did his gait seem to be affected as he walked off the field. 

These were the actions (and his walk was one) of a 25-year old man with the swagger to return to the field. 

It will take Pouncey a while to truly get into game shape, which from the looks of it he’s not quite ready for. But based off what I saw, based off what Pouncey has told the press, and based off Kelly’s observation of Pouncey, I don’t think we will be waiting as long for him as any of us originally thought. 

That’s a major reason to be optimistic, as we saw against Atlanta how well Miami’s first-team offensive line was able to play. 

Now just imagine that line with a Pro Bowl center.

 

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