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Blast from the Past Makes Visit

Former Miami Dolphins DT Ndamkuong Suh has been out of the NFL since playing with the Philadelphia Eagles last season

Alain Poupart

Blast from the Past Makes Visit
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The Miami Dolphins have added some big-name veterans in recent weeks with Jason Pierre-Paul and Melvin Ingram, but could there be another one on the way?

And this one involves a former Dolphins starter, five-time Pro Bowl selection Ndamukong Suh.

The third overall pick in the 2010 NFL draft visited the Dolphins on Wednesday, according to NFL Network reporter Mike Garafolo.

Suh hasn't played at all this season after appearing in eight games for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2022.

That 2022 season marked the first time had not started every game in an NFL season since 2011 when he missed two games because of an NFL suspension for unsportsmanlike conduct.

In his eight games with the Eagles last year, all in a backup capacity, Suh had 10 tackles, .one sack and two quarterback hits before recording two tackles and three QB hits in three playoff games.

Dolphins defensive coordinator Vic Fangio served as a consultant for the Eagles last season, but how much interaction he would have had with Suh is unclear.

The Dolphins have been on the thin side on the defensive line all season with only four interior defensive linemen on the roster — Christian Wilkins, Zach Sieler, Raekwon Davis and Da'Shawn Hand — though they more often than not have only Wilkins and Sieler on the field.

The Dolphins do have three interior defensive linemen on the practice squad with Byron Cowart, Justin Ellis and rookie Brandon Pili, but obviously none of them can match Suh's experience or credentials.

SUH'S FIRST STINT IN MIAMI

Suh has played for five teams in 13 NFL seasons, including a three-year stint with the Dolphins after they signed him to a massive six-year, $114 million contract in 2015.

While he could never live up to the expectations that contract brought, Suh actually played very well for Miami, averaging 60 tackles and five sacks three seasons and earning Pro Bowl recognition in 2016 when the Dolphins made the playoffs as an AFC wild-card team.

The Dolphins released Suh in March of 2018 and he joined the L.A. Rams for one season before spending three years with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and his stint with the Eagles.

Since leaving the Dolphins, Suh has appeared in three of the five Super Bowls, winning with the Bucs in 2020 and losing with the Rams in 2018 and Eagles last season.

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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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