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• Silence persists regarding Deshaun Watson situation

  12-05-2021 01:11 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The first month of the Deshaun Watson legal controversy featured numerous social-media posts, written statements, and press conferences. For nearly three weeks, silence has prevailed in the Watson situation. It’s obvious, given the sharp shift in efforts by the lawyers away from scoring points in the court of public opinion, that the lawyers are trying [more]
  
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• Brian Flores says he never lost confidence in Tua Tagovailoa last season

  10-05-2021 21:30 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Joe Burrow began the season as the Bengals’ starting quarterback and kept the job until he injured his knee in Week 10. Justin Herbert unexpectedly took over as the Chargers’ starter in Week 2 and never gave the job back to Tyrod Taylor. The quarterback drafted between Burrow and Herbert in 2020 — fifth-overall choice [more]
  
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• 2021 could end up have huge differences in attendance among the various stadiums

  10-05-2021 17:51 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Saturday night’s boxing match at AT&T Stadium — attended by a pandemic record of 73,126 — is a sign of things to come when that venue once again hosts football games. Undoubtedly, the Dallas Cowboys will be playing before a full house this season. Other NFL teams in other NFL cities in other NFL states [more]
  
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• 16 players take advantage of new number rules, so far

  10-05-2021 16:45 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Last month, the NFL revolutionized the rules regarding jersey numbers. Since then, 16 players have taken advantage of the shift. Peter King lists them in his latest edition of Football Morning in America. King arranged them by number. We’ll list them by player in alphabetical order, if for no reason other than variety. Cardinals S [more]
  
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• Brian Flores: Tua Tagovailoa doing everything necessary to make improvements

  10-05-2021 12:33 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Dolphins were busy trading picks long before the 2021 draft got underway in late April and they wound up adding four players in the first 42 selections. Wide receiver Jaylen Waddle, edge rusher Jaelan Phillips, safety Jevon Holland, and offensive lineman Liam Eichenberg join a roster that General Manager Chris Grier and head coach [more]
  
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• Nick Saban needs to quit blaming Dolphins’ doctors for Drew Brees

  07-05-2021 17:33 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Fifteen years after the fact, former Dolphins coach Nick Saban remains miffed that Dolphins doctors deemed the shoulder of quarterback Drew Brees unfit for NFL competition. (We probably could have ended that sentence after the word “miffed.”) Those same doctors nevertheless embraced the prospect of sending a second-round pick to the Vikings for quarterback Daunte [more]
  
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• Bobby McCain visiting Washington

  07-05-2021 01:30 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Bobby McCain didn’t need long to find a market. The safety, released by the Dolphins on Thursday, has a visit scheduled with the Washington Football Team on Monday, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. Cutting McCain saved the Dolphins $5.65 million in cap space while leaving $1.48 million in dead money. Miami made McCain a 2015 [more]
  
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• Dolphins to sign Jason McCourty

  06-05-2021 23:59 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Jason McCourty will reunite with Brian Flores in Miami. McCourty, the veteran cornerback who previously played for Flores in New England, is signing with the Dolphins, according to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network. Although he said at the start of free agency that he was excited about signing somewhere, there hasn’t been a lot of [more]
  
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• Dolphins sign Jibri Blount, son of Mel Blount

  06-05-2021 21:54 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Jibri Blount didn’t play a down of college football. But the former basketball player for North Carolina Central will try his hand at becoming an NFL tight end. Blount has signed a deal with the Dolphins. He announced the signing on social media: “Plot twist. I’m in the NFL. Thank you Miami Dolphins for the [more]
  
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• Dolphins tell Bobby McCain he’s being released

  06-05-2021 16:04 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Veteran safety Bobby McCain may be hitting the open market. PFT has learned, via a league source, that the Dolphins have informed McCain that he is being released. With that information out, there’s a chance that a team will make the Dolphins a trade offer that keeps McCain from becoming a free agent before the [more]
  
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• Malik Hooker visiting Dolphins

  04-05-2021 21:00 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Free agent safety Malik Hooker is visiting the Dolphins on Tuesday, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. Hooker, 25, visited the Cowboys earlier in the offseason but has had little reported interest. He is rehabbing after tearing his Achilles in Week 2 last season. Hooker, a first-round choice of the Colts in 2017, had an [more]
  
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• Brian Flores: Will Fuller, Jaylen Waddle can help run game a lot

  04-05-2021 17:33 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Dolphins averaged 3.9 yards per rush during the 2020 season and some thought they’d try to improve that area of the team by drafting a running back. Miami didn’t do that until the seventh round, but head coach Brian Flores thinks an earlier pick will have a positive impact on the run game. The [more]
  
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• Free agent signings no longer count in compensatory pick formula

