The Miami Dolphins are on the practice field this week as phase three of the offseason training program begins.
The Miami Dolphins opened their first Organized Team Activities (OTA) of the 2025 offseason training program on Tuesday. This marks the ramp-up toward the mandatory minicamp cap practice in mid-June, the final event of the offseason. Following minicamp, team activities will cease for about a month before everyone reports back for training camp in July.
What is allowed over the next few weeks and when will the team practice? We have the remaining schedule for the Dolphins’ OTAs and minicamp right here.
Phase 3 Rules and Regulations
The final four weeks of the offseason training program include up to 10 days of OTAs spread over three weeks. No live contact is allowed during this phase, but this is the first time teams can work offense versus defense in 7-on-7, 9-on-7, and 11-on-11 team drills.
Restrictions on the schedule include teams being allowed three OTA days during each of the first two weeks, with a one-time exception for a fourth day in one of the weeks, but phase two rules (individual/group instruction, walk-throughs, and no offense versus defense) apply to that day.
Helmets are permitted during phase three, as are knee and elbow pads.
Phase three allows for up to six hours of work per day.
Dolphins OTA:
- May 27
- May 29-30
- June 2-3
- June 5
Minicamp
- June 10-12
Minicamp is part of phase three, with the same on-field rules applying. Teams may have the players in the facilities for up to 10 hours per day over the three days of on-field minicamp work, but will not exceed 24 total hours for the camp.
Minicamp is technically a week, beginning on Monday and running through Friday. Monday is limited to physicals with no practices allowed. Tuesday through Thursday, teams are allowed to hold two practices each day for a total of 3.5 hours on the field, with the second practice limited to a walk-through. Friday is a mandatory off day for each team.
