Wednesday was the day the Buffalo Bills settled all family business. The Miami Dolphins‘ biggest rival took a sledgehammer to its bloated roster, moving on from six significant players in necessary cost-cutting moves. Will Miami Dolphins Pounce on Cut Buffalo Bills Players? Core Bills players who learned they won’t be with the team in 2024: Defensive backs Tre’Davious White, Jordan Poyer, and Siran Neal; center Mitch Morse; wide receiver Deonte Harty; and running back Nyheim Hines. Together, those six have started 269 games and made four Pro Bowls as members of the Bills. They’ll join a long list of other familiar Bills faces in free agency — defensive tackle Jordan Phillips, defensive end A.J. Epenesa, and cornerback Dane Jackson, to name a few. And Bills general manager Brandon Beane will have to be creative to even come close to replacing them, with a still-tight cap situation and just two picks in the top 125 of what most believe is a shallow NFL Draft. Put another way, the Bills are poised for a step back in 2024. What remains to be seen: If the Dolphins can step up — and over the Bills. The Dolphins can be more than passive beneficiaries of the Bills’ purge. They can use the released players to actively improve their own roster — and make a run at not just the division championship but the entire AFC. Many of the players the Bills are losing this offseason play positions of need for the Dolphins. Take a moment to imagine White and Poyer — who have six combined interceptions in their careers against the Dolphins — in a defensive backfield with Jalen Ramsey and Jevon Holland. It’s an intriguing short-term possibility. Does Morse want to play a 10th NFL season? How about he gets an early taste of retirement life with a final year in South Florida? The Dolphins need a center (and two guards and maybe a tackle). The Dolphins also need EDGE defender help, with Bradley Chubb and Jaelan Phillips rehabbing major injuries and Andrew Van Ginkel set to his free agency in a week. Epenesa would be a helpful depth piece. None of these players should break the bank. And all have big-game experience that would only help the Dolphins. So as the Dolphins’ offseason continues to come into focus, the question isn’t whether the Dolphins will have interest in any of these former rivals but how many.
No the dolphins have way more holes on defense and a brand new scheme and coaching staff. To believe a first time DC is going to step in and make the unit better with less talented players as of now is a pipe dream. the dolphins loaded up hoping for last year to be their year. We will have a 10-7 9-8 record this year. Maybe a wildcard and out again. zero faith in Griers ability to put together a team good in all three phases of the game in a single season.
Their biggest hole is DE/LB. Once Chubb and JP get back that will be less of a hole. They are good at safety, CB should be good to great depending on if Cam is the guy his teammates think he is, DL will be good to great depending on if they decide to keep Wilkins or not and who they replace him with if he leaves. Weavers scheme shouldn’t be much different than Vic’s so that shouldn’t be a problem. The Dolphins have a great shot at winning the AFCE.
Oh, that’s where you were going. I misunderstood. My take is we can take advantage of the Bills BECAUSE of their roster purge. They were built to “win now”, but their window seems to be closed, or close to it. Picking up any of their players? Well that’s a matter of dollars and cents. Some of these players, like some of ours are going to test the market and see what they can get. Some may, some may not, some may very well return to their own teams.
