It was good for Mason Taylor and Oronde Gadsden II as they continue to follow their quest to follow in the footsteps of their Miami Dolphins alum fathers.
The two receptors strive to improve their stock for the draft of the NFL 2025, and it was accomplished for the mission for both this week, for Taylor to the senior Bowl and Gadsden at the East-West Shrine Game.
Gadsden was appointed to the Sancy Game All-Practice team for its performance before the real match Thursday evening. Gadsden worked on a tight side, the position he should play in the NFL after being a large oversized receiver in Syracuse.
Taylor, meanwhile, attracted the universal praise of media members who look at Bowl senior practices in Mobile, in Alabama, after a very good career as a tight end for the LSU.
LSU Te Mason Taylor Smooth Route during execution Great Hands will be a playmaker in the NFL next year pic.twitter.com/xcaqbakide
– The network project (@thedraftnetwork) January 30, 2025
Taylor remains the third prospect of ESPN among the tight ends. CBS Sports, meanwhile, has Taylor Sixth, with Gadsden just behind in the seventh.
On Wednesday evening, there was a movement among the many coordinator positions around the NFL, and he involved a former dolphin assistant and potentially affected another.
Patrick Graham, who was a defensive coordinator of the dolphins in 2019, decided to stay with the Raiders of Las Vegas and to continue as DC under the new head coach Pete Carroll, this after having interviewed for the same post with the Jaguars by Jacksonville.
Another candidates for Jacksonville’s post under the new head coach Liam Coen is the former Dolphins deputy Anthony Campanile, who comes out of his first season with the Green Bay packers.
Raiders always have an opening for the post of attacking coordinator and the coach of the Dolphins Qb Darrell Bevell is in the mixture.
Meanwhile, former dolphins OC Bill Lazor interviewed the post of Houston Texans’ attacking coordinator who became vacant when they dismissed Bobby Slowik, the brother of the defensive assistant of dolphins Ryan Slowik. Lazor was an attacking coordinator of the Dolphins from 2014 to 15 before joining the Bengals of Cincinnati.
And in Detroit, the former acting coach of the Dolphins hired the former secondary of Miami, Kelvin Sheppard
The tight winger Jonnu Smith will associate with the recruit of New England QB Drake Maye during one of the competitions of the Pro Bowl games Thursday evening (7 p.m., ESPN).
In the competition, each quarter-rear will try to hit various targets on the field while earning bonuses according to the questions of Trivia answered by a teammate. For each question that Smith does well, Maye will get 10 additional seconds.
Smith was added to the AFC Pro Bowl list to replace this week after Travis Kelce retired when the Kansas City Chiefs qualified for a third consecutive season.
During his first season with the Dolphins in 2024, Smith set a franchise record in a season for the ends tightened by receptions, yards and touchdown.
