The Miami Dolphins’ best opportunity to add at the trade deadline isn’t what you think
The Miami Dolphins should be working the phones but they should also be keeping an eye somewhere else, too.
I, for one, am hopeful to see the NFL trade deadline bring all kinds of action across the NFL. If it happens to include the Miami Dolphins? Terrific. This, of all years, is a season to be open to shaking things up.
But the biggest opportunity for the Miami Dolphins to add talent at the NFL trade deadline may not come from a phone call at all. It may actually come from other teams getting the deals done…and the subsequent transactions from teams who are ‘buying’.
The Miami Dolphins’ best opportunity to add at the trade deadline is through the subsequent waiver wire options
Hear me out. The opportunity to trade for a player is something Miami must obviously decide on for themselves. But any player that comes in via trade is going to require something going out. Which is why watching to see what players other teams cut loose may be an even better pipeline for the Dolphins in the here and now. Miami has already seized this opportunity once — when the Seattle Seahawks traded for guard Quenton Nelson. In order to finalize the trade, the Seahawks released OG Christian Haynes to make room on the 53-man roster.
Haynes, of course, was claimed by the Dolphins and offers some upgraded depth at guard.
So let’s fire up all the trades across the NFL. ALL OF THEM. Because for every trade that is consummated, that equates to one player off of another 53-man roster that must be subjected to waivers. Miami doesn’t have the top spot in the waiver claim — but they do rank 3rd. The Los Angeles Chargers and the Tennessee Titans get first dibs on any players exposed to the waiver wire. Then Miami.
Keep your head on a swivel for tomorrow’s trade deadline. Hopefully we get a flurry of deals. Because even if they don’t involve the Dolphins, they will spur talent acquisition opportunities for Miami to attack. Given the state of the roster, any and every opportunity is worth exploring. Especially the ones that are free.
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