The NFL’s wave of roster cuts begun yesterday and with it comes no shortage of temptations for the Miami Dolphins. If the Dolphins are intent to work over the waiver wire from yesterday’s cuts, there are a number of talents who would be home run propositions for the team given where Miami sits in their roster rebuild. Who, among Friday’s reported cuts, makes the most sense for the Dolphins?
Here are three waiver wire candidates the Dolphins should consider.
RB Dare Ogunbowale
Pass catching ability. Special teams skills. These are the hallmarks of Ogunbowale’s game — and that makes him an enticing option for the Miami Dolphins. Yes, the Dolphins boast Jordan Howard and Matt Breida at the top of the depth chart. But Ogunbowale is a more experienced version of Patrick Laird — and Ogunbowale offers an impressive resume on the special teams units. The only reason Ogunbowale is on the waivers is because Tampa Bay signed Leonard Fournette to go along with 2020 3rd-round pick Ke’Shawn Vaughn and 2018 2nd-round pick Ronald Jones — making the former Wisconsin Badger an unfortunate casualty to more prominent names in the running game.
WR Hakeem Butler
Developmental size and ball skills are where Butler will move the needle. And with Miami having so much size at the receiver position, Butler feels like a viable continuation of those skills. A 2019 4th-round pick, Butler went one and done in Arizona with the Cardinals and is now on the open market. Separation ability and route running will need development, there’s no question about that. But Butler has things you can’t coach — and Miami has rolled the dice on those players plenty of times over the past 18 months.
DE Joe Jackson
Jackson was cut from the Dallas Cowboys after the team invested a 2019 5th-round selection in him. The reinstatement of DE Randy Gregory and the signing of DE Everson Griffen made Jackson a fringe roster player and now he’s on the waiver wire. Jackson would make sense for Miami given not only his size and stature but also because he played his college ball at the University of Miami. Jackson offers plenty of muscle in the trenches and fits the body type the Dolphins have gravitated to with some of their other defensive end additions over the course of the offseason.
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