Final week, when the brand new Meta Threads app launched, The Phinsider established our account on the brand new service. Matching our Instagram account, our Threads account is @thephinsidersbn, for those who really feel like giving us a observe over there.
To launch the brand new account, we requested to your mailbag questions in regards to the Miami Dolphins. You’ll be able to try the solutions to your questions beneath. We can be again with one other Ask Phinsider mailbag subsequent week, utilizing Threads, Twitter, and the positioning to see what’s in your thoughts.
On to the questions:
Prepare dinner (@thephinstones)
Dalvin Prepare dinner might be on most Dolphins followers’ minds in a method or one other proper now. Ought to the Dolphins signal him? Will the Dolphins signal him? Will they up the provide that’s reportedly on the desk however has not been signed? Will another person swoop in so as to add the Professional Bowl operating again?
That was quite a lot of questions, however not quite a lot of solutions. And, proper now, there is no such thing as a want for anybody to offer a solution. Coaching camp continues to be about two weeks away for veterans. Prepare dinner was rumored to need to wait till after the franchise tag deadline to see if any long-term offers have been accomplished, resetting the market. That deadline is Monday. We may begin to see some motion with Prepare dinner someday subsequent week.
Then once more, Prepare dinner may additionally sit till camps are open, seeking to see if some workforce must signal a free agent attributable to damage or desperation. The rumors appear to say he’s nonetheless hoping to land a long-term deal paying him the $10+ million he would have been getting from the Minnesota Vikings this 12 months. Will Prepare dinner discover that deal? Will he should accept a one-year prove-it sort of deal earlier than hitting free company once more subsequent 12 months?
Nonetheless extra questions.
It does really feel like Miami and Prepare dinner come to a deal finally as a result of everybody appears to suppose Prepare dinner want to return to his hometown. Until another workforce is available in with a shock provide, it looks as if a short-term deal that works with Miami’s 2024 wage cap points could be the most probably deal.
Does [Isaiah] Wynn win a beginning OLine place? (@jamesmiltonanderson)
Isaiah Wynn, the previous New England Patriots deal with who signed with Miami this offseason on a one-year deal, is an fascinating participant to look at this summer time. The Dolphins may look to him to problem Liam Eichenberg at left guard or Austin Jackson at proper deal with. They may additionally look to him to function the emergency choice ought to one thing occur to Terron Armstead at left deal with.
Personally, I believe the Dolphins are going to offer each alternative for Eichenberg and Jackson to show themselves, leaving Wynn to function the swing deal with, capable of fill in ought to an in-game damage occur to both Jackson or Armstead. It looks like that may be a excellent function for him, and would give Miami a depth choice they in all probability will want in some unspecified time in the future this 12 months. Whereas they may insert him into the beginning lineup at guard, then transfer him outdoors if wanted, that simply creates extra points with a number of gamers having to maneuver round on the road.
After all, if Eichernberg or Jackson can’t cement their place as starters, then Wynn appears the most probably participant on the roster to take over atop the depth chart.
How shut does [Jaylen] Waddle get to 2k yards himself? (@zoeller12)
There have been 11 instances in NFL historical past a participant has reached 1,700 yards, together with Dolphins vast receiver Tyreek Hill final 12 months, when his 1,710 yards set a brand new franchise file. Jaylen Waddle completed the 12 months with 1,356 receiving yards, third all-time for the Dolphins. Hill has acknowledged he believes he can change into the primary 2,000-yard receiver within the league. To suppose Miami goes to have two receivers method a quantity by no means earlier than reached is asking loads out of the passing sport.
After all, Miami final 12 months was very pass-heavy, and people passes have been largely focusing on Hill and Waddle. Miami quarterbacks threw 562 passes in 2022, with 21.1 p.c of these passes going to Hill and 20.8 p.c headed to Waddle. In truth, the following two most focused choices, vast receiver Trent Sherfield and tight finish Mike Gesicki, mixed solely obtained 18.3 p.c of the targets. The Dolphins rely closely on Hill and Waddle, and their stats mirror it.
Each receivers are elite-level gamers and will have enormous years this season. That mentioned, I’d anticipate each of them to be nearer to 1,500 yards every versus having each gamers close to 2,000 yards.
