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Dolphins go old-school with physical practice, but risk might have trumped any reward

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When is the juice worth the squeeze?

Don’t ask Adam Gase. After Monday, he might be switching to Sunny Delight.

Gase took the first big risk of the preseason Monday, dialing up a rare full-contact, tackle-to-the-ground practice.

Jay Ajayi, who’s as responsible as anyone for Gase’s 10-6 rookie NFL season, didn’t survive it. He left with a head injury, the severity of which was not made public Monday.

“Football season is back,” Andre Branch told a room full of journalists, when asked what practice sounded like.

It looked that way too.

Midway through the practice, Ajayi was spotted making the walk all players dread — head down, flanked by medical officials, on his way inside to be checked out.