Trade deadline is tomorrow

Last week, Miami released cornerback Parry Nickerson to make room for Jalen Ramsey, who was returning from injured reserve.

Now, on Monday, the Dolphins have re-signed Nickerson to their practice squad after he went unclaimed on waivers.

Nickerson had been playing a significant depth role for Miami before he was released, playing 24% of their defensive snaps.

To make room for him on the practice squad, the Dolphins have released Mark Milton, who joined the team earlier this month but hadn’t received any elevations since arriving in South Florida.

Nose tackle Raekwon Davis logged just 20 of the 49 defensive snaps. At 325 pounds, he’s the only behemoth natural nose tackle who’s playing much. Da’Shawn Hand, the only backup defensive lineman getting any snaps, is 297 pounds. Hand, for the first time, didn’t get any defensive snaps Sunday.

Agent Drew Rosenhaus, who does not represent Davis, said on his WSVN Fox 7 segment, that he wouldn’t be surprised if the Dolphins acquire a natural nose tackle before Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline.

DolFan 316 wrote:

But yeah, they sure do need another DT as opposed to, say, an O-lineman. Will there even be five guys healthy enough to play there Sunday?

DolFan 316 wrote:Is getting another DT really what's going to put the Fins over the top when they face the Jets, Cowboys, Ravens and Bills? Nope. So why do it?

DolFan 316 wrote:BTW the media as usual is determined to cling to a predetermined narrative and insist it's true no matter how stupid they look or how untrue it continues to be. Yup, they're still insisting Grier is definitely going to trade for a RB. No really, they mean it this time!

https://www.profootballrumors.com/2023/10/dolphins-ravens-looking-into-rbs

JMP wrote:If there's a starting LG on the trade block, sure, it's worth a look - but that's like finding a needle in a haystack. No team with a good LG is in a hurry to trade him.

Saleh said the team is hoping to find some reinforcements up front ahead of Tuesday's trade deadline, but that "no one is trading offensive linemen" because of how scarce they are around the league.

Jones said the Cowboys could use to help on the offensive line for depth purposes. But that is also a problem across the league.

“If you really looked at our team right now, the biggest need is depth in the offensive line,” Jones said before adding. “Everybody in the league is looking for starting offensive linemen. Everybody.”

mercury22nathan wrote:

JMP wrote:If there's a starting LG on the trade block, sure, it's worth a look - but that's like finding a needle in a haystack. No team with a good LG is in a hurry to trade him.

just pointing out that seems to be the general consensus.

Saleh said the team is hoping to find some reinforcements up front ahead of Tuesday's trade deadline, but that "no one is trading offensive linemen" because of how scarce they are around the league.

https://sports.yahoo.com/robert-saleh-wed-reinforcements-ol-194718184.html

Jones said the Cowboys could use to help on the offensive line for depth purposes. But that is also a problem across the league.

“If you really looked at our team right now, the biggest need is depth in the offensive line,” Jones said before adding. “Everybody in the league is looking for starting offensive linemen. Everybody.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jerry-jones-not-interested-adding-222704751.html

the only O-linemen i've seen mentioned as possibly being available is Denver's Garett Bolles and given the dearth of O-linemen available, the Broncos are gonna want far more than he's worth.  and he doesn't play OG and i don't think he is any better than what the Phins already have (injured or otherwise).

DolFan 316 wrote:All I'm getting out of this is that with Sweat and Young both gone, there's no excuse for this team losing to the Commanders now. As an aside, if a team decides to trade away their top two pass rushers mid-season after publicly declaring they'd wait for the result of their game right before the deadline to decide if they want to trade anybody, they are CLEARLY tanking and need to be investigated for it. But we all know that'll never happen since nobody's making any accusations of racism.   (Speaking of tanking, the Cards are doing the best job of it I've seen since the '11 Colts, just putting on an absolute masterclass.)