Former Miami Dolphins defensive end Jordan Phillip signed Signed with the New York Giants in 2024.
The former Miami Dolphins draft pick resurfaced on April 11 when 2015 second-round pick Jordan Phillips signed with the New York Giants, according to NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport .
This means Phillips will be eligible for his 10th season in the league if healthy, which might be hard to believe in Miami since the 6-foot-6 lineman was sent packing before his rookie contract expired.
Gone. Phillips already seemed to want out of the Dolphins organization in 2018, and he wasn’t shy about his animosity toward the organization when he left.
Brian Flores sabotaged us
“Most people leave Miami and that’s where their careers start,” Phillips told the Buffalo media when he joined the season with the rival Bills (via Fox Sports). “Things have definitely turned around since I’ve been here. The fans love me. My teammates love me.”
“I don’t care about professionalism, to be completely honest with you,” he added before his first. revenge game “Everything is banished between the sidelines. If we’re in those white lines, anything goes.”
On Instagram, Phillips also said he couldn’t be happier to leave the Dolphins in 2018.
He later left Buffalo for the Arizona Cardinals. In 2020, Phillips returned to the Bills in 2022 and has been with them for the past two years. Now he’s leaving the division for the third time to sign with the NFC East.
Jordan Phillips didn’t fill a draft slot with the Dolphins
Needless to say, Phillips will be remembered as a bust in Miami. He was drafted by former GM Dennis Hickey and began his career under former GM Joe Philbin and interim HC Dan Campbell.
He came to the organization during a leadership change.
Under GM Chris. Grier and HC Adam Gase, Phillips had a chance to start in 2016 and 2017 but never produced consistently. His season highs with the Dolphins were 2.0 sacks (2015 and 2017) and five tackles for loss (2016).
Phillips’ impact after that was minimal other than catching passes against an 11-yard defense. . over 48 appearances.
Things really picked up in 2018 as top pitching became rotation depth. With the writing on the wall, Phillips voiced his displeasure and was immediately let go.
His defensive coordinator was Matt Burke the last two seasons in Miami.
Ex-Jets DE Carl Lawson visited with Dolphins: report
In other news , KPRC2 NFL Insider Aaron According to Wilson, former Cincinnati Bengals and New York Jets linebacker Carl Lawson visited with the Dolphins on April 10.
Lawson was paid $30 million in guaranteed money to turn around the NYJ’s passing unit . in 2021, but the defense has changed without him under head coach Robert Saleh.
After tearing his Achilles in training camp in 2021, Lawson recorded 7.0 sacks in 17 games as a sophomore. He remained on the roster in 2023, but was largely replaced by former first-rounder Jermaine Johnson.
The Jets received another first-rounder during the following draft, selecting Will McDonald and then traded for the veteran edge rusher. Haason Reddick this spring. Those two additions seemed to close the door on a meeting with Lawson.
Given health and price, he could be a reasonable veteran in Miami. Last season (101 snaps in six games), the former star pass rusher had zero tackles for loss and zero tackles.
But he’s only 28 years old and looks like he needs a fresh start. to start a new organization.
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