With the NFL’s open of the 2020 calendar still looming on the horizon next week, each of the NFL’s 32 franchises is trying as best as they can to pivot their process and take the necessary precautions regarding the current coronavirus outbreak. It would seem that if any players are going to get signed in the immediate future (before the legal tampering period on Monday), there would need to be a preexisting relationship between the two parties.
And the latest running back to hit the open market definitely has his fair share of connections to the Dolphins. The Tennessee Titans announced yesterday that they were cutting veteran running back Dion Lewis — a decision that seems to indicate the team will be looking to bring back free agent RB Derrick Henry this offseason.
For Lewis, it is probably for the best. Henry commanded many of the touches out of the backfield, so finding a team that will implement more of a rotation would let him have a greater impact on the game.
In football news, Titans informed RB Dion Lewis that they are releasing him, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 12, 2020
Lewis has never played snaps in Miami before, but he’s got his fair share of connections to the Dolphins regardless. Lewis’ best pro season came in 2017 as a member of the New England Patriots — he logged over 1100 yards from scrimmage and 9 touchdowns that season before signing with the Titans in 2018.
Could Miami’s connections to Lewis through the Patriots to be enough to warrant consideration to help bolster Miami’s running back stable? Remember — Miami has already been connected to the likes of Joe Thuney, Ted Karras, another former Patriot/Titan in CB Logan Ryan and others with a pipeline that runs through Foxborough.
Given Lewis’ status as a rotational back and his age, he projects well to Miami’s spending philosophies, to boot. We’ll see if the Dolphins make a move; but because Lewis was cut, he is eligible to be signed at any time. The ball is in their court if the team wants to make a play.
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