NFL Rumors: Dolphins Eye Emmanuel Ogbah Contract After Shaq Barrett Retirement | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

NFL Rumors: Dolphins Eye Emmanuel Ogbah Contract After Shaq Barrett Retirement | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

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The Miami Dolphins are bringing in edge-rusher Emmanuel Ogbah in for a exercise Monday, in keeping with NFL Community’s Cameron Wolfe.

Miami is all of the sudden skinny on the place after Shaq Barrett introduced his retirement from the NFL on Saturday

Ogbah can be a pure substitute after having spent the previous 4 years in South Florida.

The 30-year-old’s utilization and manufacturing did tail off, although, after he posted 9 sacks in every of his first two campaigns with the Dolphins. In 15 video games in 2023, he had 5.5 sacks however was on the sphere for simply 25 p.c of their defensive snaps, per Professional Soccer Reference.

There is a cause the crew launched Ogbah within the first place and that he has since remained unsigned.

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One other #Dolphins replace from @DrewJRosenhaus on Emmanuel Ogbah ( @EmanOgbah) says the DE has “important curiosity” from a number of groups. He is trying to get again right into a 4-3 scheme as an alternative of a 3-4. Signed a 4-year/$65 mill deal in 2022 coming off a profession 12 months. #finsup pic.twitter.com/tAmYWbUALk

Teams are always left with few options this late into the offseason when they need to make any additions to the roster, and Miami isn’t in a position to where it can be too selective. It placed linebackers Bradley Chubb and Jaelan Phillips on the energetic/bodily unable to carry out listing earlier this week.

A reunion with Ogbah would fortify the Dolphins’ ranks within the entrance seven and he is about pretty much as good as they’re gonna discover between now and the common season.