The Miami Dolphins may want to make a phone call to an old friend after the NFL’s latest injury news
The Miami Dolphins may want to check in with their former head coach after an injury out west.
The Miami Dolphins are kicking off this 2026 season with a whole lot of new. The regime in charge has been changed en masse. The roster said goodbye to several high-paid players — plus many more faces, too.
But some holdovers remain. Miami has tethered itself to some of those holdovers long-term. LB Jordyn Brooks, C Aaron Brewer, and RB De’Von Achane have become extended cornerstones. Meanwhile, the roots of the old guard have spread out across the league — which makes for some interesting potential phone calls for the rest of the holdovers as cuts loom. Perhaps there’s some interest for fringe 53-man players elsewhere in the league before the end of the month? One such hypothetical has already emerged.
The Miami Dolphins may want to check in with former head coach Mike McDaniel amid injury to Chargers center Tyler Biadasz
Former Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel finds himself back in sunny California, but storms have already hit an all-too-familiar position. Center Tyler Biadasz, who the Los Angeles Chargers signed to a three-year, $3o million contract this spring, has suffered a major injury. It leaves the Chargers with a young rookie, Jake Slaughter, as their presumed starter in the middle.
Is there any chance the Chargers would now be interested in Miami’s young center, Andrew Meyer, as an insurance policy? Meyer was one of the pet projects of the McDaniel regime. How much confidence do the Chargers have in Slaughter? Would they covet Meyer as an insurance policy? Any value would likely be a future late draft pick. Or perhaps a fringe 53-man roster player in a player-for-player swap. But given the Biadasz injury, it may be worth a phone call.
The blockade to this idea is a simple question: who would be the backup center in Miami? I couldn’t answer that question with any confidence. But what I would say is this: the alternative of a veteran add to serve as a backup center after 53-man roster cuts would likely offer little to no drop-off from where Meyer is currently at as a player. So if the Chargers were willing to give an asset, I’d certainly entertain it. This is all hypothetical. But it’s worth asking the question: are the Chargers interested in reuniting McDaniel with his old developmental project for some insurance? Miami should be finding out.
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