3 Miami Dolphins with the most experience who may not make the roster
By Brian Miller
The Miami Dolphins are not the youngest team in the NFL but they are still quite young. Only Jason McCourty, John Jenkins, and D.J. Fluker are over 30.
With the 2021 season approaching, training camp starts at the end of July, the Miami Dolphins could be saying goodbye to some veteran players that have a lot of NFL experience. The question is which players are likely to be gone?
D.J. Fluker is not a player that is guaranteed to make the roster and despite having 8 years of NFL experience, he will need to prove his value to the coaches. He may very well need to win a starting job if he is going to stay. The issue is that the Dolphins are deep along the line and several younger players may be looked at as players that can’t be passed on. Fluker has minimal guarantees in his so there are no monetary reasons tying him to the Dolphins in 2021.
Allen Hurns and Albert Wilson are pretty much one and the same this year. They both are in their late 20’s, both have six years of experience, both are coming off an opt-out season and both have had significant injuries in the past. In addition, they belong on one of the deepest units on the Dolphins roster.
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While it is entirely possible that both make the final 53 man roster, it is more likely that one of them does and the other is either traded or released, and given the current market for receivers, it is more likely that one is cut. The Dolphins will carry six and maybe seven receivers into the season but with this deep unit, it will be hard to ship off young talent to keep an aging veteran.
Justin Coleman was added this off-season to the roster and has seven years of NFL experience but the Dolphins have a deep unit in the secondary and that could leave Coleman looking for a job. He will have to practice and compete well while proving he can add value to the team. He has played two seasons in every stop of his NFL career that began in Detroit, then Seattle, and the last two with the Patriots.
Coleman is considered depth at this point but depending on how things shake up with other players this off-season, he is likely to face very stiff competition in camp.