Ascending in Miami

Good news for the Warrior Dolphins. For Samson:

Cameron also mentioned veteran offseason acquisition Chris Liwienski when he talked about the guard positions. With Hadnot no longer at center, the logical front-runner to start at center is second-round pick Samson Satele.

Cameron wasn't ready to announce anything Friday, pointing out that offseason pick-up Johnathan Ingram was doing a nice job at the position.

But being that the Dolphins did pick Satele in the second round, the best guess right now for a Dolphins starting offensive line would be Vernon Carey at left tackle, Liwienski at left guard, Satele at center, Hadnot at right guard and L.J. Shelton at right tackle.

For The Juggernaut:

The 6-foot, 270-pound Mauia also was impressive, showing good balance and quickness and sure hands catching the ball. Remember, not too long ago Mauia was a 380-pound nose guard.

And from that same page, for Tala, Reagan and Samson.

During Friday’s organized coaching session, the starting offensive line remained the same with Hadnot at RG, Ingram at C, Chris Liwienski at LG, L.J. Shelton at RT and Vernon Carey at LT.

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The second-team offensive featured LT Julius Wilson, LG Drew Mormino, C Samson Satele, RG Tala Esera and RT Mike Rosenthal.

Gibran Hamdan lined up at QB, with Lorenzo Booker at RB, Kyle Eckel/Reagan Mauia at FB and Kelly Campbell and Derek Hagan at WRs.

Not bad for some rookies, eh? Looks like they're poised to get a lot of playing time. Right on! Wish I could watch all their games this year.

UPDATE: Edgar Thompson of the Palm Beach Post writes:

The Miami Dolphins slew of early signings continued today when sixth-round pick Reagan Mauia inked a four-year deal with the team.

Mauia, a 6-foot, 270-pound fullback from the University of Hawaii, is the fifth rookie signed by Miami this week.