In just over three weeks, the Miami Dolphins will open training camp for the 2020 season ahead — and with it face the prospect of building upon a promising “foundation” year in 2020. The Miami Dolphins surprised everyone last season with a 5-4 stretch to finish the season and promptly followed suit by nailing down one of the most prolific college quarterbacks in recent history, plus a slew of new faces to add to the team.
The Dolphins will hold camp this year with fan enthusiasm as high as it has been in quite some time. But amid the restrictions of this offseason due to the ongoing health crisis, can the Dolphins rise to the challenge? We’ll be taking a look at each position group for the Miami Dolphins ahead of the start of training camp and exploring which storylines are most pressing to monitor as the Dolphins look to improve in year two under Brian Flores.
Here are the Dolphins’ key storylines in training camp at the wide receiver position.
Can DeVante Parker repeat or improve upon 2019?
Parker’s explosion in 2019 was the payoff Miami has been waiting nearly half a decade for. In his fifth season in the NFL, Parker became everything he was supposed to be as a former top-20 overall selection in the 2015 NFL Draft. Now comes the next hard part — repeating that performance year over year.
Physical talent has never been the problem for Parker, so with a fresh contract in hand and a strong foundation between he and head coach Brian Flores, Parker should be well situated for success. But it is worth noting that the team did change their offensive coordinator and the team also lost wide receivers coach Karl Dorrell this offseason, who took the head coaching job at the University of Colorado.
There will be some changes — can Parker transcend them to become a No. 1 wide receiver for Miami in the long run?