It was done quietly. It was so brief that if you blinked, you missed it. But Dolphins first-round pick Laremy Tunsil opened team drills Tuesday morning at the spot many assumed he’d be all summer: as the starting left guard.
Tunsil had been working with the second team most of camp. Speculation swirled: Were coaches sending a message by making the rookie earn his starting job? Was he behind? Were incumbent, embattled guards Dallas Thomas and Billy Turner showing coaches something that other observers weren’t seeing?
Whatever the case, Tunsil played that initial series with the starters as Thomas shifted to right guard, leaving Turner as the odd man out.