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Dolphins Back at Work

The Miami Dolphins were one of four teams to start their offseason workout program Monday

Alain Poupart

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Miami Dolphins players reported back for work at the Baptist Health Training Complex on Monday as the 2022 offseason program officially kicked off.

The Dolphins were one of four teams that took advantage of the two-week early start permitted because they have a new head coach. The other three were the Chicago Bears, New Orleans and New York Giants.

The other five teams with new head coaches — Denver, Houston, Jacksonville, Las Vegas and Minnesota — all chose to start things off next Monday.

Monday marked the start of Phase One of the offseason program, which will last for two weeks and consist of meetings, strength and conditioning, and rehabilitation but no field work.

The reality is that Monday was more than ceremonial than anything, and the Dolphins marked the occasion by posting several videos of players arriving at the facility.

Among those players shown were Tua Tagovailoa, Jaylen Waddle, Jerome Baker, Blake Ferguson, and newcomers, Connor Williams, Raheem Mostert and Cedrick Wilson Jr.

As a reminder, the entire offseason workout program is voluntary, except for the mandatory minicamp, which the Dolphins have scheduled for June 1-2.

Some players do have extra incentive to attend in the form of workout bonuses, and per spotrac.com the list of Dolphins players with such bonuses includes Xavien Howard ($100,000), Tyreek Hill ($100,000), linebacker Calvin Munson ($50,000), safety Eric Rowe ($50,000), Jerome Baker ($25,000), Zach Sieler ($25,000), Cethan Carter ($25,000) and Adam Shaheen ($25,000).

After Phase One, the Dolphins are scheduled to have a two-day voluntary veteran minicamp April 18-19, and that will be followed by Phase Two, which will last three weeks and will feature individual and group drills on the field but no offense vs. defense work.

The four-week Phase Three, which includes OTAs and the mandatory minicamp, will start May 16.

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Alain Poupart
ALAIN POUPART

Alain Poupart is the publisher/editor of All Dolphins and co-host of the All Dolphins Podcast. Alain has covered the Miami Dolphins on a full-time basis since 1989 for various publications and media outlets, including Dolphin Digest, The Associated Press, the Dolphins team website, and the Fan Nation Network (part of Sports Illustrated). In addition to being a credentialed member of the Miami Dolphins press corps, Alain has covered three Super Bowls (for NFL.com, Football News and the Montreal Gazette), the annual NFL draft, the Senior Bowl, and the NFL Scouting Combine. During his almost 40 years in journalism, which began at the now-defunct Miami News, Alain has covered practically every sport at one time or another, from tennis to golf, baseball, basketball and everything in between. The career also included time as a copy editor, including work on several books such as "Still Perfect," an inside look at the Miami Dolphins' 1972 perfect season. A native of Montreal, Canada, whose first language is French, Alain grew up a huge hockey fan but soon developed a love for all sports, including NFL football. He has lived in South Florida since the 1980s.

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