If last seasons 1-15 season for the Miami Dolphins has any positive lining, it is occuring right now. As teams trim their squads as the preseason nears an end, the waiver wires will start to fill up with players. The Dolphins, thanks to last season league worst record, get first dibs on any player on the waiver wire with 4 years or less experience.

Since the Dolphins refuse to act and bring in Terry Glenn or Joe Horn, this will be the next best option for adding depth at WR. For the Dolphins, the waiver wire can work as a 2nd Draft for them. Head coach Tony Sparano has commented that the Dolphins have had “lots” of scouts out at other preseason games collecting information on players who could potentially be cut.

Tuesday of this week marked the first roster slash for the NFL. Teams were to cut their rosters to a maximum of 75 players. The Dolphins, already at 72, will also be awaiting Saturday’s 4pm deadline at which point all teams must have their rosters down to the regular season max of 53 players. For an organization none to shy about cutting people so far this season, don’t be surprised if the Dolphins come in under the 53 with room to make some moves if they see a diamond in the rough, so to speak.

Wide receiver of course is not the only concern. The Dolphins will watch the wires for any offensive lineman to provide some depth, and given Joey Porter’s back injury (which will keep him out of the final preseason game), linebacker will also likely be a position the team will look to pad in the event Porter’s injury is worse than believed or recurs during the season.