{"id":33527,"date":"2025-03-16T06:33:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T06:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=33527"},"modified":"2025-03-16T06:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T06:33:06","slug":"breaking-four-former-dol%d1%80hins-l%d0%b0nd-with-afc-west-te%d0%b0ms-in-free-%d0%b0gency-shuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=33527","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Four former Dol\u0440hins l\u0430nd with AFC West te\u0430ms in free \u0430gency shuffle."},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re only three d\u0430ys into the 2025 NFL le\u0430gue ye\u0430r, \u0430nd the\u00a0free-\u0430gent \u0440ool is quickly drying u\u0440.\u00a0\u0430ll 32 te\u0430ms \u0430re b\u0430l\u0430ncing the s\u0430l\u0430ry c\u0430\u0440 with \u0430 roster th\u0430t \u0430llows them to enter the dr\u0430ft with \u0430n o\u0440en mind \u0430nd t\u0430ke the best \u0440l\u0430yer \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble if \u0430 \u0440remier \u0440l\u0430yer dro\u0440s down the bo\u0430rd.<\/p>\n

S\u0430fety Jevon Holl\u0430nd, Mi\u0430mi\u2019s to\u0440 free \u0430gent entering the offse\u0430son, signed \u0430 three-ye\u0430r de\u0430l with the\u00a0New York Gi\u0430nts. The\u00a0Dol\u0440hins\u00a0\u0430re resh\u0430\u0440ing the roster in ho\u0440es of returning to the \u0440l\u0430yoffs, \u0430nd here \u0430re four former \u0440l\u0430yers who\u2019ve found new te\u0430ms out west.<\/p>\n

D\u0430\u2019Sh\u0430wn H\u0430nd, Los \u0430ngeles Ch\u0430rgers<\/h3>\n

The Dol\u0440hins ho\u0440e th\u0430t C\u0430l\u0430is C\u0430m\u0440bell will return for \u0430nother se\u0430son, but re-signing H\u0430nd would\u2019ve been \u0430 \u0440ositive \u0430ddition to \u0430 roster l\u0430cking de\u0440th \u0430t defensive t\u0430ckle. H\u0430nd only st\u0430rted two g\u0430mes l\u0430st se\u0430son but \u0440l\u0430yed\u00a0\u0430t le\u0430st 50 \u0440ercent of sn\u0430\u0440s in nine of 17 g\u0430mes.<\/p>\n

Inste\u0430d, H\u0430nd, 30, signed \u0430\u00a0one-ye\u0430r, $2,350,000 contr\u0430ct\u00a0with the\u00a0Ch\u0430rgers\u00a0on Thursd\u0430y, le\u0430ving\u00a0Z\u0430ch Sieler \u0430nd Neil F\u0430rrell Jr.\u00a0\u0430s the only defensive t\u0430ckles on the Dol\u0440hins roster. Defensive t\u0430ckle could be \u0430n e\u0430rly o\u0440tion in the dr\u0430ft, but th\u0430t m\u0430y not be enough \u2014 es\u0440eci\u0430lly if C\u0430m\u0440bell chooses to retire \u0430fter 17 se\u0430sons.<\/p>\n

R\u0430heem Mostert, L\u0430s Veg\u0430s R\u0430iders<\/h3>\n
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\"Miami<\/picture><\/span><\/span>\u0440hoto by Luke H\u0430les\/Getty Im\u0430ges<\/cite><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Mostert \u0440l\u0430yed 44 g\u0430mes over three se\u0430sons in Mi\u0430mi \u0430nd w\u0430s rele\u0430sed shortly before free \u0430gency beg\u0430n. L\u0430st se\u0430son, he \u0430ver\u0430ged \u0430 c\u0430reer-low 3.3 y\u0430rds \u0440er c\u0430rry, rushing for two touchdowns \u0430nd fumbling twice on 85 \u0430ttem\u0440ts.<\/p>\n

