The Miami Dolphins have made a handful of roster moves this week to help best align the team for the upcoming contest against the Denver Broncos — although at least one of the Dolphins’ roster moves has a bigger level of permanence to it.
The Dolphins announced yesterday that they have signed wide receiver Antonio Callaway to their active roster and that they’ve also promoted interior defensive lineman Benito Jones off of the practice squad for this week to serve as an active player.
The news of Jones elevation for another week off the practice squad does not seem to bode well for Dolphins standout defensive lineman Christian Wilkins; who has been in the NFL’s COVID-19 protocol for a week after getting flagged last Thursday and being charged with isolating from the rest of the team. We have yet to hear an official update on Wilkins’ status, but the roster move to promote Jones for the week seems to indicate the Dolphins themselves anticipate being without Wilkins this weekend.
As for Callaway, this is the next step in Miami’s slow and steady return to action for the wide receiver. Callaway has plenty of physical gifts — but a troubled history off the field. When Miami first signed him to the practice squad, it was known he would miss about half the season serving a suspension. The Dolphins have always seemed unfazed with any potential risk here and now take the opportunity to work him onto the active roster as a member of the 53-man roster amid some of the other losses the Dolphins’ wide receiver room has incurred thus far this season.
Between the injury of Preston Williams, the opt-outs of Allen Hurns and Albert Wilson and the trade of Isaiah Ford, Miami’s receiver room has been turned nearly upside down in just 6 months. Now we will wait to see if Callaway still has it in him to make the most of this new opportunity with the Dolphins.