Gonna stop looking at the Epstein Files in a second because I'm frankly way too skeeved out to keep going but I will say this: the CSAM isn't blacked out nearly enough while the faces of guys in ties are obscured by vanta black rectangles the size of the sun.

Welcome to Miami, Mr. Westbrook-Ikhine

Chris Kouffman@ckparrot.bsky.social · 2y ago

WR Nick Westbrook-Ikhine (27) - Tall, physical. Came from humble beginnings and will likely remain underpaid. Plus in the red zone, plus on 3rd downs, plus in the deep vertical game. Caught 32 balls this year and 9 of them were for TDs. That was with Mason Rudolph and Will Levis throwing the ball.

Looks like we landed one of the bigger targets. My favorite of the OL targets. And that’s a big position of need for Miami this off season.

Chris Kouffman@ckparrot.bsky.social · 2y ago

RG James Daniels (27) - Medium-risk swing for the fences. Tore his Achilles at beginning of 2024, but had been healthy in his career prior to that. In most systems, he has Pro Bowl potential. In Miami’s, he has All Pro potential. Signing him could turn out like Philly signing Evan Mathis in 2011.

NEW: In the midst of this free agency frenzy, #MiamiDolphins tackle Terron Armstead is still debating whether to continue playing after agreeing to a pay cut to give him time. He discussed both topics today on the @RossTuckerPod. www.si.com/nfl/dolphins...

Armstead Addresses His Pay Cut and Decision-Making Process

Terron Armstead helped the Miami Dolphins’ cap situation a couple of weeks ago by taking a pay cut, but if he’s still undecided when it comes to whether he’ll w

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Perennially injured Safety playing next to Brandon Jones. What could go wrong? (consider taking out a life insurance policy)

One of my guys. Underrated player.

Ian Rapoport@rapsheet.bsky.social · 2y ago

The 49ers with a big addition: Jaguars TE Luke Farrell has agreed to terms with the 49ers on a 3-year contract worth up to $20.250M with $11M guaranteed.

Miami has to find ways to capitalize on an overheated OL market. Having a vision for a position switch is one way to potentially take advantage of price dislocation. They did that with Connor Williams in 2022. Getting in on older players is another way, like they did Calais Campbell.

Miami had one of their best FA off seasons in decades finding mid-level and low-level deals, e.g. Aaron Brewer, Jordyn Brooks, Jonnu Smith, Calais Campbell, Kendall Fuller. Were they a bit lucky? I think so. But it's clear they're going to attempt to repeat that.

NFL Salary Cap rose by an incredible 24% in just two years. And the amount of money being thrown around in free agency is pretty much where the rubber meets the road on those increases. The numbers look mad.

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Ian Rapoport@rapsheet.bsky.social · 2y ago

Sources: DT Javon Kinlaw to the Commanders, as he gets a 3 year, $45M deal with $30M guaranteed.

Ben Johnson had that herculean offensive line in Detroit, and between the Joe Thuney acquisition and the Drew Dalman signing it's pretty clear that's where his priorities are in Chicago. Such an interesting juxtaposition with Miami's priorities under Mike McDaniel.

SCHEFTER: Braxton Berrios to the Texans

With the big price tags on some of these WRs, I'm curious how Darius Slayton's market plays out.

Mind you, I love the idea of adding Dre Greenlaw in Miami. But when you consider their rumored interest in him, the rumored interest in Joey Bosa per Dianna Russini, and some others not necessarily public, I don't think they've learned anything about managing injury risks on their roster.

Twitter being down for the start of NFL free agency really sums up how things are going over there.

Good re-signing for the Cardinals. I would have been in on him if I were Miami.

Ian Rapoport@rapsheet.bsky.social · 2y ago

Another important re-sign in Arizona: G Evan Brown is heading back to the Cardinals on a two-year deal worth $11.5M, per The Insiders. Brown started all 17 games, a valuable part of their O-line.

Twitter picked a hell of a day to poop the bed. We'll be posting all of our content here.

For whatever this is worth, a local San Francisco sports talk radio program (@49ersSportsTalk on X) says the Dolphins, Rams, and Panthers are expected to be in on Dre Greenlaw.

Chris Kouffman@ckparrot.bsky.social · 2y ago

LB Dre Greenlaw (27) - Like James Daniels, a swing for the fences. Tore his Achilles a year ago. When the Ravens defense was hottest, it leaned on Roquan Smith & Patrick Queen stopping the run and getting deep in coverage. A high-level starter next to Jordyn Brooks could make a huge impact in Miami.

Some OFFENSIVE and DEFENSIVE free agent ideas for the Miami Dolphins, as the NFL’s “legal tampering” period opens up in 2 hours. I have talked about most of these on @3ypc.bsky.social podcasts. Thread (1/)

Don’t sleep on Kader Kohou. Came from a college I didn’t even know played football, had to learn 3 NFL defenses in his first 3 seasons, but everyone expects that to go smoothly. All 3 coordinators (including Fangio) loved him, and by the end of 2024 he was playing fantastic ball.

I believe Miami's focus will probably be on 5 or 6 players, knowing one or more will available at 13: DL Shemar Stewart DT Walter Nolen DT Kenneth Grant S Malaki Starks WR Tetairoa McMillan Lots of reasons in favor of them, but even more reasons AGAINST some of the alternatives. Let's discuss.

I mention Miami's lack of run diversity. This is measurable. They rank 29th in % of runs between the tackles, and they rank 24th in absolute man-zone balance. Put them together and they rank 30th in run diversity. Which is probably why they're the most prone to getting hit with zero/lost yardage.

When the league zags, you've got to zig. Heading into 2022 the book on the Dolphins was there's no deep passing game, even with Jaylen Waddle. Remember everyone said that trading for Tyreek Hill would be a total waste because Tua can't throw deep? So defenses didn't play a bunch of shell coverage.

Would be odd for Darrell Bevell to reunite with the Head Coach who fired him but a promotion is a promotion, so who knows. Guessing Chandler Henley would get promoted to QB Coach and I wonder if McDaniel would try and hire Bobby Slowik as a passing game coordinator.

@3ypc.bsky.social @ckparrot.bsky.social @alf-arteaga.bsky.social @siclancy.bsky.social After listening to the latest 3YPC podcast, I was waiting for Simon at the end of his recording to pull a Logan Roy and call the Dolphins dopes, tell them that he loves them but they are not serious people…

Nice segment on @patmcafeeshow.bsky.social discussing some of the videos I’ve posted where Tua complains (in his own way) that by the time he gets done with all the motions and choreography in this offense he has no time left on the play clock to make adjustments. www.youtube.com/embed/z73SB_...

This is embarrassing safety work here. Even if there was a miscommunication over whether Ramsey should maintain man coverage, which appears to be the issue, you turn around to start yelling at Ramsey DURING THE PLAY??? That’s pee wee ball stuff.

That’s honestly the first time I’ve thought about the hip drop tackle rule the entire season. Which is funny because for a while we were all hand wringing over it so much.

On this second drive, Miami doing a good job giving the Texans defenders something else to think about other than the QB. That will be the key to doing anything offensively in this game, because today’s OL is comfortably the worst staffed OL in the NFL, even with Aaron Brewer.

Conservative decision by HC Demeco Ryans belies a lot about their defensive strategy today, and their estimation of Miami’s abilities with such a poor OL. They feel like they’re going to win the war of attrition, so no need to be chancy on 4th down.