Early Waiver Wire Names Of Interest For Miami Dolphins At 2024 Cutdown Deadline

NFL roster cuts across the league are underway and while we wait for the dust to settle at today's 4M deadline I already have a few names on the waiver wire that might be of interest to me for the Dolphins you are locked on dolphins your daily Miami Dolphins podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day all right mayam welcome to another episode of lockon dolphins it's your team every day here on the lockon network I'm your host Kyle Krabs a lifelong Miami Dolphins fan host of lockon dolphins co-host of lockon NFL scouting author of touchdown Miami and the NFL draft lead at the 33rd Team all our shows here on the lockon network you can find them on YouTube or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast tip of the cap to our every dares because it is your team every day here on the lockon network it is Tuesday August 27th today's episode of lockon dolphins has brought you by FanDuel now through September 22nd all FanDuel customers can bet $5 and get a free 3-week trial of NFL Sunday Ticket from YouTube and YouTube TV visit fanduel.com lockon to get started if you're watching on YouTube you can welcome my cat Logan in as he and I and everyone or else are awaiting 4M which roster cut deadlines across the league must be trimmed to 53 players that process started a little bit over the weekend was a slow trickle yesterday and today if you're on social media your timeline is pretty much a steady state of player cuts across the league and reported new players and while I didn't want to do a show and leave everybody hanging when the the initial 53 not the final 53 the initial 53 is apparent uh I did want to do a show and not leave you guys hanging shouting out some names that I I thought were of particular interest that we know will be on the waiver wire unless something happens between now and 4 P.M where a team hears that the team another team is going to cut a player gives them a phone call and they work out a trade uh these things can happen like that and they can happen very quickly uh so there's a lot of flux which is why I didn't do like regularly scheduled program Show release this morning but now that we know what players are starting to be available there's at least an opportunity to look and say hey think these guys might be nice fits for Miami are you going to get them all no might you get one maybe will you get any of them probably not but as you look to create that steady turn on the bottom of your roster whether it's at quarterback with the qb3 opportunities that exist out there whether that's at some other positions of need or on the other side of that coin names that you see and recognize and know from two three four years ago that I don't think have anything left in the tank and I wouldn't be interested for the Dolphins themselves we've already got a number of cuts including a lot of the young wide receivers linebacker Curtis Bolton who came in early in Camp and played his rear end off uh it was announced by Barry Jackson that he had been released from the team Barry Jackson also reporting Neville gallamore at defensive tackle was released uh from the team or is being released from the team uh of course there is always an opportunity to get these guys back on the practice squad you got T 16 spots so we will see if those players get a chance to stay with Miami but not making the initial 53 a couple players who I thought at one point or stage of the preseason and training camp process I thought had a pretty good argument I'd say for gallamore I thought he faded down the stretch in the preseason games and for Curtis Bolton I would say that's that's uh very much a numbers game thing his his Merit for making the team certainly made a strong case with this play now who's out there that is of interest to me there are two potential quarterbacks that I would have interest in potentially pursuing if I were the Dolphins as your third quarterback it's worth acknowledging the emergency quarterback third quarterback practice squad unlimited elevations rule that was vetoed by the NFL PA that came out over the weekend I believe Omar Kelly was the first to kind of touch on that Barry Jackson confirmed they heard from the Dolphins uh that the NFL players Association did not ratify the rule change that would allow every team to carry an emergency quarterback as the third quarterback and it not count against your practice squad elevations so if you want to have three quarterbacks available you need to have three quarterbacks available and you do that by having them on the 53 man roster that's um a little bit of a shift and I I think it puts the the Dolphins back in a position where uh they have a decision to make on if they want to carry just two and Skyler Thompson or if they do you want to put Mike White back on the practice squad and Elevate him if you feel like you need him and figure it out in a month or roll the dice with two I don't think there's a particularly good answer but if you're telling me a guy like Tyler Huntley might be available he has played as a backup quarterback in a team setting where there's playoff expectations Tyler Huntley backed up Lamar Jackson made it to the Pro Bowl and I'm using air quotes here uh despite starting just four games in 20202 at the quarterback position but dual threat type of player has the ability to extend plays has the ability to push the ball down the field you think about Skylar Thompson and his strengths I don't think this player is any worse of a potential fit within the scheme than Skylar Thompson is and it's another young player you know he came in league in 2020 he's 26 years old he's not going to turn 27 until um next February so Tyler Huntley is a player that is of some interest to me as a potential third quarterback if they want to embrace the explosive play Dynamic of what they are with the athleticism that he brings to the table if they want a zag instead of Zig at the backup quarterback spot the player cut that's of most interest to me at any position right now is bayy zappy from the New England Patriots little bit of a victim of a scheme change a I'm using air quotes here regime change it was all bellich obviously he's no longer there they draft Drake May and they draft Joe Milton they brought