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Dolphins Cut Kiko Alonso

By Zachary Links | at August 31, 2019 4:33 pm

The Dolphins cut Kiko Alonso en route to reaching the 53-man max. Both moves were rumored this week, but the Fins were waiting to see if they could arrange a trade for the linebackers before letting them go.

Alonso requested a trade during training camp when he realized that he would be squeezed out of the Dolphins’ plans in one fashion or another. New coach Brian Flores is overseeing a defensive overhaul and he didn’t have much use for the veteran, despite his three years of starting experience in Miami. Originally drafted by the Bills in the second-round back in 2013, Alonso won’t play out the two years left on his four-year, $28.9MM deal.

Here are the other moves made by Miami to make their roster kosher by Week 1:

• QB Jake Rudock
• RB Kenneth Farrow
• WR Reece Horn
• WR Trenton Irwin
• WR Isaiah Ford
• WR Brice Butler
• WR T.J. Rahming
• OL Kyle Fuller
• OL Aaron Monteiro
• OL Tony Adams
• OL Michael Dunn
• OL Jaryd Jones-Smith
• DL Cory Thomas
• DL Tyrone Holmes
• DL Jamiyus Pittman
• DL Durval Queiroz Neto
• DL Dewayne Hendrix
• DL Joey Mbu
• DL Tank Carradine
• LB Terrance Smith
• LB Tre’ Watson
• LB Nick DeLuca
• CB Tyler Patmon
• CB Jalen Davis
• CB Nik Needham
• CB Davis Rivers
• CB Cornell Armstrong
• CB Torry McTyer
• S Maurice Smith
• LS Wesley Farnsworth