Dolphins Making Waves

The Dolphins were one of the busiest teams on the first day of free agency and made strides on both sides of the ball.

Offensively, they added the Jaguars leading receiver last year, Ernest Wilford (45 catches, 518 yards) and former former Niners guard Justin Smiley and backup tight end Sean Ryan.

Wilford's the best signing out of that bunch because, while he's not the fastest wideout on the block, he can go up and get the ball at 6-4, 223 pounds, is a hard worker and is pretty surehanded.

The Dolphins were close to adding Raiders quarterback Josh McCown but NFL Network reports that he's gone to the Bengals. That means John Beck remains the incumbent starter in Miami and Miami remains in the market.

It's kind of a head-scratcher to figure out why McCown would prefer to backup Carson Palmer in Cincy instead of competing with Beck.

Smiley, a former 49er, helps shore up the Dolphins porous offensive line but there's still much work to do up front. Ryan's a bit player at this point, a former Jet.  

Defensively, the Dolphins swung a deal with Dallas for space-eating Jason Ferguson, a 312-pound defensive tackle. He's 33 and has played in both Dallas and New York for Bill Parcells who - while Jeff Ireland is the personnel - likely pushed for that deal. Ferguson will be able to indoctrinate the Dolphins into the

Giants linebacker Reggie Torbor and Tennessee defensive tackle Randy Starks are also headed to Miami. Torbor was a part-time player in New York and finished the season with 39 tackles.

The biggest domino to fall could for the Dolphins could be linebacker Calvin Pace who did visit Miami but may still head to the Jets for a looksee.