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It's "go time"

This is the opportunity to reorganize the depth chart and give everyone who survived the first week a fresh start.

The Dolphins have a game on Saturday against Tampa Bay and that's when the first quarter report card grades come out. Last week presented a few pop quizzes, and not everyone did well. But they'll have a chance to recover.

Right now, during practices this week there are plenty of players who have some makeup work to do, and they better come out swinging for the sake of their starting role, or roster spot.

Here's my list of players who need to pick it up.

QB John Beck - He's clearly struggling, and the sad thing is it's not like the other two quarterbacks are burning it up. Beck's struggling to read the field, and the majority of his passes are checkdowns.

Reagan Mauia - The Juggernaut not only has a brick head, he's also got brick hands. He better be bulldozing some huge holes in the exhibition season or the Dolphins might opt to make an upgrade any day now.

Ernest Wilford - He's caught few passes than some of the undrafted rookie free agents in the first week. That's not good for a player who is considered your starter. Derek Hagan is tearing it up and he might deserve the opportunity to challenge for the started spot based on his performance.

Matt Roth - I haven't noticed him once, and that's a bad thing considering I REALLY watch line play. Not one tackle. Not one pressured pass play. Either the right side of the Dolphins offensive line is REALLY good or he's struggling to shed his blocker. He better get things in motion because Kendall Langford's right on his tail.

Shawn Murphy - He's struggling in the strength department, especially compared to fellow rookie Donald Thomas. Murphy is getting man-handed when going against a starting caliber player. He needs to pick it up, holding his ground.

Reggie Torbor - Akin Ayodele is gaining ground on him for the starting spot. It's not that he's not performing well. It's just that he's not getting many opportunities to challenge for the starting spot.

Jay Feely - His kickoffs have distance, but no hang time. He's one of the NFL's most accurate field goal kickers, at least last season he was. During training camp I've seen him miss a couple of easy ones and it's made me scratch my head, wondering if Dan Carpenter can really unseat him.

> Posted by Omar Kelly at 8:16:54 AM