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Phinsider Question Of The Day: 2023 Players That Wont Make The 2024 Roster

Phinsider Question Of The Day: 2023 Players That Wont Make The 2024 Roster

The 2024 Miami Dolphins roster is shaping up to look much different than the 2023 version. As we all know, some fan-favorite players were allowed to leave via free agency due to the team's salary cap issues. Since then, the Dolphins also signed several free agents of their own before drafting seven more players and signing twelve undrafted free agents. They also recently signed two more players that were brought in for tryouts. Despite the losses in free agency, the addition of free agents of their own, or players who were free agents this year that the Dolphins decided not...

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3 questions entering Dolphins OTAs

3 questions entering Dolphins OTAs

The Miami Dolphins begin organized team activies as we inch closer to the 2024 NFL season.

Rookie minicamp is in the rearview mirror and phase three of the Miami Dolphins offseason training program begins with organized team activities on Monday. The Dolphins are set for 10 days of OTAs spread over three weeks before a mandatory minicamp June 4-6 to conclude the offseason program.

The sky was falling as Christian Wilkins and Robert Hunt signed record-breaking contracts elsewhere, but Miami stuck the landing with a steady group of free-agent signings and a draft class ready to help build a better...

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How Tua Tagovailoa and Mike McDaniel played a crucial role in the Miami Dolphins signing Odell Beckham Jr.

How Tua Tagovailoa and Mike McDaniel played a crucial role in the Miami Dolphins signing Odell Beckham Jr.

OBJ said Tua’s tape was just...different.

Odell Beckham Jr. is going to play for the Miami Dolphins. Wait, back up. How did we get here?

Let’s start from the beginning.

After an 11-6 season that saw the Dolphins lose in the Wild Card round of the 2023 NFL playoffs, the team entered the 2024 offseason with some major needs. Of those needs, perhaps the most exciting was a new wide receiver to pair alongside Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle.

Enter, OBJ.

The Dolphins flirted with the idea of signing Beckham for many months, but also kept their options open. The...

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SB Nation Reacts results: Bills Mafia confident ahead of Josh Allen’s next act

SB Nation Reacts results: Bills Mafia confident ahead of Josh Allen’s next act

Josh Allen breeds confidence within Bills Mafia

Over the course of the last few months, the work done by the Buffalo Bills has revealed an organization keenly focused on building with an eye on the future — while also remaining competitive now.

Make no mistake, there will be growing pains on offense following the losses of Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis at wide receiver. It’s also going to be the first season for offensive coordinator Joe Brady in the chair and utilizing a playbook of his design. Whether he retains aspects of Ken Dorsey’s system (which may have leveraged Brian...

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BREAKING: Tua Tagovailoa has rejected contract offer from the Miami Dolphins

BREAKING: Tua Tagovailoa has rejected contract offer from the Miami Dolphins

What is the latest update on Tua Tagovailoa’s contract extension?

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and general manager Chris Grier are locked into a quarter-billion-dollar game of chicken, seeing who blinks first on Tua’s contract extension. They’re in the trenches.

The latest report from ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler is that Tua’s camp has rejected at least one contract offer from the Dolphins, and I expect it won’t be the last.

Earlier this month, the Dolphins and Tua got the ball rolling on his extension that could see the Miami quarterback get the most money in NFL history. As Joy Taylor said,...

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Report: New York Jets tried to replace offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett this offseason

Report: New York Jets tried to replace offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett this offseason

Do the Jets believe in Nathaniel Hackett?

The 2023 season did not go as planned for the New York Jets.

Specifically, the offense was far more offensive to the eyes than was expected for the 2023 New York Jets.

The cause of that letdown is quite obvious: quarterback Aaron Rodgers (who was supposed to be the focal point of the offense) suffered an injury on the first drive of the season and missed the remainder of the season.

That isn’t creating an excuse so much as it is acknowledging the reality that very few would be able to overcome losing...