  04-05-2021 16:05 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  When the Ravens brought in tackle Alejandro Villanueva for a visit last month, word from Baltimore reporters was that the team was not expected to make a move until after the draft. Compensatory draft picks were central to that approach. The Ravens and other teams have prized the picks doled out to teams who see [more]
  
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• 21 fifth-year options picked up for 2018 first-round picks

  03-05-2021 23:56 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The deadline for NFL teams to exercise their fifth-year contract options on 2018 first-round picks passed on Monday afternoon and 21 players had those options picked up. Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold is part of that group. Carolina traded for Darnold last month and announced their decision on his option after the draft. That total is [more]
  
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• Broncos looked to trade up for Jaelan Phillips before Dolphins drafted him

  03-05-2021 18:18 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  If the Dolphins hadn’t drafted University of Miami pass rusher Jaelan Phillips in the first round of the 2021 NFL draft, the Broncos might have. After the Broncos took cornerback Patrick Surtain II with the ninth overall pick, they wanted to add another piece to their defense and tried to trade back into the first [more]
  
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• Micah Parsons opens as favorite to win defensive rookie of the year

  02-05-2021 15:57 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  He wasn’t the first defensive player taken in the draft. He’s the first favorite to win defensive rookie of the year. Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons, the 12th overall selection, has been installed by PointsBet as a +450 proposition to secure the award based on the 17 regular-season games of his first NFL season. He was [more]
  
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• In the early rookie of the year odds, Najee Harris stands out

  01-05-2021 16:01 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The first overall pick is the first favorite to win the rookie of the year award. But the 24th pick could be the one to watch. Via PointsBet, Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence has +250 odds to win the prize the night before Super Bowl LVI. That part was predictable. After that, it gets interesting. Bears [more]
  
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• Dolphins trade with Giants, take Liam Eichenberg at No. 42

  01-05-2021 01:55 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman wasn’t a fan of trading down in the past, but he’s developed a taste for it this year. The Giants picked up a 2022 first-round pick by trading with the Bears in the first round and they made another move while they were on the clock for the 38th pick. [more]
  
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• Dolphins add Oregon safety Jevon Holland

  01-05-2021 01:35 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The first safety selected in the 2021 NFL draft has finally come off the board: Oregon safety Jevon Holland is heading to Miami. The Dolphins selected Holland in the second round this evening, with the 36th overall pick in the draft. Holland led Oregon in interceptions as a true freshman in 2018 and then led [more]
  
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• Jaylen Waddle: Chemistry with Tua Tagovailoa is there for sure

  30-04-2021 17:46 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Dolphins gave quarterback Tua Tagovailoa a familiar target by drafting wide receiver Jaylen Waddle with the sixth overall pick on Thursday. Waddle played two seasons with Tagovailoa at Alabama in 2018 and 2019 and expects the partnership they established to carry over to the NFL. “Chemistry is there for sure,” Waddle said, via Cameron Wolfe [more]
  
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• Chris Grier has “no regrets” about how things played out after first-round trades

  30-04-2021 15:10 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Dolphins helped shake up the top of the draft when they traded the third overall pick to the 49ers last month and then dealt the No. 12 pick they got in that deal to the Eagles for the sixth selection. Most observers thought they were targeting someone to catch passes from Tua Tagovailoa and [more]
  
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• 2021 N.F.L. Draft: What to Look for on Day 2 and Day 3

  30-04-2021 13:29 via nytimes.com
  
  A complete guide to the remainder of the N.F.L. draft, with rounds two through seven.
  
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• Dolphins select Jaelan Phillips at No. 18

  30-04-2021 04:41 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  An edge rusher has come off the board, and he won’t have to go far for his new job. The Dolphins selected Jaelan Phillips out of Miami at No. 18 overall for their second pick of the night. Phillips was widely regarded as one of the best edge rushers available after recording 8.0 sacks and [more]
  
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• Dolphins select Jaylen Waddle with sixth overall pick

  30-04-2021 03:04 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Reunited and it feels so good. The Dolphins selected Alabama wide receiver Jaylen Waddle at No. 6 overall on Thursday night, giving quarterback Tua Tagovailoa one of his former collegiate weapons in the NFL. Miami initially had the third overall pick from Houston in this year’s draft, but traded it to the 49ers before moving [more]
  
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• Dolphins draft picks 2021: All of Miami’s selections, NFL draft results, team order

  30-04-2021 03:03 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Last year Miami used the fifth overall pick to draft quarterback Tua Tagovailoa out of Alabama. Tagovailoa’s rookie season was fairly inconsistent, and the team relied on veteran Ryan Fitzpatrick for much of the year. Fitzpatrick is now in Washington and in March the Dolphins were part of a blockbuster trade with the 49ers that saw them send the third overall pick to San Francisco, seemingly boosting Tagovailoa
  
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• Where will Justin Fields end up?

