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Dolphins Sign Defensive End Robert Beal Jr
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Dolphins Sign Defensive End Robert Beal Jr

Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports the Dolphins are signing defensive End Robert Beal Jr to a 1 year deal. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed at this time.

Beal will turn 27 in August and was a 5th-round pick by San Francisco in 2023. He has spent his entire career with the 49ers.

In 3 seasons, he has played in 25 games, started none, and has 1 career sack.

Last season, he played in 7 games and had 14 tackles.

The Dolphins signed Joshua Uche yesterday to add to their pass rush.

With only 1 career sack, I am not sure how much you can expect from Robert Beal, but he will have a chance to compete for playing time in a very depleted Dolphins pass rush.

Chop Robinson is the only viable pass rusher you can count on returning to the Dolphins in 2026.

Chop is coming off a very disappointing 2nd season in which he battled injuries, but when healthy, he wasn’t very productive on the field.

EDGE Rusher is a position I expect Miami to attack heavily in the upcoming draft and again in free agency with more under-the-radar signings like this one.

Bradley Chubb was released a few weeks ago, and Jaelan Phillips was traded last year at the deadline, so the Dolphins look to rebuild this area of the team.

Miami announced the re-signing of linebacker Willie Gay as well on Wednesday, and he will help provide some depth at the linebacker position.

Miami was able to make this move because they opened up around $8.5 million in salary cap space early Wednesday morning with the announcement they have restructured the contract of right tackle Austin Jackson.

Miami may look to give out extensions to Jordyn Brooks and Aaron Brewer to open more cap space in the coming weeks and months.

This article first appeared on Dolphins Talk and was syndicated with permission.

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