Dolphins Moves Catch New England’s Attention

The Miami Dolphins’ acquisition of broad receiver Tyreek Hill this offseason paved the way in which for the New England Patriots to land DeVante Parker, however it additionally has created a whole lot of potential complications for his or her protection — and that final half additionally applies to the Buffalo Payments and the New York Jets.

“Effectively, we’ve got to play them twice, and people are two very, very significant video games,” Patriots director of participant personnel Matt Groh instructed reporters Friday. “We’ve acquired to have a manner to have the ability to fight these two gamers, together with a whole lot of the opposite nice gamers that they’ve and have been ready so as to add. However there’s a number of methods for doing that — there’s personnel, there’s scheme.”

“These two gamers” to whom Groh was referring are Hill, after all, together with 2021 first-round choose Jaylen Waddle, who set an NFL rookie report final yr with 104 catches.

And the velocity the Dolphins will have the ability to throw at opposing defenses — let’s not neglect about new operating again Raheem Mostert — certainly can be problematic. Or a minimum of it must be.

And, sure, it might have an effect on personnel choices by Miami’s division rivals.

“We’re very cognizant of what they’ve acquired down there, and we’re going to try to discover guys that may assist us out in that regard,” Groh stated. “There’s a number of methods to attempt to discover totally different avenues to gradual these guys down. It is going to be robust. They’ve definitely added a whole lot of velocity there.”

The addition of Hill set the stage for the commerce of Parker, who was despatched to New England together with a 2022 fifth-round choose in return for a 2023 third-round choice — despite the fact that it may very well be argued that Parker may need been dealt both manner after seven seasons in Miami.

Groh offered it as such, including the function performed by longtime Patriots assistant (and former Lions head coach) Matt Patricia within the course of.

“Definitely, it acquired kick-started on their finish with them including a distinct participant,” Groh stated, “after which the place they have been at with their broad receiver room, after which having the chance so as to add an amazing participant to our roster.

“They [Dolphins] weren’t going to have the ability to simply preserve all people, and when [Parker] grew to become accessible, I’d say Matt Patricia did an amazing job of being on that early and type of getting that data to us as shortly as he may. We have been in on that early, and it actually got here collectively effectively for us. We’re actually enthusiastic about having DeVante right here.”