Camp Dolphins Day 8: Rookie CB Carroll Turning Some Heads; Other Notes

dolfan7171 · Aug 6, 2010

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“The ball finds him. The ball finds him; he finds the ball,” Head Coach Tony Sparano said. “I’ve seen toughness out of him. I’ve seen him come up and smack a fullback or smack a guard at times. He’s physical. I like him in his backpedal. He needs some fundamental things, particularly some of the things we’ve done with him at times in the third down stuff. Fundamentally, he’s still stuck at Maryland a little bit in some of those situations, which is understandable. He needs a ton more reps right now, but I like the skill set that I’m watching.”
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“I feel pretty good right now. A lot of this stuff is just studying and getting in the playbook,” said Carroll, who twice has come back from leg injuries. “That’s the only reason why I feel I’m around the ball and I’m trying to make plays is because I’ve been studying. When I’m talking to Sean Smith and Will Allen, Yeremiah (Bell), I’m trying to see what they see so it helps me out and allows me to see the game slower. It only takes you so far to act instinctively. Sometimes you can act wrong and it looks real bad on film. But if you study it just becomes a habit after a while and your instincts build off of that.”
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“He’s another guy that should be a core (special teams) guy as we get into these preseason games. We’re going to try to get him involved in as many as we can,” Sparano said. “I don’t know, I guess maybe kickoff return would be, unless he’s returning, would be the only question there but I think this guy will have a big role in special teams during the preseason. That obviously helps him when you start to think about the (53-man roster) and if he’s involved in the 53.”

Based on Carroll’s track record of never giving up and following through to the end on all his tasks, Sparano will be forced to think hard.
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