in jacobe brassette this off season uh he ran a college spread bayy zappy did he's not a very physically imposing type of player but his strengths accuracy throwing with anticipation throwing with timing were things that were Hallmarks of his game at Western Kentucky so if you told me you had an opportunity to go out and get a guy on a rookie contract and claim that contract with what two years of player control left on him and he has some overlap in the things that he does well to what your starter does I'd be of interest in in bringing that into the fry as well so you got two very different kinds of players we don't know that Tyler Huntley is is for sure out but we've been told that uh Dorian Thompson Robinson is gonna stay on the 53 for the Browns so he presumably jamus Winston unless they get blown away with an offer and Deshawn Watson are the three quarterbacks there which would mean that Tyler Huntley would be the one that would be potentially available so between Bailey zappy and Tyler Huntley names that I have some interest in as a third quarterback in the room and I would quite frankly take either one over Mike White just because of the ceiling of what those players could theoretically be respectively kind of know what Mike White is you kind of know what Skyler is I feel like either one of those two other guys you know could could Tyler Huntley be a trod Taylor type journeyman quarterback who um answers the call as a a backup for most of his career could bayy zappy turn into a really reliable light discount version of what your quarterback Nows I'd love to find out because I know Mike White's not either one of those things there's some other names either reported to be cut or reported to be scheduled to be cut and and teams are waiting to potentially secure a trade somewhere along the way we're going to go over some of those names that are interest to me next here on this episode of lock on dolphins stick with us you've heard us talk a ton about FanDuel America's number one sports book but we have something a little different for you here today uh now through September 22nd all FanDuel customers can at $5 and get a free 3-week trial of NFL Sunday Ticket from YouTube and YouTube TV and then with a YouTube TV base plan you'll be able to watch every regular season Sunday afternoon out of Market game all you need is a Google account and a current form of payment and you can cancel at any time just visit fanduel.com lockon to download America's number one Sportsbook other names of Interest to me for the dolphins that are reportedly available I look at wide receiver I think you have a lot of options here I think you have a lot of names that you might recognize you might not recognize you might not have heard for a while three in particular with kind of different situations Noah Brown Houston Texas is being released uh Houston kind of maybe flirted with trading John meie I'd have been interested there Noah Brown's a very different kind of player but he's really physical and he's put up 500 receiving yards in I believe each of the last two seasons so he's been a modestly productive player but then Houston goes out and they secure Stefan Diggs this off season to go with a healthy tank Dell and the emergent Nico Collins and the aformentioned Mei it's just a bad mix for a guy who's primarily a special teams guy here's the good news he played in Houston last year it's not a one for one but there is some overlap and in terminology and ideals because they run a branch with Bobby slowick of the Shanahan coaching tree potential fit big physical guy I mean this is a guy who is 6'2 220 plus pounds would love to have that dynamic in the room especially if Eric has K is going to continue to struggle with durability also out there Ben scaron if you remember this was the player that helped Shawn McVey transcend all of the rules of offensive football and and helped pushed the league in a different direction because Shawn McVey ran out there at wide receiver and played 11 personnel but used him as an h-back and a fullback and a glorified tight end and did all those things with him 6 fo three 225 pounds had his big time glow up in 2022 in which he caught 39 passes for 376 yards his one career Two career touchdowns um but he played for Shawn McVey and he does a lot of dirty work I like Dirty Work players this offense needs Dirty Work players consider it of interest to me to potentially add him into to the fry to go with wadle and Hill and Beckham we'll see if Beckham's on pup to start the season or not and baros and Craycraft on presumably IR based on a shoulder injury that will miss him that will force him to miss quote unquote sometime as ukma would love to get a name like a Noah brown or a Ben scronic into the mix for your wide receiver room if you wanted to go with a little bit more receiving production there's a player who reportedly is going to be available um is available presumably for trade uh it's been announced that the team this team is moving on from this player it's another big body guy 6'4 210 pounds Tim Patrick Tim Patrick has missed each of the last two seasons with significant lower body injuries but in 2020 and 2021 he recorded 7 42 and 734 receiving yards respectively and 11 combined touchdowns can you get him for super cheap if you can that feels like the kind of move Dolphins feel like they'd get Surplus value with a discount because of injury questions for Better or For Worse that's kind of how they do their business so a number of guys with size that could be of appealing addition to your wide receiver room across the league that are available for one reason or another whether it's a numbers game for really good room or new regime that wants to move on from an aging player with some durability questions or in this the case of scronic maybe just not the best fit so as you survey that room and that position feels like the most obvious area where there's going going to be somebody available when you look at the rest of the needs and everybody's going to point to the offensive line everybody's going to ask about the offensive line and going out and getting somebody and finding upgrades over what you have I think that's easier said than done there have been a couple of offensive line names that have been of interest to me I don't think they're