Fitzpatrick is frontrunner in Dolphins QB race

Josh Rosen is looking like a backup, and the perennial problem of bad blocking has prompted a coaching staff change less than a week into training camp.

Otherwise, the Miami Dolphins' offense is taking shape nicely.

Rosen joined the Dolphins in April as their latest hope to become a franchise quarterback. But on Tuesday, coach Brian Flores said journeyman Ryan Fitzpatrick has emerged as the front-runner for the starting job.

Fitzpatrick has practiced well while working behind a patchwork line with four positions open. The situation up front became more unsettled Monday when Flores fired offensive line coach Pat Flaherty and replaced him with Dave DeGuglielmo, who had been an analyst for the coaching staff.

It will be DeGuglielmo's third stint as Miami's offensive line coach. He held the job in 2009-11 and for part of 2017, and last year was offensive line coach for the Indianapolis Colts.

Cardinals' Kirk gets ready to catch more TDs from pal Murray

Christian Kirk owns the distinction of having caught Kyler Murray's first college touchdown pass, a 10-yarder on Sept. 12, 2015, when both were freshmen at Texas A&M.

But the Arizona Cardinals duo — Kirk is a second-year wide receiver and Murray the top pick out of Oklahoma in this year's NFL Draft — go back even further than that. The two met during a campus visit to College Station and were teammates during a 7-on-7 football event for top high school players.

Now Kirk is catching passes from his buddy at Cardinals training camp, and the two figure to link up for some NFL touchdowns for years to come.

“It's crazy how full circle football is,” Kirk said. “That was definitely an exciting moment to catch his first touchdown, the first touchdown that he threw in college.”