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Per beat reporters, this is not Fitzpatrick’s normal attire at Dolphins practice. The short shorts appear to be a tribute to former Dolphins wide receiver Isaiah Ford, whom the Dolphins traded to the New England Patriots at the Tuesday trade deadline.

“He’s a guy we have so much faith in as quarterbacks because whenever anybody has a question — sometimes when coaches have questions — we’ll go back to Isaiah and say, ‘What is this signal? What is this route?’ And he knows everything,” Fitzpatrick said of Ford last season.

Ford had just come off a career game with six catches for 92 yards against the New York Jets.

“I was happy to see him get out there and get an opportunity to catch some balls and really take advantage of it and make the most out of it,” Fitzpatrick continued. “There are times when I ask Isaiah questions about the offense. That’s how smart the kid is.”