DAVIE, Fla. -- Every day of the past 15 years, Brian Flores has spent a portion of his afternoon perusing the NFL waiver wire. Even as the Miami Dolphins coach, Flores' daily schedule mandates time spent watching players and yielding evaluations of them.
Flores loves the scouting aspect of the NFL, even while he's diverging down the coaching path. As such, it isn't a surprise that the Dolphins have players coming and going as Flores & Co. continually evaluate potential fits for this team in 2020 and beyond.
The search for future hidden gems -- "acorns," as former Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland used to call them -- starts during the season.