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Sep 10, 1998: -- Four Signed --
The Dolphins signed 3 new players to the practice squad
yesterday and moved one from the practice squad to the regular
roster. WR Nate Jacquet, who was picked up by the Dolphins this
summer after being waived by the Colts, was signed to the regular
roster from the practice squad.
The coaches reportedly like what they've seen from Jacquet
in the short time he's been on the practice squad and he may get a
chance to play this weekend on special teams against the Bills.
For the practice squad, the team signed RB James Bostic, T
Matt Reem and WR Antwuan Wyatt.
Bostic, at 5'11" and 225 pounds, was signed to take Ray
Nealy's place and give the practice squad a big running back who can
act as the scout teams' substitute for the big backs that the Dolphins
will be facing over the next 2 weeks. He was originally a 3rd round
draft pick of the Rams in 1994 and spent some time with the Packers in
1995 and 96, before being waived last year.
Reem was originally signed by the Vikings in 1996 as an
undrafted rookie free agent and was waived that year. Then he spent
some time with the Redskins and finally ended up on the St. Louis
roster this summer, before getting waived.
Wyatt was a 6th round pick by the Eagles in 1997 and was
expected to be their primary punt and kickoff returner before tearing
his ACL in the season opener last year. He was waived by the Eagles
this summer.
My Comments:
Nothing too exciting here. Jacquet has some talent and can
run, but probably won't be making any huge plays in the near future.
The other three guys are nothing special, with the possible
exception of Wyatt. Apparently, the torn ACL he suffered last year
slowed him down enough that the Eagles thought they couldn't use him,
but if he can recover this year, he might turn out to be decent return
man.
I'm a little surprised that the Dolphins didn't sign Copeland
or Harper after the raves that they both got in workouts. Well, at
least Harper got raves - nothing much was said about Copeland.
Is JJ really that enthralled with Gadsden? Certainly, that
catch that he made against the Colts was a special effort, but it was
just one catch.
Well, you never really know just what JJ is thinking and he's
probably not going to tell us.
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Curt Fennell,
curt@phins.com, DOLFAN in New Rochelle (almost)
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