Wide receiver Preston Williams managed a smile or two in Saturday’s postgame locker room though he knew it is perhaps his final Miami Dolphins postgame locker-room expertise.
NFL rosters should be trimmed to 53 gamers by 4 p.m. Tuesday. Williams, who muffed a punt that Philadelphia recovered and became a third-quarter area objective in Miami’s 48-10 preseason finale victory, is amongst those that shall be anxiously ready for information.
“I’m not nervous,” he mentioned. “I’m just ready for what’s next. Whatever it is. Because at the end of the day, I just want an opportunity.”
Most possible, Williams is finished in Miami.
That’s the cruel actuality. That’s the NFL.
There’s chatter the Dolphins need to commerce Williams, and that there’s an excellent quantity of curiosity across the league. We’ll see how that goes.
Four years in the past, as a big-bodied rookie from Colorado State, the 6-foot-5, 220-pound Williams was a rising star, a coaching camp darling. He mixed certain fingers with fascinating measurement and jaw-dropping athleticism and appeared to do one thing superb each day.
But now, after accidents, teaching modifications and a slew of different gifted huge receivers had been acquired, Williams, who took his frustrations public by way of Twitter throughout coaching camp, isn’t sure he’ll make it by means of the approaching spherical of cuts.
Williams performed 17 offensive snaps in Saturday’s preseason finale towards Philadelphia. He was focused as soon as. He ended with no receptions. He’d preferred the sport to go otherwise on a couple of ranges.
“More targets, more reps on offense, more routes to run,” he mentioned. “Obviously we know I can block, know I can catch, too. I just want to showcase that.”
If the Dolphins preserve six huge receivers it will possible be Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, Cedrick Wilson Jr., Erik Ezukanma, Trent Sherfield and Lynn Bowden. The final 4 — Wilson, Ezukanma, Sherfield and Bowden — are those who took a job from Williams, the fellows who beat him out for a roster spot.
Veteran operating again Sony Michel didn’t make it to Tuesday. He was launched Monday, one among 13 roster strikes the Dolphins introduced.
Michel wasn’t alone. Miami additionally waived operating backs Gerrid Doaks and ZaQuandre White and huge receiver Mohamed Sanu Sr.
Michel didn’t have an excellent coaching camp nevertheless it appeared he was headed for the 53-man roster. He rushed for 845 yards final 12 months with the Rams and greater than 900 yards every of his first two NFL seasons with New England (2018-19).
Michel, an American Heritage High grad and two-time Super Bowl champion, profitable with the Los Angeles Rams final season and New England in Super Bowl LIII, has a confirmed talent, operating between the tackles. He confirmed that talent with a 1-yard landing run Saturday towards the Eagles.
Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel signed Michel after Miami already acquired fellow operating backs Chase Edmonds and Raheem Mostert, and with Myles Gaskin returning.
Miami’s operating again contingent at the moment consists of Edmonds, Mostert, Gaskin, Salvon Ahmed, and fullback Alec Ingold.
Michel was requested after the Eagles sport how he’d method minimize day.
“I’ll be relaxed,” Michel mentioned. “This decision is going to be made, it’s out of my control.”
McDaniel, maybe out of obligation, spoke extremely of the fellows who received’t make the roster at huge receiver and operating again.
“The one thing that you can rest easy at night [about] is I feel like they’ll all have opportunities, regardless of which ones make it, in the National Football League,” he mentioned, “because they’ve taken their game to another level and put it on tape.”
If that’s what’s subsequent, Williams is prepared.
The actual disgrace is that is essentially the most receiver-friendly offense of Williams’ time with the Dolphins. And he most likely received’t be round to benefit from the utilization.
“We’ll see, I don’t know,” Williams mentioned of his probabilities at making the ultimate roster. “They stored me this lengthy, so we’ll see if I obtained a shot.
“I’m not really sure.”
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