The Miami Dolphins have had a busy weekend in trying to shuffle around their roster and get their final pieces in place for the start of the 2020 season. Miami, after a few months of radio silence in the way of making transactions, has cut a number of players in recent days in addition to the team’s trade for TE Adam Shaheen. And now the Dolphins have managed to make another addition, this time coming courtesy of the waiver wire. No one worked the wire quite like the Dolphins last year, who seemed to pluck a handful of players each week to introduce to the active roster.
As the saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
The Dolphins have yet to really strike gold courtesy of the waiver wire — although several promising candidates already exist on the roster courtesy of WR Gary Jennings Jr. and DL Zach Sieler. The team has claimed their next possible steal, once again tapping into the overflow of talent from a playoff contender.
The most recent wire claim is CB Javaris Davis from the Kansas City Chiefs — Miami announced yesterday afternoon that the team was awarded Davis off of waivers and further proves our long-assumed theory that there is no such thing as “too many cornerbacks”.
The Dolphins have aggressively attacked the position all offseason, but those reinforcements (namely free agent Byron Jones and draft pick Noah Igbinoghene) aren’t stopping the Dolphins from grabbing a player that has clearly caught their eye for one reason or another.
Davis, who was an undrafted free agent after the 2020 NFL Draft, ran a blazing 4.39s 40-yard dash at the 2020 NFL Combine and comes to the Dolphins with the benefit of serving as a teammate of 1st-round pick Noah Igbinoghene with the Auburn Tigers. The Dolphins had a large collection of personnel in house this past spring for the Tigers’ early Pro Day — Miami had GM Chris Grier, head coach Brian Flores and defensive coordinator Josh Boyer in house to work with the players. It is safe to assume that Davis left a lasting impression on the Dolphins’ staff after getting a chance to work with him up close and in-person.