It's not every day that a former first-round draft pick gets sent into the open market.
So, when the New York Jets sent Quinton Coples packing, the Miami Dolphins were quick to pounce on the opportunity to not only add a talented player to their defensive line, but to fill a need that had opened up with the injury to Cameron Wake.
It's pretty obvious, too, that Coples' connection to Mike Tannenbaum played a role in Coples finding a home in Miami. Tannenbaum, the Dolphins vice president of football operations, was the Jets general manager when they drafted Coples in the first round.