Miami Dolphins head coach Adam Gase wants physicality in practice

sports xchange wrote: Miami Dolphins Pro-Bowl running back Jay Ajayi, arguably the most important player on offense, was escorted off the practice field Monday during the Dolphins' first practice in full pads and is being evaluated for a possible concussion.

Clearly this isn't the way the Dolphins, who had a scheduled off day on Tuesday, wanted to cap their first five days of training camp.

But this is the way head coach Adam Gase wanted to conduct his camp. He wants physicality - the Dolphins finished 30th against the run last year -- and the players want it that way, too.

"Any time you get a little more contact," defensive end William Hayes said, "I think it heightens up the practice."

Degarmo wrote:Doesn't the union have a rule about ensuring players get hurt far more often and far worse by limiting contact in practice and leaving the players' bodies unready for the car-collision-style hits that happen in the real games?