The Miami Dolphins are getting close to wrapping up their 2026 training camp, a week away from their preseason finale and nine days from finalizing their initial 53-man roster.What that 53-man roster will look like could have been projected at many positions before the start of training camp, but what has transpired at the Baptist Health Training Complex over the past three-plus weeks also will end up having an impact.Before the start of training camp, we handicapped the Dolphins battle for roster spots by dividing every player on the roster into six tiers ranging from locks to long shots and there has been some movement in our eyes based on what we've observed.By our estimation, we moved 27 players up or down the roster tiers as questions arose or were emphatically answered.The list of players who moved up in tiers consists of: LB Trey Moore, G Jonah Savaiinaea, CB Jason Marshall Jr., RB Jaylen Wright, S Zayne Anderson, EDGE Josh Uche, K Riley Patterson, LB Ronnie Harrison Jr., WR Jalen Reagor, DT Matthew Butler, QB Cam Miller, DT Alex Huntley, FB D.J. Herman, TE Cole Turner, DT Keith Cooper Jr., WR Kevin Coleman Jr., G/T Josh Priebe, EDGE Rodney McGraw and WR A.J. Henning.Conversely, those players whose tier has dropped include QB Quinn Ewers, G D.J. Campbell, WR Tutu Atwell, EDGE David Ojabo, CB Storm Duck, CB Darrell Baker Jr., TE Seydou Traore and WR Jalen Tolbert.While we offered our latest 53-man roster projection last week, this is a different, more detailed, way of looking at the roster battles.Here then is our Dolphins roster tiers 2.0:THE DOLPHINS TIERS RELATIVE TO THE 53-MAN ROSTERTHE LOCKS (28)C Aaron BrewerCB Chris JohnsonCB Jason Marshall Jr.DT Zeek BiggersDT Kenneth GrantDT Jordan PhillipsDT Zach SielerEDGE Chop RobinsonEDGE Josh UcheG Kadyn ProctorG Jonah SavaiinaeaLB Jordyn BrooksLB Jacob RodriguezLB Trey MooreK Riley PattersonLS Tucker AddingtonP Bradley PinionQB Malik WillisRB De'Von AchaneS Zayne AndersonS Dante Trader Jr.T Austin JacksonT Patrick PaulTE Greg DulcichTE Will KacmarekWR Kevin Coleman Jr.WR Caleb DouglasWR Malik WashingtonThe new names on this list include Moore, Savaiinaea, Coleman, Marshall and Patterson, who all answered whatever questions might have existed before the start of camp. In the case of Patterson, his only competition for the kicker job disappeared when veteran Zane Gonzalez was placed on IR and then released with an injury settlement.THE BORDERLINE LOCKS (8)CB JuJu BrentsLB Tyrel DodsonLB Kyle LouisRB Jaylen WrightRB Ollie Gordon IIG/T Caedan WallaceS Michael TaaffeWR Chris BellThe name that jumps out here remains that of Chris Bell, and the only reason he's not an actual lock is the possibility the Dolphins put him on IR for the start of the regular season. The other seven players here more than likely will make the roster, but each has a question mark that the top tier doesn't have.THE STRONG CANDIDATES (13)QB Quinn EwersOL Andrew MeyerEDGE Clelin FerrellEDGE David OjaboCB Ethan BonnerLB Willie Gay Jr.LB Ronnie Harrison Jr.G DJ CampbellDT Matthew ButlerS Lonnie Johnson Jr.T Charlie HeckTE Ben SimsWR Jalen TolbertOne of the biggest droppers in terms of tiers is Ewers, who's had a bad combination of performance and now groin injury during training camp. While we still think he'll end up as the No. 2 quarterback behind Malik Willis, it's not longer as much of a sure thing as it once was. Of the players on this list, Harrison and Butler are the two that really have played their way up the tier, while Tolbert has had an opposite training camp. Charlie Heck was headed for a tumble in tiers early in camp, but his play has gotten much better over the past week or so.THE 50-50 PLAYERS (14)FB D.J. HermanQB Cam MillerWR Tutu AtwellWR Jalen ReagorWR A.J. HenningTE Seydou TraoreTE Cole TurnerDT Fatorma MulbahCB A.J. Green IIICB Marco WilsonEDGE Robert Beal Jr.EDGE Cameron GoodeEDGE Max LlewellynLB Jackson WoodardYou'll notice the presence of two rookie draft picks here with Traore and Llewellyn, and it says here that Llewellyn's stock has been on the rise lately, whereas Traore has yet to make much of an impact. Beal looked like he was in line for a higher tier, but he was sidelined this week by an untimely injury. And keep an eye on newcomer Mulbah, who has looked the part of a promising young interior defensive lineman, though on a team that already has a few of those.WORK TO DO (14)CB Miles BattleCB Alex AustinRB Donovan EdwardsRB Carlos Washington Jr.G/T Josh PriebeDT Keith Cooper Jr.DT Alex HuntleyEDGE Rodney McGrawS Major BurnsS Louis MooreCB Nick McCloudWR Theo Wease Jr.WR Terrace Marshall Jr.WR Tahj WashingtonThe return to practice of Trader and Louis getting a lot of work at safety this week was not good news for either Burns or Moore, though the safety position still is lacking proven talent. Cooper and McGraw are two young players who have flashed, probably enough to lock in a spot on the practice squad if they get waived and clear waivers.THE LONG SHOTS (14)C Jim BonifasEDGE Seth Coleman-LylesG James EsterQB Mark GronowskiTE Jeremiah FranklinT Gottlieb AyedzeT Kevin ClineT Marquis CoxDT Cam RiceLB Cam RileyWR Donaven McCulleyCB Ahmari HarveyCB Darrell Baker Jr.CB Storm DuckBaker and Duck are on this list because it looks like it's almost a done deal they'll start the season on PUP. It's really difficult to envision any of the players on this list making the 53, particularly Gronowski and Coleman-Lyles, who both were waived before being re-signed in light of injuries at their position. There are practice squad candidates here, though, most notably Ayedze, Rice and McCulley.Add us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow