It appears as if the Dolphins avoided a major disaster, losing LT Terron Armstead for an extended period of time after getting injured in practice, his first snap actually. Armstead left the field barely putting on any weight on the leg that was injured, but he says he’ll be ready for game #1, and there is no major injury requiring surgery. Now that we got that out of the way, there are a few things I want to see in preseason. Most importantly, NO MORE INJURIES!!! I would like to see CB Cam Smith continue to get important reps and show he’s serious about getting plenty of reps in the regular season. Backup QB’s Mike White and Skylar Thompson just have to do better. We know neither of them are going to run this offense as crisply and effectively as Tua, but we need them to be competent enough to put points on the board. I’m really hoping we see better play from both of these guys.
I would really like to see RB Chris Brooks get more carries, and see if we may possibly have something there. He’s not the prototype “big back” like Tennessee’s Derrick Henry, but compared to the stable of RB’s we have here in Miami, Brooks looks huge! I feel like all our RB’s are so close in running style and especially stature, that it would be nice to have a big back like Brooks make the team. Brooks is 6′ 223, while the lot of Mostert (5’10 205), Wilson (6′ 210), Ahmed (5’11 197), Gaskin (5’10 199) and Achane (5’9 188) are all very similar size wise. Yes, we have FB Alec Ingold who’s a load at 6’1 240, but Ingold has only 21 carries in 4 years in the NFL for a reason. Of course, the 4 best guys will make the team, this much I get, but I hope Brooks shows enough to be viewed as a possibilty to make the roster.
I’m curious to see more of LG Lester Cotton. He was great in practice, he had some very dominant reps, so I would love to see that dominance in game play, even if it’s a preseason game. It doesn’t matter what round you were drafted in on the O-line, if you can move people, you’re going to get noticed. Would I love Liam Eichenberg to play like the guy we hoped he could be when we moved up in the 2nd RD of the 2021 NFL at pick #42 to get him, of course, but at this point, I just want someone competent, and hungry for the job. If it’s Lester Cotton, who is actually 3rd string at RG, or Isaiah Wynn who is a veteran as well, I don’t care as long as they play well.
The competition at DT is pretty intense with DT’s Brandon Pili and Jaylen Twyman, Most importantly though, we need to get through the negotiations and sign DT/DE Christian Wilkins to a long term deal and keep him in Miami for another 6 years. He’s been an exemplary player, hard worker who brings it every week. Once Wilkins is signed the next up should be DT/DE Zach Sieler. There are some good battles at LB as well, with guys like Mitchell Agude, Mike Rose, and Aubrey Miller. It’s no given that last year’s 2nd RD pick LB Channing Tindall is a lock to make the roster, how these guys play on special teams could be the key to making the 53. BTW, the pronounced demise of the Mac was a bit premature. It’s slow, and uncooperative at times, and I do need to get a new one, but this article was written on the Mac, so LONG LIVE THE MAC!
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
I have always been a big Lester Cotton fan.
Miami Dolphins Make Roster Moves
Aug 28, 2023 at 04:13 PM
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The Miami Dolphins announced they have released tackle Geron Christian, wide receiver Keke Coutee and linebacker A.J. Johnson. The team also waived linebacker Mitchell Agude, quarterback James Blackman, defensive tackle Josiah Bronson, defensive end Randy Charlton, wide receiver Chris Coleman, linebacker Aubrey Miller II, linebacker Garrett Nelson, safety Keidron Smith, tackle James Tunstall, defensive tackle Jaylen Twyman and defensive tackle Jamal Woods.
It really does feel as though we’re going to come away with Jonathan Taylor, doesn’t it? I just hope we don’t give up too much. At this point in time, I believe we’re offering a 2nd rounder… that’s too high for my liking and JMO.
Nevertheless, I think Taylor makes us an instant favorite to win the AFC this year.
How so? He doesn’t play OL.
A running game makes the OL better
So a RB that can be productive with 20+ carried and our block first TEs may be difference makers
An OL makes a RB better
I guess there’s no room for AJ Johnson.
None of the others are surprising.
Most of them were UDFAs.
Naples, any idea of how many more we need to cut before tomorrow’s deadline to get to 53? I’m multi-tasking and honestly have no idea, man.
The injury to Elijah Campbell makes the DB room even more confusing.
Will he go on IR for the whole season?
Does that make him not count on the 53?
The way I’ve heard it, Campbell should make the 53 and then be put on IR-designated to return. After which, he could come back later in the season.
and while he’s on IR, we get to fill that roster spot with another player, right?
Yes someone takes the spot when he goes on IR.
If he goes on IR before he makes the 53 then he’s out for the year by being on the 53 he can be designated for return during the season
Same situation with Ramsey
M, we’ve made 15 -20 cuts so far that I can tell so 17-22 more to go
Just saw from the local beats that there are 14 official cuts so far
Thanks, Son.
TB cut Patrick Laird.
M, Zachariah Branch is going to be sick to watch! USC is going to have a potent offense. Whether they make the playoffs or not will come down to their defense. They may have to win some shoot outs.
BTW, Zachariah Branch will be draft eligible when a certain Dolphins receiver says he is going to retire.
Yessir! 😀
We should consider picking up king given our injuries at CB
Desmond King: Man-crush University via Rigel and Randy.
Where has Randy been?
Thats crazy! Kirksey was the main one who shut us down in the second half of the game against them last year.
LB room shaping up the quickest.
Surprised Jets released safety Trey Dean
Denver is the “mystery team” linked to Taylor.
GOTTA AGREE with Ken, who noted that we still WON’T be favored to win the division if we get Taylor. When it comes to Ross’s O-Line, he’s got to “SHOW ME” we can get the job done. So far, he hasn’t!!
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HURRICANE IDALIA COUNTDOWN HERE IN GREATER TAMPA BAY. Forecasters at the NHC say this hurricane should pass just west of Tampa early Tuesday morning.
Thdese are the same guys who predicted IAN would pass west of Tampa last year. Instead, that category 4 hurricane took an abrupt right turn and DESTROYED FT MYERS BEACH!! SO my confidence regarding the NHC is about the same as it is for Ross’s front office boys. And that’s NOT a good thing!!
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I’ve got an 8:15 AM appointment with my cardiologist tomorrow. I wonder if his blood pressure (or MINE) will be a bit elevated by the impending arrival of IDALIA??
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By the way, Idalia’s due here Wednesday morning, NOT Tuesday!! They expect she’ll be a category 4 storm (top winds 140-155) 36-48 hours from now.
WE’LL SEE.
Passing Tampa early Wednesday morning, not Tuesday.
SI predicts Dolphins to go 11-6 and finish 2nd in the AFC East.
LATEST ADVISORY from NHC at 11:00 PM lowers IDALIA’s top winds on Wednesday to 120 MPH. Storm now has top winds of 70 MPH. Rapid intensification predicted for tomorrow.
OUT for tonight.
Good Luck, Randy. I hope it scrapes by you out in the gulf and slops ashore as a Cat 1 in the mangroves above Steinhatchee.
We still have 14 CBs on the roster.
We list 4 safeties, all of whom I believe should make the team.
Holland, Jones, Elliot, McKinley
Even if we keep 10 total DBs,
we need to cut more than half of those CBs.
We made a great trade today, Feeney to Bears for a 6th
Looks like Bears will assume the guarantees on the contract, if we had cut him, we’d be on the hook for 3.135m
He likely by play alone wasn’t making the 53
That’s a win win win win deal right there.
Good for us and the Bears and Feeney and the OL room logjam.
At LB we show 9 and only need 8.
Although one report had Malik Reed as cut, he’s still on the official roster,
and all those other guys who got cut are not listed anymore.
If he’s still on there, then I guess it’s between him and Goode for the last spot.
They are almost exactly the same size at 6’2 or 6’3 and 245.
This makes them somewhat light for OLBs.
Another thing they might do is cut both and keep Ogbah and either Hand or Pili
to back up Raekwon Davis, giving us 2 NTs to go with Sieler and Wilkins as DTs.
That would be 5 DL. We probably need that many.
I personally like Ogbah,
although I don’t think our coaches see him as a productive DL.
Ogbah is again this year the only guy listed at DE.
Pili I think is a lock, after today’s cuts
But Da’Shawn Hand is a potentially a really good player.
Pili is a rookie, although I do like him.
I’m not sure in our D that we need 2 NTs, though.
Davis does not play that high of a snap count.
You certainly might be correct,
as he was a favored UDFA and had a really good camp.
I thought Hand was cut, I’d keep him and PS Pili
My son moved to Tampa last summer impart, because no hurricanes have hit there in over 100 years
I think you’re safe OD
We still show 9 WR on the roster.
Davis is hurt, of course, and will probably be waived, injured
or maybe IRed for the season.
And Sanders is also hurt, I think.
Either way those two should be cut.
I’d like to carry all the others.
Several of them can play special teams and that position gets hurt a lot.
We could carry 7 if we only go with 3 TEs (and the FB) or 4 DL.
But we won’t do that.
Cracraft likely won’t be on the initial 53, he’s the least likely to be poached
Higgins may be stached on the PS
I’d trade Ahmed and keep Brooks
Most probably true,
just as they did last year
and then called him up whenever a guy got hurt.
Cracraft just gets open though.
He scored 2 TDs last season.
He has good chemistry with both Tua and Skylar.
We have too many short term injuries, that’s going to cost bubblers their 53 spot
We’ll have to keep guys on the initial 53 before moving them to short term IR
I love Ahmed, but we really should trade a RB or a WR or both for Taylor,
since we have too many of the same type guy at both positions.
The Colts are a bit light at WR,
and they did cut a solid RB (Kenyan Drake),
so they might have a slot, if they also trade Taylor away.
Were we trying to showcase Ahmed during this preseason as trade material?
I would love to see the Colts taking Ahmed, Ced, and a 2024 pick for Taylor.
Then we’d keep 4 RBs and Ingold.
Mostert, Wilson, Taylor, and Brooks.
No way to trading Ahmed. Both Wilson’s
I’m fine with that.
Ahmed might be a better scheme fit for us.
I just don’t know if Indy will take Ahmed.
I see it a different way. Whether we trade for Taylor or not, I’d keep Mostert, Achane, Ahmed and Brooks. If we do get Taylor, Wilson would likely be included in that deal.
^^^
IMO, Ahmed is our 2nd best RB behind Mostert. Wilson has hands of stone, drops a lot of passes.
Spotrac shows Malik Reed cut and our current roster at 74. Reed is listed under dead cap at 750K.
Looks like Bears will assume the guarantees on the contract, if we had cut him, we’d be on the hook for 3.135m
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Spotrac shows we are taking a 2 million dead cap hit with the Feeney trade.
That’s accurate
Feeney’s departure unloads his $3.25 million contract, which Miami fully guaranteed, helping the Dolphins clear $1.2 in cap space (the Dolphins are responsible for his $2.05 million signing bonus).
Except we didn’t save 1.2m as his replacement will cost about 1m
We have 13 guys, not currently in the top 51, that have a good chance to make the roster
We have cleared no top 51 cap space with the release of Reed and trade of Feeney.
I thought Feeney was going to be a key acquisition for our OL?
yeah who’s the back up Center, right?
Wynn has played well at LG and so has Cotton.
A surprise cut would be Eichenberger,
but maybe now he’s the backup center.
Lamm has played well at LT, so he can spell Armstead.
Hunt had one of the best preseasons of all our OL.
I think you just laid it out right there. Possibly.
I understand about trading Wilson instead of Ahmed,
or even cutting Wilson instead of Ahmed,
and I proposed the 2 Wilsons for Dalvin back in the day,
but Wilson runs hard, and I think McDaniel likes him.
Buffalo Bills
TRADES
DE Boogie Basham is being traded to the New York Giants in exchange for a swap of late-round draft picks in 2025, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reports, per a source.
Many of us were thinking that. Now which AFCE team does he end up on.
I wonder if that looked for a late round trade before releasing him.
Looks like it is going to be Eich. Yikes…
Eichenberg was playing C very well, I’m fine with him at backup
Kyle Crabbs has Brandon Jones as our starting safety
Anyone know, if he’s ready to play week 1?
He’s been practicing without the red jersey, so…
Reminds me, I haven’t seen any TE’s cut yet.
From our roster
S Keidron Smith cut. Wonder if they bring him back. He had a decent PS.
Trading Feeney was interesting. It will be interesting to see how the OL room pans out.
We released DL Da’Shawn Hand.
I had a feeling he’d be cut and hopefully signed to the PS as a project.
This team now has a calamitous lack of mullets.
Barry Jackson reports Saubert expected to be released.
Tanner Conner will make the 53, his blocking has improved tremendously
Did he play in the last PS game, I didn’t see the game.
If Higgins is cut, Conner should make the team
as the seam threat TE with his excellent speed.
He is also good on punt coverage and other STs.
I think Kroft beat out Saubert for #2 blocking TE.
It seems like that and we’re probably going to see a lot of Ingold.
Panthers cut Eric Rowe.
Jakeem Grant on IR again this season.
Yeah I saw that the other day. Feel bad for him.
I just saw on NFLN that we reworked Cedric Wilson’s contract. No details.
I’m sad to see Bryce Thompson cut.
I think he’s a reliable CB and a hard hitter.
But we had 14 CBs not including Nik Needham,
so somebody had to go that is a good player.
Maybe he can go to the PS.
So what’s the situation with Wilkins now?
TK
I WANT to see a lot of Ingold.
He gets the job done.
Yeah he plays a lot of roles. I wonder if Julian Hill is making the team.
We cut the OT we drafted this year Hayes and Trill Williams and Braylon Sanders.
Coming to clarity in all 3 of those rooms.
Didn’t Sanders get hurt?
More on Wilson’s reworked contract.
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/dolphins-open-up-cap-space-by-reworking-cedrick-wilsons-contract
Cedrick Wilson is staying. Whew. LOL
That’s a good plan.
McKinley is a ball hawk.
They can’t cut muthafuckin’ Samuel Jackson!
Irsay is a spoiled brat pitching a hissy fit cause he can’t get his way.
So he was not not “chosen”
It’s so dark here you have to turn on lights to read.
All the night lights have come on.
It’s eerie.
Be safe, my guy.
I’m not happy they cut Chosen, but I guess I do prefer Cracraft.
I never was a big fan of Chosen. His signing never made sense to me
I guess they are going with a more classic slot type instead of just overloading the field with spend
I don’t think we’re going to blink with the Colts. Either they’re going to take our offer, someone else’s offer, or they’re gonna have to try to mend their relationship with a very unhappy player.
Agreed.
Yep – agreed
At this point he’s got a foot out the door
I wonder if he changes his name to “Available” now
😆
Tim Boyle got cut
Too bad
Was really rooting for him to even up the TD/INT ratio at one level
You don’t often see a guy with more interceptions than TDs in college make it to the pros
But Tim Boyle beat those odds
And for what?
To have a career; 3 TD passes and 8 interceptions in the pros
Congratulations Tim Boyle
The worst player ever to play in the nfl finishes his career as a NY jet – a fitting end
Be safe Florida folks.
^
Wouldn’t be surprised if Robbie Rejected reverted to Robbie Practice tomorrow.
I don’t get the Taylor obsession?
I’d rather trade one of our RB’s for an OL than trade anything for another RB
There are no top 5 OL available but there’s a top 5 RB available
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The bitch Idalia has stalled out in the Gulf right next to us, although pretty far out there, sucking up heat like a banshee in a hot tub. We do need the rain, as we’ve been in a near drought all summer, but we need that skank to move on out of our neighborhood and not turn in on us like her pimp daddy Ian did.
Have you been listening to Too $hort again, Naples?! 😀
haha … errr what is Too Short?
Too $hort is a West Coast rapper who has delighted in calling women derogatory names since the early ’80s! LOL
His favorite word is ‘BIIIIIITCH!!!’.
