The Miami Dolphins shipped away another one of the team’s major free agent signings of 2020, sending former Miami Hurricanes standout Ereck Flowers back to Washington.
Flowers, who started 14 games for the Dolphins at left guard, fell short of the team’s expectations, much like linebacker Kyle Van Noy (who was released) and pass rusher Shaq Lawson (who was traded to Houston), and Miami sent Flowers back to the team he left to join the Dolphins.
The trade that sends Flowers, a former first-round pick, who has started 85 of the 89 games he’s played in the NFL, to Washington is more about creating cap space ($8 million) than acquiring draft picks, which is it reportedly features a swap of late-round selections in the 2021 draft.