The Miami offensive line is a mixture of every item off the proverbial buffet – long-time veterans, bright-eyed rookies, high draft picks and hidden gems. The room features plenty of variety. At the top of that list is competition, and the next six weeks will help formulate the group tasked with creating space for one of the NFL's most-talented skill groups.
The Cast (in order of NFL experience):
- 72 Terron Armstead
- 70 Kendall Lamm
- 77 Isaiah Wynn
- 73 Austin Jackson
- 55 Aaron Brewer
- 75 Jack Driscoll
- 66 Lester Cotton
- 74 Liam Eichenberg
- 65 Robert Jones
- 71 Kion Smith
- 63 Chasen Hines
- 76 Ryan Hayes
- 52 Patrick Paul
- 60 Andrew Meyer
- 62 Matthew Jones
- 69 Ireland Brown
- 79 Bayron Matos
With the second-most starting offensive line combinations in the NFL for the last two years, better luck on the injury front would go a long way for the Dolphins. Rather than bank on less attrition, Miami went after depth this offseason by using a second-round pick on Houston tackle Patrick Paul, and signing the game's most athletic center in Aaron Brewer, as well as a versatile lineman from Philadelphia in Jack Driscoll.
Speaking of athleticism, the group is built around arguably the most fleet-footed tackle tandem in football with Terron Armstead and Austin Jackson. With two of the quickest get-offs, second-level control and quick processing in pass protection, Miami has the perimeter well secured. That's before we get to the massive Paul and his 90th percentile height, weight and 10-split among all tackles at the Scouting Combine, or Kendall Lamm and his 104 career games played.
Paul was Pro Football Focus' top-graded tackle in pass protection last year across college football and no NFL team had a better collective three-man pass protection grade than the trio of Armstead, Jackson and Lamm.
Brewer figures to take over in the pivot, a position he secured with the Titans after playing guard early in his career. He excels at getting off the ball and making key blocks on the perimeter and has a 4.97 40-yard dash time and blazing 1.69 10-split time.
The theme continues with Jack Driscoll, who once clocked a 5.02 40-time of his own. He played four positions for the Eagles over his four-year career.
Then, there's the incumbents. On the topic of versatility, Liam Eichenberg has 38 career starts and has started games at all five positions for the Dolphins over the last three seasons.
Miami brought back guards Isaiah Wynn and Robert Jones prior to either player hitting free agency in 2024. Before his Week 7 season-ending injury, Wynn had the top pass block efficiency score in the NFL for any guard. Jones has appeared in 32 games with 13 starts at three positions over a three-year career with Miami and was at the point of attack on the pair of critical Jeff Wilson runs on the game-clinching drive over Dallas on Christmas Eve.
Lester Cotton started eight games last season and Kion Smith has appeared in nine games during his two years with Miami.
Ryan Hayes was a seventh-round pick of the Dolphins in 2023. The Colts claimed him off waivers last August, but he was added back the Miami practice squad in September. Chasen Hines was also with the Dolphins on the practice squad last season.
Rookies Andrew Meyer, Matthew Jones, Ireland Brown and Bayron Matos round out the room. Matos, a 6-8 former basketball player from the Dominican Republic, comes equipped with a practice squad exemption as part of the International Pathway Program.
Come catch the action and all the battles in the trenches at Dolphins training camp, kicking off July 28. Tickets are free, but require reservation, which you can still secure.