That new start thing is actually an interesting and sensible plan.
I think Noah had to go.
The fans are tired of his mistakes.
It’s not like he was not given plenty of chances.
oh jeez, he’s worse than Iggy!!!!
LOL, my thoughts exactly!
FUCK YOU JOE SCHAD!
I don’t call women bitches;
I call hurricanes bitches
and any other foul word I can think of.
I always thought growing up that it was weird to use female names
for such destructive storms.
(PS: I’m “glad” they now name some after men’s names.)
I know ya don’t call women bitches… and neither do I.
Nickerson earned his spot with great play in the preseason.
Trading Iggy for Joseph is akin to trading athletes foot for ringworm. Do you really want either?
No, and I’d rather we traded him for a pick
^^^
Why in the world would we want that Joseph guy?
Maybe we plan to cut him right away and bring back Bryce Thompson,
but we needed the trade to get rid of Iggy’s 1st round paycheck.
Does he play special teams? If he plays ST he’s up one on Igbobustahe
Johnathan Taylor likely to miss the first 4 games of the season, after being placed on the PUP list, if he stays in Indy
Why is an injured played dictating to his team what he wants?
Will he really be on the PUP for his new team, if traded?
Wouldn’t that be the new team’s choice?
Haven’t seen this posted yet. Good news
Report was we offered him 22m per year he turned it down, so it’s on him, as to why he didn’t get a deal done
We had the leverage of the 5th year contract and franchise tag next year
Wilkins leverage was getting to play on back to back one year deals😉
Wow, I hadn’t seen the report that we offered him 22 mil…but I was never worried he’d hold out into the regular season.
That is good news.
Feeney another failed FA acquisition says an article
If he had made the team it would’ve meant other guys, like Lamm, Wynn and Jonnes didn’t step up
You can’t put all your eggs in one basket, at least you shouldn’t or shouldn’t be ridiculed when trying to bring in more competition
Agreed, and at least we got compensation out of it.
I saw that too. Sometimes headlines people use are meant to be negative for whatever reason.
Officially close the book on Noah I in Miami
Sometimes scheme and a change of scenery is good for players who haven’t panned out with their original teams.
Joseph for Iggy might have been a Fangio request.
Iggy’s change of scheme didn’t work, probably a change of scenery won’t work either
When he’s 30 he’ll probably be a decent starter, just takes him way too long to figure it out
Tindall is Iggy 2.0
I said sometimes.😉
Tindall had a solid camp from what I heard, and he was a compensatory 3rd not a 1st round pick. This is only his 2nd season while Iggy is in his 4th.
I don’t know much about Kevin Joseph except the cowboys don’t think much of him
But I can tell you this
HE’S NO TIM BOYLE!
I bet he is
T-30 minutes and counting…
I don’t like trading for former early pick busts, those guys rarely work out, even though risk to reward is low
This is true…
Come on, Brooks…
😆
He might be toast.
I tend to think so, too.
I agree. This is his 9th season and that’s usually the end for most backs.
Interesting, being Vic Fangio was his HC in Denver… he knows him well.
He’s not concerned with players on offense though.
Very true, but his mind is there to pick if you’re McDaniel or Grier.
Everyone knows about Gordon by now.
Are we down to 53 now or not?
I’ve lost count.
I see 37 cuts on PFN,
but they might be counting funny.
90-37 is 53!!!
We might be there!!!
meaning 3 of my fave long shots have made it!?!?!
Brooks, Conner, and Pili?
And Julian Hill?
What about Saubert?
Kelvin Joseph might not even survive the season. By the way Iggy’s production is worse than Joseph’s. It’s not a big deal trade anyway. Iggy was likely going to be cut and the same for Joseph so it’s a change of scenery trade.
If the Colts don’t activate Taylor from the PUP list in the next 5 minutes he is going to be out the first four games of the year.
Yep and I have him in FF.😩
HAH!
😃
He can still be traded down the road but the Colts are really treating Taylor like shit.
I’m kind of relieved. Now extend Wilkins!