  29-04-2021 16:32 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  As to the first two picks in the draft, there’s no mystery. After that, it’s all a mystery. At the center of the mystery resides Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields. Once regarded as the No. 2 quarterback in the draft (especially after shredding presumptive No. 1 pick Trevor Lawrence‘s Clemson Tigers in the national semifinals), [more]
  
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• Which teams would try to trade for Deshaun Watson?

  29-04-2021 02:10 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  If the lawyers on both sides of the Deshaun Watson litigation have indeed decided to trade public squabbles for private negotiations, and if they can work out a settlement of the 22 civil claims pending against the Texans quarterback before or during the draft, a trade could happen. So who would trade for him? John [more]
  
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• Looking at the all-time great draft-day free falls

  28-04-2021 18:15 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Wednesday’s PFT Live included, as it always does, a draft. Today’s draft, as it usually does at this time of year, looked at a subject related to the draft. With Simms’ mock draft projecting a Justin Fields free fall to No. 32 (the PFT mock has Fields going No. 3), we had an inspiration. We [more]
  
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• Tom Brady tops NFLPA player sales list for year ending February 28

  28-04-2021 17:00 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  In New England, Tom Brady had sold a generation of Patriots jerseys and other gear. He’s now selling Buccaneers gear to a new generation of fans. The NFL Players Association has announced that Brady finished No. 1 on the union’s top 50 player sales list for the year ending February 28. The calculation encompasses all [more]
  
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• Will Deshaun Watson be traded this week?

  28-04-2021 16:31 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  As the 2021 draft looms, the biggest NFL story of the past six weeks has taken a back seat. It possibly won’t stay there. There’s still a scenario in which the Texans trade quarterback Deshaun Watson before, during, or immediately after the draft. The door swings open to a trade if Watson and his 22 [more]
  
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• Ereck Flowers “excited and anxious” to get back with Washington

  28-04-2021 05:56 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  A trade isn’t always a welcomed thing for a player being moved from one team to another. However, guard Ereck Flowers is excited to be returning to Washington after the Football Team traded for him in a deal with the Miami Dolphins on Tuesday. “I’m very excited and anxious to get back up there because [more]
  
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• Report: Eight teams showed interest in Deshaun Watson before legal issues arose

  28-04-2021 00:20 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  A rash of civil litigation that began last month has made a potential trade of Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson impractical, unless and until those 22 lawsuits can soon be resolved. Before the off-field issues emerged for Watson, plenty of teams were interested. Via John McClain of the Houston Chronicle, eight teams had shown interest in [more]
  
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• Dolphins draft picks 2021: Full list of Miami’s draft picks, order for every round

  27-04-2021 23:35 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Last year Miami used the fifth overall pick to draft quarterback Tua Tagovailoa out of Alabama. Tagovailoa’s rookie season was fairly inconsistent, and the team relied on veteran Ryan Fitzpatrick for much of the year. Fitzpatrick is now in Washington and in March the Dolphins were part of a blockbuster trade with the 49ers that saw them send the third overall pick to San Francisco, seemingly boosting Tagovailoa
  
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• Dolphins paid Ereck Flowers $6 million of his 2021 pay before trading him to Washington

  27-04-2021 20:57 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Before trading him to Washington, the Dolphins gave Ereck Flowers a $6 million going away present. Flowers was set to get paid $9 million in 2021 on his old contract with the Dolphins, but just before the trade, he and the Dolphins agreed to a restructure that saw him get a $6 million signing bonus [more]
  
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• Here Are The Needs for the Biggest Movers in the NFL Draft

  27-04-2021 20:40 via nytimes.com
  
  San Francisco traded for the No. 3 pick to select a quarterback, and Baltimore traded into the first round, sending Orlando Brown to Kansas City, to reload for the future.
  
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• Steelers exercise fifth-year option for Minkah Fitzpatrick

  27-04-2021 20:01 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  After trading for Minkah Fitzpatrick, the Steelers are in no hurry to see him leave. Pittsburgh exercised the safety’s fifth-year option on Tuesday, per NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport. The Steelers acquired the 2018 No. 11 overall pick early in the 2019 season for three draft selections, including their 2020 first-round pick. Fitzpatrick has blossomed into [more]
  
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• Dolphins to move Robert Hunt from tackle to guard, may draft a tackle in first round

  27-04-2021 17:29 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Dolphins’ decision to trade starting guard Ereck Flowers may have demonstrated that they’re committed to taking a tackle in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night. According to Adam Beasley of the Miami Herald, the Dolphins will move starting right tackle Robert Hunt to right guard, and drafting offensive tackle Penei [more]
  
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• Miami trades Ereck Flowers to Washington

  27-04-2021 16:49 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Ereck Flowers is heading for a second stint in Washington. The Dolphins and Football Team have agreed to a trade that will send Flowers to Washington for a swap of late-round picks, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Flowers previously played for Washington in 2019, then signed a three-year, $30 million contract with Miami [more]
  
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• Will the Falcons find a taker for Julio Jones?

