Miami Dolphins sign Braxton Berrios to one-year contract
New York Jets wide receiver Braxton Berrios will be catching passes from a new quarterback next season, and his name is not Aaron Rodgers.
NFL insider Adam Schefter reported Thursday that Berrios will be signing a one-year contract with the Miami Dolphins according to a league source. Berrios will add his 4.44-second 40-yard dash speed to a receiving core already known for their speed with players like Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle.
Berrios’ contract serves as a homecoming of sorts, as he attended college at the University of Miami. Berrios was drafted in the sixth round of the 2018 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots out of Miami, but spent his whole season on the injured reserve as the Pats went on to win Super Bowl LIII.
He was waived by New England in 2019 and picked up by the Jets a two days later. In his four seasons with New York, he’s recorded 107 catches for 1,085 yards and four touchdown grabs. He’s been a Swiss army knife for the New York, also rushing for over 100 yards and four touchdowns in his career, throwing a touchdown pass, and accumulating over 2,000 return yards.
More on the 2023 NFL offseason, free agency
The NFL 2023 calendar year is set to begin at 4 p.m. ET on March 15 when contracts running through 2022 will officially run out, making those players free agents. Prior to the beginning of free agency, teams will have a chance to designate one franchise or transition tag player, starting on Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. ET and ending on March 7. Beginning March 13 through March 15 teams will be allowed a legal negotiation with players who are set to become unrestricted free agents.
In addition to NFL free agency, the new year also marks the beginning of all trades being made official by the league office. April 21 marks the deadline to sign restricted free agents to offer sheets while April 26 marks the deadline for teams to match restricted free agent offers sheets. 722 players are slated to become free agents in 2023.
More on restricted, exclusive rights free agents
Players with only three years of accredited NFL experience become restricted free agents. Their original team will have the option to apply first-round, second-round, original-round, and right-of-fight-of-first-refusal tenders on players at escalating price tags. The higher the round, the more expensive the tender amount; however, if a separate team does offer a contract and the original team does not match that round pick will be conveyed from the new team to the original team. Right of first refusal only gives a team the option to match or not. If they don’t match, they get nothing in return. An original-round tender would send a draft pick from whatever round the player was drafted back to the original team if they chose not to match. The original team will have five days to match once a player signs an offer sheet from a new team.