One player, it seemed to these eyes, had a tougher instance during practice Thursday than John Beck.

That was rookie guard Shawn Murphy.

The Dolphins just finished nearly 2 1/2 hours of work and that should tell you all you need to know about the struggles of the offense: At one point offensive line coach Mike Maser, quickly fitting one of my favorites, yelled, "WTF is going on with you," to center Matt Spanos.

A little while later, tight end coach George DeLeone angrily yelled, "What are we doing out there?"

Well, what Murphy was doing was getting a hard-learned lesson in NFL offensive line play from Vonnie Holliday. Getting a chance to work with the first unit at left guard, Murphy gave up sacks to Holliday on consecutive plays. He plus yielded a couple of pressures before getting a tiny bit better later in the practice.

It was tough to figure out whether Murphy was truly improving or Holliday was holding back a bit. Welcome to the NFL, rook.

One rookie who had a pretty productive practice was Chad Henne. He had a sweet pass to tight end Anthony Fasano despite tight coverage. He additionally had a string in which he completed passes to David Martin, Ted Ginn Jr., Davone Bess and Sean Ryan. Good stuff.

By contrast, John Beck had a unbreakable day. Again. He had a ball batted early in the practice. He was 0-for-4 in another team

portion, although one of those was dropped by Greg Camarillo, and he generally looked out of sorts. Camarillo dropped a couple of passes today.

The good?

Derek Hagan continues to be the most impressive and productive receiver on the field.

Quentin Moses had a sack and a couple of pressures.

Holliday, after a productive afternoon, didn’t seem to be sweating all that tough after the drills. He looks like a beast right now. The offseason program definitely has helped him.

The kickers?

Punter Brandon Fields had a 74-yard punt and few kicks later followed with a 55-yarder.

In the field goal battle, Jay Feely connected on 2-of-3, lost the 44-yarder. Rookie Dan Carpenter connected on 1-of-3, lost from 36 and 41 yards but hitting from 44.

One guy that seriously has to improve on special teams is rookie Selwyn Lymon who got destroyed as a gunner on punts by the blocking ends. He got only 1 yard off the line of scrimmage before being taken to the ground. thereupon one of the guys basically sat on him.

Not good for a rookie who must shine on teams whether he’s going to form the team.

By the way, Davone Bess looked good catching punts and was generally efficient in team drills. Jayson Foster dropped a punt despite a two-minute tutorial from Bill Parcells in the middle of the field.

Original post by Armando Salguero