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Fast and physical: The new standard for Miami’s inside linebackers

Fast and physical: The new standard for Miami’s inside linebackers

The Miami Dolphins remodeled the linebacking core for Anthony Weaver’s defense.

The Miami Dolphins navigated roster turnover and limited cap space but still found a way to remodel the linebacker group following the 2023 season. Miami moved on from linebacker Jerome Baker, who exceeded 100 total tackles in three of six seasons, just one year after replacing multi-year captain Elandon Roberts with David Long Jr.

Long spent his first four seasons with the Tennessee Titans before racking up a career-high 113 total tackles and a forced fumble while starting all 17 games for the Dolphins. After starting five games last...

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Buffalo Rumblinks, 5/19: The return of Micah Hyde’s charity softball game

Buffalo Rumblinks, 5/19: The return of Micah Hyde’s charity softball game

Plus, assessing the state of Buffalo’s wide receivers

While former Buffalo Bills safety Micah Hyde isn’t sure about his playing future in the NFL—earlier in the week he said he’ll either play for the Bills or retire — today’s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks leads off by hearing from Hyde on why he’s excited to once again bring his popular charity softball game and home run derby to downtown Buffalo.

Micah Hyde excited for annual charity softball game

In its fourth year, the event benefits Micah Hyde’s charity, the IMagINe for Youth Foundation, which empowers kids facing financial hardships. Hyde...

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First look at Miami Dolphins running back Jaylen Wright at the 2024 NFLPA Rookie Premiere

First look at Miami Dolphins running back Jaylen Wright at the 2024 NFLPA Rookie Premiere

Jaylen Wright was the only Miami Dolphins rookie invited to this year’s NFLPA Rookie Premiere.

Every year, a new group of rookies swarm to the Los Angeles Coliseum in May to partake in the annual NFLPA’s Rookie Premiere, presented by Panini. This year’s event kicked off on Thursday, May 16th, and featured over 40 NFL rookies, according to a report.

However, not all rookies get to attend this event. Dolphins first-round pick Chop Robinson wasn’t invited, nor was Mo Kamara or the wide receiver duo of Tahj Washington and Malik Washington. Only rookie running back Jaylen Wright was invited to...

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New York Jets Flight Connections 05/19/24

New York Jets Flight Connections 05/19/24

Bringing your daily links to the NFL’s New York Jets

Good morning Gang Green Nation! Word is Jets wide receivers coach Shawn Jefferson and Jets tight ends coach Ron Middleton have both been invited to participate in the NFL’s coaching accelerator program next week in Nashville at the league’s spring meetings. The program allows owners to engage with qualified candidates from diverse backgrounds. This is great news for the two Jets coaches, and it’s also good news for the Jets, as the NFL apparently thinks highly of a couple of Jets’ offensive coaches. The Jets offense has been so inept...

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Sunday Patriots Notes: Drake Maye’s leadership on full display during rookie minicamp

Sunday Patriots Notes: Drake Maye’s leadership on full display during rookie minicamp

Notes and thoughts on the Patriots and the NFL on May 19.

With the NFL Draft in the rearview mirror and the 2024 schedule released, the NFL calendar is quieting down. For the New England Patriots, however, the fun is just beginning as the team begins organized team activities on Monday.

Before all the attention turns to the practice fields, let’s clean out the notebook with our Sunday Patriots Notes.

1. Leader of the pack: The New England Patriots made it clear this offseason that their search for a new franchise quarterback had more to do with just on field...

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2024 NFL Week 1: Bills open as 7-point favorites vs. Cardinals

2024 NFL Week 1: Bills open as 7-point favorites vs. Cardinals

The Bills and Cardinals will face off for the first time since the 2020 NFL season

The Buffalo Bills’ Week 1 game to open the 2024 NFL season doesn’t kick off until we get through the next 111 days on the calendar — nearly a third of a year’s time away in distance. However, it’s not too early to get in on the action with DraftKings, who this past week have shared opening odds for all 32 NFL clubs.

At this juncture, Buffalo sits as seven-point favorites for their season (and home) opener against the Arizona Cardinals. The over/under is...

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