Minicamps Day 2: Bess Impressing

Davone Bess continued to impress in Day 2 of Dolphins rookie camp.

Offensive coordinator Dan Henning, a veteran of 28 NFL seasons, likes what he has seen from rookie wideout Davone Bess.

Sure hands. Sharp routes. Nice dreads.

He has stood out among the 30 undrafted players in this weekend's rookie mini-camp.

"I see a player that has pretty good ball skills," coach Tony Sparano said.

The full Sparano quote can be found in this Sun-Sentinel blog post.

Harvey Fialkov of the Sun-Sentinel profiles Bess. The article has quotes from June Jones, Sparano as well as Ron Lee, who has high praise for him.

"I don't understand it," said Lee, whose four receivers from last season are all in NFL camps. "We throw the ball, pitch the ball and we run fast routes.

"Why wouldn't you want a receiver who studies defenses, knows coverages and how to get open off the line?

"Davone is so quick, no one will be able to jam him at the line. He has a tremendous feel about the seam and not getting there until the ball is in the air. You can't teach that."

From the Dolphins site, Bess talks about having something to prove after not getting drafted.

"I didn't run a good 40 at the Combine, but a lot of scouts knew I wasn't a 4.3 guy but I have no idea (why he wasn't picked)," said Bess, who caught 293 passes for 3,610 yards and 41 touchdowns over three years at Hawaii. "My specialty is my run after the catch and just my ability to get out there and make plays. Everybody's entitled to their own opinions, you can't judge people for what they think, but at the same time if you watch tape you can see where the flaws are, you can see where people are lacking and their weaknesses and consistency. I think I'm doing all right but I definitely can do better."

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No news on Colt Brennan today, but laulauboy posted some photos from Day 2 of Redskins practice on WSN (registration required). Here's one of them:



There may be more photos in the minicamp threads at ExtremeSkins.com.

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From Day 2 of 49ers minicamp, there were some brief mentions of Jeff Ulbrich and Isaac Sopoaga in the Instant 49ers blog.

--A pass down the field to Vernon Davis banged off his chest and fell incomplete. Jeff Ulbrich had pretty decent coverage on the play, and I could not tell if he got a hand on the ball.

--Isaac Sopoaga showed his quickness by getting into the backfield past Tony Wragge on the first set of reps. Parys Haralson got around Duckett on one play.

--Sopoaga was none too pleased when Chilo Rachal brought him down (sort of like a tackle) on a run play.