Wide receiver Justin Hunter sees his opportunity with the Dolphins as a second chance. The 2013 second-round pick, generally viewed as a disappointment with Tennessee, was waived by the Titans on Saturday and claimed by Miami a day later.
"I kind of figured it was going to happen sometime or later," Hunter, 25, said of being cut. "But I tried not to think about it for the most part."
Hunter, who played for Dolphins wide receivers coach Shawn Jefferson while with the Titans, had 68 receptions for 1,116 yards and eight touchdowns over his first three NFL seasons. A 6-foot-4 speedster, his best season was in 2014, when he had 28 receptions for 498 yards and three touchdowns in 12 games, including eight starts.
Dolphins head coach Adam Gase — who said Jefferson had "nothing but great this to say about" Hunter — views this as a rare chance to improve the wide receivers corps.
"We felt like he fit into what we were looking for," Gase said. "We've got one big guy [DeVante Parker], but it's always nice to have a couple guys with some good size. The more we can keep making our receiving corps — and all of our skill positions — kind of like a basketball team [with] a whole bunch of different type of body types [and] skill sets, that's what we're looking for.
