The Miami Dolphins held the team’s dress rehearsal for the regular season last weekend, beating the Atlanta Falcons second-teamers, in an impressive preseason performance for the entire team.
That means Sunday’s nationally televised exhibition game against the Cincinnati Bengals, who plan to play their starters, will be the final audition for journeymen, youngsters and fringe players trying to carve out roles and jobs for themselves on the 53-man regular-season roster and practice squad.
The Dolphins spent the first preseason game Phillips played teaching the 2021 first-round pick how to be a disciplined edge setter in his new outside linebacker role.