Chris Perkins: Are Dolphins free-agent moves good enough to deliver a playoff win?
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They’re not.
For this free-agent class to be much better than the players the Dolphins lost, this class would have to far exceed what the Dolphins’ free-agent classes have done the previous two years.
That seems unlikely.
Those classes were pretty good.
Consider the Dolphins’ 10 free-agent signees in 2022, McDaniel’s first season: left tackle Terron Armstead, quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, cornerback Keion Crossen, running back Chase Edmonds, outside linebacker Melvin Ingram, punter Thomas Morstead, running back Raheem Mostert, wide receiver Trent Sherfield, center Connor Williams and wide receiver Cedrick Wilson Jr.
You could say six — Armstead, Crossen, Ingram, Morstead, Mostert, Sherfield and Williams — met expectations.
In 2023, the Dolphins’ six free-agent signees were safety DeShon Elliott, center Dan Feeney, linebacker David Long Jr., linebacker Malik Reed, tight end Eric Saubert and quarterback Mike White.
Elliott and Long met expectations. We’ll add White, but, through no fault of his own, he should get an incomplete because he didn’t play much.
So that’s nine of Miami’s 16 (56%) free-agent signees that met expectations over the past two seasons.
Obviously, this isn’t scientific.
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