With the NFL regular season still months away, all 32 teams, including the Miami Dolphins, are in the midst of their offseason training programs with organized team activities going on this week.
As players are trying to earn opportunities when the season does eventually arrive, outlets are comparing them to their counterparts and trying to determine who’s better.
Pro Football Focus’ John Kosko recently produced his list of the top 15 tight ends in the NFL, and the Dolphins didn’t have any representation.
Here was his list:
- Travis Kelce
- Mark Andrews
- George Kittle
- Dallas Goedert
- T.J. Hockenson
- Pat Freiermuth
- Kyle Pitts
- Dalton Schultz
- Taysom Hill
- David Njoku
- Darren Waller
- Dawson Knox
- Chigoziem Okonkwo
- Evan Engram
- Gerald Everett
It’s not surprising that Miami didn’t have a tight end on the list, as it’s one of the weaker positions on their roster currently. Durham Smythe tops the depth chart, and while he technically led the team’s tight end room in snaps last season, it was pretty obvious that Mike Gesicki was the top guy.
This offseason, Gesicki (interestingly left off the list) moved on, signing with the New England Patriots. The Dolphins also traded Hunter Long to the Los Angeles Rams, cut Cethan Carter and decided not to re-sign Adam Shaheen.
Instead, joining Smythe and 2022 undrafted free agent Tanner Conner in the room are two veterans (Eric Saubert and Tyler Kroft) and two rookies (Elijah Higgin and Julian Hill).
If any of them were to rise up and make this list next year, it would probably be Smythe, and that’s not out of the question considering Taysom Hill’s appearance so high on this list.
