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Bengals sign free-agent safety Kavon Frazier

The Cincinnati Bengals added to the roster during OTAs.

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Right on the heels of adding linebacker Joe Bachie on waivers, the Cincinnati Bengals again made an addition to the roster with safety Kavon Frazier.

Frazier’s management team announced the move on social media.

A sixth-round pick in 2016, Frazier had a strong four-year stint with the Dallas Cowboys as deep depth and a place on special teams. He spent 2020 in Miami last season doing much of the same.

In Cincinnati, expect more of the same from the 26-year-old Central Michigan product. He’s the latest addition mostly for Darrin Simmons’ special teams unit as the team tries to reload after heavy losses to that area, highlighted by Giovani Bernard.

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Dolphins sign safety Kavon Frazier after 2020 draft

Dolphins sign safety Kavon Frazier after 2020 draft

The Miami Dolphins’ affinity for defensive backs continues! The Dolphins, after resigning Adrian Colbert, adding Byron Jones and then drafting Noah Igbinoghene and Brandon Jones early in the 2020 NFL Draft, continued to build out their secondary on Monday with the news that the team was signing free agent safety Kavon Frazier. Frazier, who came through the NFL Draft process back in 2016 and spent the first four seasons of his NFL career in Dallas with the Cowboys, becomes Miami’s latest addition to a group that is plentiful in both numbers and now also in talent.

Frazier shouldn’t be expected to compete for a starting role — it’d be highly unlikely for him to push either Bobby McCain or Eric Rowe from the starting lineup. But Frazier brings plenty of special teams experience, something that should afford him a realistic chance of making Miami’s roster when the time comes to whittle things down at the start of the season. Expect Frazier’s biggest competition to come from Clayton Fejedelem for reps once the team straps up and gets into training camp.

For the Dolphins, Frazier’s addition continues Miami’s trend of coveting defensive backs — the team has more than 15 on the expanded 90-man roster now that the draft has come and gone. If they make the cut, one thing we also know for certain is that Coach Flores will find a way to use them; his defense leans heavily on sub-packages and depth in the secondary.

One variable to watch will be how Frazier is able to bounce back from a pectoral injury that limited him to just four games and 71 total snaps for the Cowboys last season.

5 Cowboys whose absence rattled the team’s chances in 2019

Which players were most missed due to injury in 2019, and in what ways did their absence effect the Cowboys?

Despite seemingly operating at near full strength, the 2019 Cowboys fell well short of expectations, en route to missing the playoffs for the third time in five seasons. Every year, every team is affected by injuries, and how well each team adapts generally determines how far they ultimately reach. Dallas might’ve been spared injuries to their most prominent names, but they also felt subtle losses from key depth players throughout the season.

Which Cowboys players were most missed due to injuries in 2019, and how did their absences contribute to the year’s disappointing results?

5. DE Tyrone Crawford

The seventh-year Canadian had a very busy 2019, just not on the football field. Crawford’s status was in doubt from the very beginning, as his involvement in a Panama City bar fight opened the door for the NFL to hand down punishment.

However, it was a lingering hip injury that eventually ended his season, after he appeared in only four games. Previously, Crawford had missed just four games total over his first six seasons, during which he was a reliable presence along the Dallas defensive line. A versatile, veteran leader, Crawford had recorded at least four sacks and 27 tackles in each season from 2015 through 2018, yet managed only one sack and three total tackles in 2019.

But perhaps even more impactful than the loss of Crawford’s modest production was the ripple effects his absence caused. Would the Cowboys still acquire DT Micheal Bennett if Crawford were healthy? Or how differently would Trysten Hill’s rookie season be viewed, had he not been pressed into action too early after Crawford first went down? Oftentimes, the secondary effects of losing a player make a bigger impact than the player’s actual loss.

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