Rare.

It’s the word Adam Gase used twice Wednesday to describe not a 10-year vet, but a guy who was getting ready to face Deondre Francois this time last year.

But Minkah Fitzpatrick has always been an old soul and a talent older than his years.

So we really should not be surprised that Fitzpatrick, in just four weeks of training camp practice, has all but won the Dolphins’ starting nickelback job, and would be the first safety Matt Burke would turn to if Reshad Jones or T.J. McDonald got hurt.

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