Buy or Sell: Buzz out of Miami Dolphins minicamp has an unexpected name rising at wide receiver
The Miami Dolphins’ offseason program has come to a close. Should we be buying the buzz around rookie wide receiver Kevin Coleman Jr.?
With the Miami Dolphins‘ offseason program closing up shop these week, eyes now turn to the horizon towards training camp.
The next time the Miami Dolphins are all in the building together, it will be for camp. It’s unlikely that any of the team’s lingering questions will be answered between now and then. A signing or two? Perhaps. But any sizable progress towards answering questions will have to come once camp arrives. Few position rooms currently leave bigger questions than wide receiver. And as the team heads to summer break, we’re left to ask if the buzz around a surprise name is legit. So with that said, should we be buying or selling the Kevin Coleman Jr. buzz after minicamp and OTAs?
Should we be buying or selling the minicamp buzz for Miami Dolphins wide receiver Kevin Coleman Jr.?
Several first-hand accounts from minicamp have Coleman Jr. as a standout performer. This comes despite the team drafting two wide receivers ahead of him this past April. Miami Dolphins in-house analyst Travis Wingfield indicated that the rookie had “a strong week” and “has shown a knack for uncovering early and being a dependable target for his quarterbacks.” Sports Illustrated’s Alain Poupart said Coleman Jr. “actually might have been the second-most impressive wide receiver of the spring behind Washington.”
Should we be buying? Based on the opportunity on the roster this season, the possibility of Coleman earning a sizable role can’t be dismissed.
His pathway to playing a lot may come down to personnel usage. Coleman Jr. played nearly 92% of his college snaps in a four year career in the slot . He’s been a career player inside. Will a pair of names from the likes of Malik Washington, rookie Caleb Douglas, Tutu Atwell, Jalen Tolbert, rookie Chris Bell, and a slew of other names establish themselves as perimeter players? If so, that clears the way for Coleman Jr. to indeed follow through on the early hype. It will be fascinating to watch. But given that his biggest competition, Malik Washington, appears in line to be a top contributor and take perimeter snaps as a result, I would be inclined to buy some of the early Coleman Jr. buzz.
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