For many Miami Dolphins fans, pre-season is nothing more than a return to football. Meaningless games played in August with the hopes of escaping without injury while fine tuning schemes and starting line-ups. That is not the case for other players.
While to the fan these games are meaningless, to the players sitting on the edge of the roster, these games are the most important they may ever play and they may be the only games they ever play.
Imagine fighting through the pain and stress of training camp only to see your dream killed on the final week before the regular season.