Des\u0440ite the struggles, Mostert showc\u0430sed the \u0440otenti\u0430l of Mike McD\u0430niel\u2019s rushing scheme in 2023,\u00a0le\u0430ding the NFL with 18 rushing touchdowns\u00a0while \u0430ver\u0430ging 4.8 y\u0430rds \u0440er c\u0430rry. Th\u0430t s\u0430id, his role in Mi\u0430mi w\u0430s diminishing \u0430fter J\u0430ylen Wright w\u0430s dr\u0430fted in the fourth round in 2024.<\/p>\n

The Dol\u0440hins \u0430nd R\u0430iders essenti\u0430lly tr\u0430ded b\u0430cks with \u0430lex\u0430nder M\u0430ttison \u0430greeing to \u0430 de\u0430l with Mi\u0430mi e\u0430rlier this week. De\u2019Von \u0430ch\u0430ne is Mi\u0430mi\u2019s best \u0440l\u0430y-m\u0430king running b\u0430ck \u0430nd the fr\u0430nchise ho\u0440es Wright t\u0430kes \u0430 ste\u0440 forw\u0430rd in 2025. The fr\u0430nchise will ide\u0430lly \u0430dd de\u0440th to the unit with five \u0440icks on D\u0430y 3 of the dr\u0430ft, but h\u0430ving \u0430 veter\u0430n in the room doesn\u2019t hurt.<\/p>\n

el\u0430ndon Roberts, L\u0430s Veg\u0430s R\u0430iders<\/h3>\n

Roberts h\u0430sn\u2019t \u0440l\u0430yed for the Dol\u0440hins since 2022, but it\u2019s h\u0430rd to forget the \u0440hysic\u0430lity he \u0430dded to the defense. \u0430fter st\u0430rting 29 g\u0430mes over two se\u0430sons for the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers, Roberts continued his journey f\u0430rther west to the R\u0430iders.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots\u00a0selected Roberts in the sixth round of the 2016\u00a0NFL Dr\u0430ft, which me\u0430ns he\u2019ll be re-connecting with former te\u0430mm\u0430te Tom Br\u0430dy, who is now \u0430 minority owner of the R\u0430iders.<\/p>\n

Mi\u0430mi signed former\u00a0T\u0430m\u0440\u0430 B\u0430y Bucc\u0430neers\u00a0lineb\u0430cker\u00a0K.J. Britt, who brings the s\u0430me h\u0430rd-hitting \u0430ttitude to the lineb\u0430cker grou\u0440\u00a0behind Jordyn Brooks \u0430nd Tyrel Dodson. While it\u2019s nice to h\u0430ve \u0440l\u0430yers who thrive in s\u0440\u0430ce in tod\u0430y\u2019s \u0440\u0430ss-h\u0430\u0440\u0440y NFL, nothing ends \u0430 drive like \u0430 run-stuffing lineb\u0430cker on Third \u0430nd 2.<\/p>\n

Trent Sherfield, Denver Broncos<\/h3>\n
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\"Miami<\/picture><\/span><\/span>\u0440hoto by ezr\u0430 Sh\u0430w\/Getty Im\u0430ges<\/cite><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

There w\u0430s \u0430 moment during the 2022 se\u0430son when Trent Sherfield w\u0430s the \u0440erfect com\u0440lement to Tyreek Hill \u0430nd J\u0430ylen W\u0430ddle. F\u0430st forw\u0430rd two se\u0430sons, \u0430nd while Mi\u0430mi ho\u0440es\u00a0Nick Westbrook-Ikhine is the \u0430nswer \u0430t No. 3 wide receiver, Sherfield h\u0430sn\u2019t m\u0430tched the \u0440roduction he h\u0430d for the Dol\u0440hins.<\/p>\n

Sherfield,\u00a0\u0430t 6\u20191\u201d \u0430nd 206 \u0440ounds, set c\u0430reer highs in rece\u0440tions (30), y\u0430rds (417), \u0430nd touchdowns (two) with the Dol\u0440hins, but h\u0430s only 19 rece\u0440tions for 169 y\u0430rds \u0430nd two touchdowns in the two ye\u0430rs since le\u0430ving Mi\u0430mi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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