Vernon Carey News

The Miami Dolphins Monday signed offensive lineman Andrew Gardner, the team's sixth-round pick out of Georgia Tech.

Felix Adamo/ The Californian NFL star Joey Porter once again came home to Bakersfield to direct his Joey Porter Boot Camp for young footballers.

How good was the guy they call Googs? "Well, considering I'm 5-foot-8, and at the time 270 pounds," says Dave DeGuglielmo, the Dolphins ' new offensive line coach.

Fighting in a phone booth. That's the analogy Jared Tomich uses when the former NFL lineman tries to explain the hand-to-hand combat football requires on every single play.

To hear Dolphins coach Tony Sparano tell it, some of Pat White 's best throws at this minicamp have been the ones that sailed well beyond the back of the end zone.

The absence of Donald Thomas opens the chances for Brandon Frye to complete a rapid rise from the Houston Texans' practice squad.

Jake Long never looked overwhelmed in 2008, at least off the field. Not around barking coaches or testing veterans at training camp.

Carey, a four-year starter, signed a six-year, $42 million deal that made him the highest paid right tackle in the NFL .

Has anyone else noticed that the Miami Dolphins have been doubling-down on positions in the draft.

This is a transcript, provided by the Miami Dolphins, of a news conference with Dolphins GM Jeff Ireland regarding the 2009 NFL Draft.

Twitter Dolphins select OT Andrew Gardner in sixth round The Dolphins just made their sixth-round selection and it is offensive tackle Andrew Gardner of Georgia Tech, who obviously will compete to be a backup behind Jake Long and Vernon Carey.

There has been a lot of attention paid during the past two months about Andre Smith's off-the-field issues, but when it comes to the tape and how he performs on the field, there have been very few detractors.

The Dolphins invested three draft picks in defensive ends last year, and there are six outside linebacker projects - Matt Roth, Charlie Anderson, Cameron Wake, Quentin Moses, Tearrius George and Erik Walden; presently on the roster.

S Gibril Wilson, a big-money free agent a year ago in jumping from the world-champion New York Giants, was signed after being released by Oakland.

If the Miami Dolphins plan to draft a young nose tackle this year they must use one of its earlier picks to doso because I'm told those players will be in great demand this year considering 14 teams are now running some version of a 3-4 defense, which is built around the nose tackle position.

Mar 30, 2009 2:14 pm US/Eastern Face the Jacksonville Jaguars and Carolina Panthers at Dolphin Stadium Take on New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the road.

The recent news that Chad Henne is expected to start at quarterback for the Miami Dolphins in 2010 instead of Chad Pennington caused a bit of a stir.

By Andy Kent MiamiDolphins.com It's only been a month since the NFL Combine, yet enough has transpired since those four days in Indianapolis that Dolphins Head Coach Tony Sparano found himself facing a whole new line of questioning this morning at his breakfast with the media in Dana Point, California, site of the league's annual meetings.

Dolphins coach Tony Sparano, speaking Tuesday at the NFL meetings, touched on a number of topics: On re-signing offensive tackle Vernon Carey, linebacker Channing Crowder and safety Yeremiah Bell: "We spent at the end of this thing $70 million on three players to make sure those players were here.

The Miami Dolphins have traded center Samson Satele to the Oakland Raiders for an undisclosed draft pick.