Dolphins Camp: Day Seven Practice Report

The highlights, lowlights and noteworthy developments in practice Thursday

Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Zach Sieler (92) wears his helmet during training camp at Baptist Health Training Complex. / Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports

The Miami Dolphins were back in practice Thursday, with officials present for the first time this camp.

Attendance report at Dolphins practice: Not working Thursday were TE Jonnu Smith, WR Erik Ezukanma, RB Salvon Ahmed, C Ireland Brown, S Jordan Poyer, OLB Grayson Murphy, DT Neville Gallimore, LB Anthony Walker Jr. and CB Cam Smith.

Running back De'Von Achane wore the orange jersey as the practice player of the day for Tuesday.

Rookie tight end Hayden Rucci was tasked with pumping up the crowd before the start of practice.

New wide receiver Willie Snead IV was wearing 82, the number that belonged to rookie seventh-round pick Tahj Washington before he was placed on injured reserve.

The first competitive perid involved one-on-ones, with wide receivers going against cornerbacks from the 10-yard line on the field closest to the stands.

The highlights of that period involved two battles between Jalen Ramsey and Tyreek Hill and one between Ramsey and Jaylen Waddle. Hill beat Ramsey in the end zone on the first one, but Ramsey came back to knock down the other two passes.

Cornerback Siran Neal stepped in front of a Skylar Thompson pass intended for Malik Washington near the sideline for an interception.

On the flip side, Nik Needham struggled in a drill (which favors the offense) getting beat once for a touchdown and then being flagged for defensive holding.

In the first set of 11-on-11s, Emmanuel Ogbah got into the backfield immediately on a end-around to Jaylen Waddle and would have blown up the play in a live situation.

Zach Sieler would have had a sack of Tua in a live situation, but the play continued after Sieler stopped and Tua unleashed a beautiful deep pass to Tyreek Hill.

Rookie sixth-round pick Malik Washington had a hard time making catches, failing to come up with two tough but makable receptions. On the second, he initially bobbled the pass before Needham knocked it a way.

DT Teair Tart blew up a running play when he helped the left side of the defensive line pushed back the blocking wall.

Mike White had a nice throw in tight coverage to River Cracraft, who did a nice job of snatching the high throw.

Chris Brooks had a nice decisive run on the right side of the line on a play where guard Chasen Hines led the way.

Kader Kohou had a nice pass breakup on an outside throw to Hill, though Tua's throw was slightly behind Hill.

Snead had a short reception from White.

Rookie Mohamed Kamara would have had a sack when he burst through the middle and immediately got to White.

Tua's best throw might have been a short outside completion to Waddle in the face of a blitz.

Newcomer Curtis Bolton burst through the line to meet Jaylen Wright after Wright took a pitch.

The Dolphins ended the first competitive period with one play at the end of the first half from the 10-yard line, and Tua threw an incomplete pass before Skylar Thompson threw into coverage to Braylon Saunders and was lucky he wasn't picked off.

In the next 11-on-11, with the offense starting at its 35, Tua led the No. 1 group to a quick touchdown, which came on a 34-yard pass to tight end Julian Hill after he found himself wide open in the niddle of the field because of a bad breakdown on defense.

The first play of the drive was a nice 15-yard completion near the sideline to Hill.

The offense didn't move with either Skylar Thompson or Mike White at quarterback.

In Thompson's series, DT Jonathan Harris stuffed Jeff Wilson Jr. for no gain on third-and-1 and on fourth-and-1, Da'Shawn Hand and Chop Robinson got to White immediately after he faked a handoff.

The next series had the offense starting at the opponent 12 and Tua threw a touchdown pass to Waddle in the back of the end zone, after which Hill took the ball and punted a good distance toward the fans.

Braylon Sanders failed to come up cleanly with a pass from Mike White and it was knocked away by Storm Duck.

Jordyn Brooks had a nice leaping deflection on a swing pass to Tyreek Hill.

Je'Quan Burton had a nice diving catch in the end zone from Tua after there was some pressure that may or may not have resulted in a sack in a real game.

Among players who looked good on this day were Quinton Bell (again) and River Cracraft, while it wasn't a great outing for T Kendall Lamm and Malik Washington.

In a final 11-on-11 starting from midfield, Jalen Ramsey had blanket coverage down the left sideline against Cracraft, leading to a Tua incompletion.

On the next play, Tua threw a perfect pass on a quick slant to Cracraft to beat Ramsey despite great coverage.

And then Waddle easily beat Ramsey on a deeper slant on a third-and-3, catching a perfect pass in stride for a 43-yard touchdown.

White then took over at quarterback, and Washington had a nice catch over the middle.

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