Dolphins Release Two Players

The Miami Dolphins released veteran offensive lineman Jesse Davis, who started 16 games in 2021

Alain Poupart | Mar 24, 2022

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The Miami Dolphins have been busy making a lot of additions to their roster over the past 10 days, but now they've begun making some subtractions.

The team announced Thursday that veteran offensive lineman Jesse Davis and wide receiver Allen Hurns were released, with the move with Hurns coming with a failed physical designation.

Davis started 72 games for the Dolphins the past five seasons after arriving from the New York Jets practice squad late in the 2016 season, including 16 games in 2021.

Davis began the season as the right tackle before switching over to left guard for Games 3 and 4 and then going back to right tackle. He sat out the season finale against the New England Patriots.

After being a serviceable starter for the Dolphins his first four seasons, Davis had his struggles last season and he became a target of fans on social media.

As for Hurns, he spent all of last season on injured reserve after being injured in training camp and this move came as a little surprise.

The move with Davis saves the Dolphins $3.6 million of cap save, with $1 million in dead money, according to overthecap.com. The Dolphins will save $2.6 million by cutting Hurns.

It would be a major surprise if more moves didn't follow.

Published Mar 24, 2022

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.