great fits or they play tackle which is redundant Josh ball from Texas is one or from Dallas is one uh he was a fourth round pick in 2021 out of Marshall kind of had a troubled background never really stuck in the midst of Dallas they've had to kind of rejuvenate that offensive line they they schedule potentially to start two rookies on that offensive line I think about Dennis Daly an experienced player not a great scheme fit but I feel like there's a certain FL there that that maybe you'd be comfortable with is it better than what you have I doubt it because let's be honest nobody's cutting the good offensive lineman you get something done there you're probably G to have to manufacture and swing a trade to get somebody of real substance that you feel like is going to actually help you upgrade that that spot I have a couple of players that are on my quote unquote nogo list I don't think they're good ideas to explore and we're going to touch on them next here on this episode of lockon dolphins as we await the roster cut down deadline at 4 p.m. it's coming your way next stick with us names on the noo list the first one for me is lyo Collins it sounds like he's being released from Buffalo and L Collins is a player that the Dolphins and their fans have long history with going all the way back to when lyel Collins came through the draft process and slid all the way down in the draft on account of his status as a person of interest I believe it was a a murder case and it was a lot of unknown and he slides all the way down and ends up and lands in Dallas and be becomes a good player once his name was cleared and then he hit free agency and dolphins fans wanted him and then he went to Cincinnati and it didn't really work out there they moved on and now he's in Buffalo and now it's there it didn't work out there and they're moving on it feels like a player who with some of the injuries that he's had it's it's probably done and gone right and to bring in a player a vet player who you recognize as somebody because of the name and who he was three years ago and wanted to come in and help fix the received issues with this offense and I've been doing more and more research on that we'll talk a little bit later in the week about some of that kind of stuff which I found some really interesting things um I just don't think it's going to help you solve anything to be honest with you now that doesn't mean that you're not going to have interest as the collective fan base on Twitter but it's not somebody that I'm overly enamored by as an option for the Dolphins next on the nogo list that I have is CJ Henderson former top 10 pick pick at cornerback uh the light bulbs never really come on here at least you look at ly Collins and you can respect what he turned his career into as a player capable of playing guard and Tackle where CJ Henderson drafted very highly out of the University of Florida does not tackle well does not show a good appetite and run support uh struggles in man coverage and consistency but is a name that you know because you saw him get drafted in the top 10 not all that long ago I don't think he can play and the fact that Houston's Corner situation is as dire as it is and he's getting cut off that roster is a bit of a flag for me so it's a no thank you for for CJ Henderson Carl Lawson's the next one and the reason why he's on the no-o list for me is because the Dolphins kind of kicked around Carl Lawson and they had their issues with the SHA Barrett retirement and kind of had an opportunity to assess the landscape he ends up going to Dallas Carl Lawson does and they lost Sam Williams for an injury for the season and he's already cut and back out that's not a good sign so while Carl Lawson is a player who played on the Jets had some production the fact that Miami had a need there early this off season after the Sha Barrett retirement and they explored their options and landed on not Carl Lawson and then he goes somewhere else where they need Edge help and he doesn't make it there either I think tells you probably everything that you need to know and then the last one that I had written down was saki AA this is a former third round pick out of Baylor went at the Cleveland Browns big nose tackle he's a Danny Shelton type player um lack length he's a big body but he's a big body penetration guy he his play strengths frankly mirror that of Brandon peely quite a bit but peely I think is more athletic and peely's got better length so that combined for a guy who was productive formerly at LSU ends up at Baylor plays really well uh puts himself on the map with some some Splash games but you watch him and it's like yeah he he's not a nose tackle he's a penetration player but he's built like a nose tackle it's an awkward mix and uh he's really struggled to kind of find his footing in the NFL so much so that as a third round pick from the 2023 NFL draft he's already not making the cut for the Browns and the Browns are a team that they've done a pretty nice job in adding some names to their defensive front but they aren't necessarily brimming with a lot of talented Shelby Harris dvin Tomlinson Quinton Jefferson and that's Maurice Hurst Mike Hall who's a troubled player who who's in some legal issues and I believe he's going on the commissioner's exempt list it's it's not like this was a a very um brimming talent pool and a third round pick from last year theoretically should have had better footing than what seak IOD did it's because of that he's on my NOCO list so that's something to wet your whistle as we sit here and we wait for the 4M deadline to come and these initial rosters to get finalized and the full talent pool on the waiver claims to be available and when that comes we will react to that too but I hope you enjoyed this primer as we await all the news throughout the course of the day today stuff that isn't necessarily super time sensitive because if you try to do something news related on a day like today by the time you finish recording your three stories behind so hope we scratch the itch a little bit I will be back again very soon for more Dolphins coverage as we get to the initial 53 the waivers what all that looks like so keep it locked in right here unlocked on dolphins it's your team every day 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