Miami Dolphins observations from open OTA session (June 4)

Miami Dolphins linebacker Jerome Baker was a participant in this week’s Organized Team Activates, which is somewhat noteworthy because the impending free agent had chosen to skip a portion of Miami’s offseason program this summer to work out on his own.

Baker, who is slated to earn $2.43 million this season, is playing on the final year of his rookie contract, and hopes to get a extension from the Dolphins before the regular season begins in September.

Where discussions between the franchise and Baker’s representatives stand are unknown, but the team’s leading tackler for the past two seasons is seeking a deal that pays him like one of the NFL’s upper echelon linebackers.