Fixing the Miami Dolphins wide-receivers unit shouldn’t be hard

The Miami Dolphins are going to make changes to their roster and some of those changes should come at the wide-receiver position.

Over the last year or two or maybe even three the Miami Dolphins wide-receivers group was supposed to be a position of strength but because of bad coaching and poor quarterback play that unit never reached their full potential.

This year the Dolphins are likely to move on from DeVante Parker. The disappointing first round draft pick is due to make around $9 million under his 5th year option but in his four seasons with the Dolphins he has produced next to nothing. The new coaching staff could decide to give him another shot. It would be a presumption that Parker’s problems are coaching and not necessarily talent.

Miami could also part ways with Danny Amendola who is scheduled to make $6 million in 2019. If both are gone the Dolphins will have a couple of holes to fill on their roster. With Jakeem Grant and Albert Wilson both injured and rehabbing, there is no certainty that either will be back at full speed for the start of training camp although they should be.

So how does Miami fix their wide-receiver unit ahead of the 2019 season? In short, they don’t. If the Dolphins are truly looking to rebuild the roster they don’t need to spend money on a free agent and they don’t need to waste a draft pick that could be used on an offensive or defensive lineman/linebacker. The best course of action would be to utilize the resources they already have.

Despite being 30 years old, Brice Butler showed good hands last season in spot play and Leonte Carroo actually looked decent when he was given extended work. If I am the Miami Dolphins Chris Grier I want to know exactly what I have in-house before I go outside. Again, if I am truly rebuilding.

Isaiah Ford is another question mark. The Dolphins felt he needed to stay around as a former 7th round pick but when the unit got banged up, Miami went with someone else. Is that a talent issue or an Adam Gase ego issue?

Miami will need to eventually find a number one type wide-receiver but it doesn’t have to come in the 2019 draft. Many mock drafts have Miami adding a receiver on day two of the draft but that is likely a mistake. Get the quarterback first. That appears to be a 2020 addition.

If the Dolphins go hard with rebuilding their offensive line and defensive unit this draft, they can focus on skill positions in 2020 including quarterback and wide-receiver. It would be a waste to do it in a year that really needs other positions addressed, even if it means having a group that more or less could be trying out.