Also Jared Veldheer as expected
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Besides pursuing Branden Albert, Dolphins also pursuing Roger Saffold for OL and calling others. 3 p.m. update: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/spor...gency-heat-um-football.html#storylink=addthis …
Barry Jackson @flasportsbuzz 1m
Besides pursuing Branden Albert, Dolphins also pursuing Roger Saffold for OL and calling others. 3 p.m. update: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/spor...gency-heat-um-football.html#storylink=addthis …
The Dolphins also have expressed strong interest in St. Louis guard/tackle Roger Saffold -- something both colleague Adam Beasley and I are hearing.
And the Dolphins today also reached out to Oakland free agent left tackle Jared Veldheer, who missed 11 games last season with a torn triceps. Veldheer is an option if Miami doesn't sign Albert or Saffold or Monroe.
Two industry officials said they believe the Dolphins would love to sign Albert as their left tackle and sign Saffold as a guard. But Miami would have to pay substantially to achieve that.
In the meantime, the Dolphins also have reached out to Monroe and to Veldheer, who are both natural left tackles. And they haven't ruled out signing Saffold as a left tackle if they don't sign Albert.
Veldheer started 16 games for the Raiders each of the previous two seasons, and Pro Football Focus rated him 12th among all tackles in 2012, with a terrific plus-17.8 grade as a pass blocker and a plus-3.2 as a run blocker (25th best). Veldheer, a third round pick out of Hillsdale in 2010, allowed five sacks in 15 games in 2012.
Saffold did not allow a sack in six games at right guard last season and also graded out very well as a run-blocker.
Pro Football Focus rated him 20th among all guards this past season. He also has experience playing left tackle and allowed two sacks in 10 games at left tackle in 2012, before Jake Long took over the position last year.
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