  26-04-2021 16:32 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  There are two potential explanations for the sudden rash of reports regarding a potential Julio Jones trade. One, Peter King had it initially and exclusively in Football Morning in America and others used it as a springboard for their own reporting (without crediting King). Two, all three — King, Albert Breer of SI.com, and Ian [more]
  
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• Brian Flores: The goal isn’t to accumulate first-round picks, it’s to craft the best team

  26-04-2021 16:17 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Since Brian Flores took over as the Dolphins head coach in 2019, Miami has made several trades to maximize their opportunities in the first round of the draft. The club had three first-round picks last year, has a pair this year, and will have two in 2023 following the blockbuster trade with the 49ers for [more]
  
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• Will 49ers’ trade to No. 3 limit other top-10 moves?

  26-04-2021 15:49 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Every year, more teams seemingly want to trade down than trade up. This year, a major trade up could make it harder for others to do the same. Peter King’s Football Morning in America column raises the question of whether San Francisco’s major trade from No. 12 to No. 3 will have a chilling effect [more]
  
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• Will Dolphins take a quarterback at No. 6?

  23-04-2021 16:44 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Dolphins G.M. Chris Grier has done a masterful job of leveraging assets for more draft picks. He could have more moves to make. Or maybe he’s already made his moves. Maybe, via the bang-bang trades from four weeks ago that resulted in the Dolphins moving from No. 3 to No. 12 and then to No. [more]
  
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• Chris Grier: We feel good about pass rush, will continue looking for upgrades

  22-04-2021 13:19 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Dolphins released Kyle Van Noy and traded defensive end Shaq Lawson last month in a pair of moves that left them without a pair of players who produced 10 of the team’s 41 sacks last season. Miami has also brought in a number of players, but they have not added any players who look [more]
  
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• Dolphins don’t appear concerned with DeVonta Smith’s size

  22-04-2021 04:12 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa played with receivers DeVonta Smith and Jaylen Waddle at Alabama. Both receivers could be in play for the Dolphins at No. 6 overall. Neither Smith nor Waddle is the prototype for the position, and Dolphins General Manager Chris Grier was asked whether that was a concern in the evaluation. “It’s all [more]
  
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• Chris Grier: Tua Tagovailoa is going to take the next step

  21-04-2021 17:59 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  When Miami held the third overall pick in next week’s draft, there was some speculation that the club could take a quarterback for the second consecutive year within the top five. But when the pair of trades with the 49ers and Eagles set them up at No. 6, the Dolphins clearly indicated they’re riding with [more]
  
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• Chris Grier on draft trades: We feel good where we are and won’t have any regrets

  21-04-2021 17:33 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  When the Dolphins made a pair of trades with the 49ers and Eagles a few weeks ago, they were able to not only gain assets, but also still guarantee themselves a shot at one of the best non-QBs in the 2021 draft. In his pre-draft press conference on Wednesday, Miami General Manager Chris Grier set [more]
  
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• Richie Incognito has no plans to retire anytime soon

  20-04-2021 21:23 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Richie Incognito entered the NFL in the 2005 draft. With Alex Smith‘s retirement announcement Monday, Incognito is one of only three players from that draft class under contract for 2021. The once-retired Raiders offensive guard wouldn’t mind being the last one standing. “I am going to play as long as I can,” Incognito told Vic [more]
  
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• Many Dolphins attend first day of workouts despite statement of support for NFLPA

  20-04-2021 11:58 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  When players from the Dolphins joined the many teams issuing statements through the NFL Players Association about offseason workout, the statement said only that they “stand in solidarity” with the NFLPA, and not that they would be skipping offseason workouts themselves. So it’s no surprise that when the Dolphins opened their offseason program on Monday, [more]
  
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• Formula 1 bringing Grand Prix to Hard Rock Stadium complex in Miami

  20-04-2021 04:53 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Formula 1 is bringing a second race to the United States in 2022 with the home of the Miami Dolphins serving as the backdrop for the event. The 19-turn temporary street circuit that will host the race will wind its way around Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. The venue will be the first street [more]
  
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• Dolphins are signing D.J. Fluker

  20-04-2021 02:39 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Dolphins are signing offensive lineman D.J. Fluker, Alex Marvez of SiriusXM NFL Radio reports. Fluker, 30, started eight games for the Ravens last season and played all 16 games. He saw action on 531 offensive snaps and 79 on special teams. Fluker has extensive starting experience at right tackle and right guard. The Chargers [more]
  
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