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Former Dolphins Lineman Lands with AFC East Team

Offensive lineman Lester Cotton quickly has found a new team

Alain Poupart

Miami Dolphins guard Lester Cotton (66) enters the field to take on the New York Jets at Hard Rock Stadium last season.
Miami Dolphins guard Lester Cotton (66) enters the field to take on the New York Jets at Hard Rock Stadium last season. / Sam Navarro-Imagn Images

For the second time in a couple of weeks, the Miami Dolphins had one of their former players claimed off waivers.

This time it was guard Lester Cotton, who was picked up by the New England Patriots on Tuesday.

This came after Cotton was waived Monday when the Dolphins activated guard Isaiah Wynn from the Reserve/PUP list.

Cotton appeared in each of the Dolphins' first 11 games this season, but his playing time came strictly on special teams.

After joining the Dolphins late in the 2022 season, Cotton wound up starting eight of the 17 games he played last season, but couldn't beat out either Liam Eichenberg or Rob Jones for one of the two starting guard positions this season while Wynn recovered from his 2023 quad injury.

With New England, Cotton joins a team that actually could be mathematically eliminated from playoff contention as early as this weekend.

The Patriots claiming Wynn comes a couple of weeks after the Seattle Seahawks claimed defensive tackle Brandon Pili off waivers after the Dolphins released him.

Cotton has a pretty good chance of lasting longer than Pili, who didn't make it on the active roster for a week before he was waived and then re-signed to the Seahawks practice squad.

With the Patriots, Cotton will join former Dolphins players Davon Godchaux and Jacoby Brissett.

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Alain Poupart
ALAIN POUPART

Alain Poupart is the publisher/editor of All Dolphins and co-host of the All Dolphins Podcast. Alain has covered the Miami Dolphins on a full-time basis since 1989 for various publications and media outlets, including Dolphin Digest, The Associated Press, the Dolphins team website, and the Fan Nation Network (part of Sports Illustrated). In addition to being a credentialed member of the Miami Dolphins press corps, Alain has covered three Super Bowls (for NFL.com, Football News and the Montreal Gazette), the annual NFL draft, the Senior Bowl, and the NFL Scouting Combine. During his almost 40 years in journalism, which began at the now-defunct Miami News, Alain has covered practically every sport at one time or another, from tennis to golf, baseball, basketball and everything in between. The career also included time as a copy editor, including work on several books such as "Still Perfect," an inside look at the Miami Dolphins' 1972 perfect season. A native of Montreal, Canada, whose first language is French, Alain grew up a huge hockey fan but soon developed a love for all sports, including NFL football. He has lived in South Florida since the 1980s.

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