The Dolphins’ six-way battle for two starting guard spots includes two men who say they have never played guard in a game in their lives (tackles Laremy Tunsil and Jermon Bushrod), jack-of-all trades Kraig Urbik, perpetually beleaguered Dallas Thomas and two veteran Dolphins draft picks eager to prove their worth, Billy Turner and Jamil Douglas.

Tunsil, Miami’s ballyhooed first-round pick, is expected to be a starter eventually this season, if not immediately. But among the other contenders, Turner has as good a chance as any to start, if he can hold off Bushrod, a former Pro Bowl tackle who’s still awaiting medical clearance after offseason shoulder surgery.

Turner, the Dolphins’ third-round pick in 2014, was Miami’s first-team right guard during the team’s minicamp, though he also received work at tackle during the offseason program. Playing with the first team during the summer is a familiar position for Turner, who played with the first team throughout training camp last season before Douglas was surprisingly named the starter.

But Douglas struggled and Turner replaced him after four games and started the final 12.

“Last year, it was a little frustrating for me,” Turner said. “Essentially, I treated last year kind of like my rookie year. My first year I was here, unfortunately, I got hurt and broke my foot. But I was able to come into training camp and get better. Unfortunately, I wasn’t starting at the beginning of the year. I was happy I got to play and got to start. And as the season progressed, I was able to get better… and lose some of my bad habits.”

Former offensive line coach John Benton previously likened Turner to a “bull in a china shop,” a powerful force who needed to refine his technique. Turner compared the shift to new offensive line coach Chris Foerster as something “like learning a new language. There is going to be a challenge with that – breaking old habits and learning new plays and new techniques.”

Though only three starters are determined – center Mike Pouncey and tackles Branden Albert and Ja’Wuan James – Turner said: “I think anyone that knows football and knows our offensive line knows that we have the potential to be the best offensive line in football. If you look at our offensive line and just go down the list (of) how many first-round picks we have and how many guys we have that are perennial Pro Bowl players – and how many guys that are on the cusp of being perennial Pro Bowlers – we have a lot of guys. I think we have a lot of attitude on the offensive line, which is definitely going to help us.”

• The Dolphins and Buccaneers declined to comment about the latest offensive Twitter rant served up by Miko Grimes, wife of Tampa Bay and former Dolphins cornerback Brent Grimes.

Referring to Dolphins owner Stephen Ross and president/football operations Mike Tannenbaum, Miko Grimes tweeted: “Gotta respect Ross for keeping his Jew buddies employed but did he not see how Tannenbaum put the Jets in the dumpster w/that [Mark] Sanchez deal?”

The Anti-Defamation League on Tuesday said it is “outraged and deeply concerned with Ms. Grimes’ recent comment, which evokes textbook anti-Semitic stereotypes and conspiracy theories about secret Jewish control. Her suggestion that an NFL front office would operate as a ‘Jews-only club’ is nothing less than classic, garden-variety anti-Semitism.

“Using her fame, as a former AM radio show host and as the wife of a professional athlete, as a platform to defame others is simply unacceptable. Intolerance of others is never the answer. Ms. Grimes needs to realize that her words were deeply offensive.”

Miko Grimes also trashed Ryan Tannehill, as she typically has in the months before and after the Dolphins released Grimes in March. Comparing fans of former Lakers star Kobe Bryant with fans of Tannehill, Miko Grimes said: “Both are super stupid but at least Kobe was a baller. Tannehill is a bum!”

She also tweeted: “The Dolphins [expletive] stink! They will never be great as long as Stephen Ross is the owner, Tannenbaum is the G.M., and Tannehill is the QB!”

She said Grimes planned to retire if the Dolphins didn’t release him and “no way I was gonna let him retire with a bum at QB, G.M., and owner! No [expletive] way! We will go out on a high with a REAL QB, not a WR at QB!”

• Receiver Wes Welker, who dressed in a Dolphins uniform and served as a voluntary coach during part of the Dolphins’ offseason program, told Sirius XM NFL Radio on Tuesday that there’s a “a small percentage” he will play again. Coach Adam Gase said last month that the team does not intend to sign Welker as a player but he is always welcomed in a pseudo coaching-type role.

HASLEM'S THOUGHTS

The "Heat Lifer" moniker seems empty now with Dwyane Wade's departure.

But at least Udonis Haslem is back (for a one-year deal at just under $4 million), and his value as a leader and mentor to young players cannot be overstated.

Here's what Haslem had to say in a conference call moments ago:

• On losing Wade: "It hasn't set in 100 percent. From the conversations with CB [Chris Bosh], once we step in the gym for practice that first day, that's when it's going to be real. That's when we realize Dwyane is not there and it's a new direction we're heading in. Right now, it's not really real. Just trying to focus on what my next step is as a player. These 13 years of being with Dwyane, I never imagined it ending like this. I learned a lot from him. Obviously, I wanted him to come back. But I know there were a lot of things he was feeling that he was burying for a while that just came to a head this particular summer.

"For whatever reason, the organization and him couldn't come to an agreement. In hindsight, I don't know if I should have handcuffed him like Chris Paul did with DeAndre Jordan and made him change his mind. I don't know what that would have done. I felt like it could have been avoided but for whatever reason it just wasn't."

• On Bosh: "I don't know. Nobody knows physically what the situation is. Me personally, as the leader, I'm preparing [like] he's going to be here, be healthy, be contributing. That's the way we're going to look at it, the positive approach I'm going to take with him."

• Haslem said "I've been looking at Ray Lewis videos to help me be better for the next phase of my career."

• On his thoughts: "Just glad to be back, obviously, for the 13 years I have been a part of this organization. I have always had my mind on finishing this way with this organization. I never envisioned finishing it without my brother [Wade].

"To lead the next group of guys, the next generation, even without [Wade]. The leadership he brought is something I've been able to take from him that has prepared me for the next step of my career, to lead these guys.

"We plan on getting these guys together. Getting an opportunity to get to know one another and comfortable with each other and learn more about each other than just basketball."

• He said he will continue to be "the guy that sets the tone at practice. My role will change off the floor, coordinating guys. That's something Dwyane would always do, getting guys together for dinner.... My leadership was being at practice early to work with some guys. I have to step into a different role of being hands on off the floor, not just being in the gym, not just being a physical presence but a spiritual and a guy who brings guys together off the floor."

• On standing alone now as the longest-tenured Heat player: "It's bittersweet. It's something to talk about when I'm done, being the last one here. We always talked about finishing it together. It just didn't work out that way. This is the way it's supposed to be for me. This is the way I'm supposed to end my career. It will be the perfect end to my particular story. How I got here... It's only right it ends like this."

• On Justise Winslow losing Wade as a mentor: "Dwyane is definitely a mentor,... very, very influential. I will be there with [Winslow] every step of the way. No doubt in my mind he will reach his full potential. I will be that guy that will be there before practice, after practice to do what it takes to help these young guys reach their potential."

• Haslem expects the team to play at an even faster pace than it did in the second half of the season.

• On Kevin Durant joining Golden State: "All I care about is No. 3 going to Chicago. I don't give a damn about Kevin Durant or anyone else, to be honest."

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