{"id":729027,"date":"2026-02-04T15:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/729027\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:22:15","slug":"what-to-make-of-dolphins-signing-former-second-round-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/729027\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Make of Dolphins Signing Former Second-Round Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6e\">New Miami Dolphins general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan has made his first notable roster addition, and it\u2019s probably a name you remember from a few years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6h\">The Dolphins are signing wide receiver Terrace Marshall Jr., his agency announced Wednesday. Marshall spent last season on the Philadelphia Eagles\u2019 practice squad and is a former second-round pick of the Carolina Panthers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What to Know About Terrace Marshall Jr.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6n\">The Panthers took Marshall in the second round of the 2021 NFL draft out of LSU, but he never quite lived up to that billing. He recorded 17 catches for 138 yards as a rookie.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6q\">However, he did show some signs of life in his second season, recording 28 catches for 490 yards and a touchdown. Marshall finished his Panthers tenure the following season after catching only 18 passes for 139 yards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6t\">In 2024, he played in seven games with the Las Vegas Raiders but barely saw the field. He had just one start, three catches, and 41 yards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6w\">Marshall did not see any action while on the Eagles\u2019 practice squad in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What Could This Mean for Miami?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"72\">Obviously, this isn\u2019t some major signing for the Dolphins, but there are a few things to consider. Firstly is the type of receiver that Marshall provides.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"75\">He\u2019s 6-2, 200 pounds, making him a big-bodied outside receiver who can win some contested catches above the rim. That\u2019s something the Dolphins need in 2026. They have bigger receivers like Theo Wease Jr. and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, but neither of those players did enough to lock down this role.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"78\">Marshall should mostly be viewed as competition for those guys, as opposed to someone who will come in and make a huge impact.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7b\">The other consideration here is just how bad Miami\u2019s receiver room looks on paper. Marshall isn\u2019t a big name by any means, but the Dolphins can use all the help they can get at this position.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7e\">Outside of Jaylen Waddle and Tyreek Hill, with the latter likely to be released next month, Miami\u2019s receiver room consists of Theo Wease Jr., Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, Malik Washington, and Tahj Washington. That\u2019s not exactly an inspiring group of names.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7h\">Malik Washington was really the only player who produced at all last season, and he had 46 catches for a measly 317 yards. Miami has to do better, and it has to stretch the field vertically.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7k\">Marshall at least adds some talent to the room, and he\u2019s the type of receiver the Dolphins need to round out their room for whoever ends up playing quarterback next season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Quick Coaching Note\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7q\">Former Dolphins quarterbacks coach Darren Bevell was in line to coach against the Dolphins quite a bit next season, but that didn\u2019t end up working out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7t\">Bevell interviewed for the New York Jets\u2019 offensive coordinator position, but lost out to former Indianapolis Colts and Carolina Panthers head coach Frank Reich.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7w\">Hiring Bevell would have meant the Jets had two former Dolphins assistants as primary coordinators, since the team also hired Brian Duker to be its defensive coordinator. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-19\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7z\">More Miami Dolphins Coverage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Miami Dolphins general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan has made his first notable roster addition, and it\u2019s probably a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[217,7,216,251,2087,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-729027","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-dolphins","8":"tag-dolphins","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-miami","11":"tag-miami-dolphins","12":"tag-miamidolphins","13":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116013049125528195","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/729028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}