APAdam Caplan reports that the Miami Dolphins have agreed to terms with tailback Steve Slaton on a one-year contract.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Slaton, 26, managed just 84 yards on 24 carries last season, appearing in three games for the Dolphins and three for the Houston Texans. He did reel off a 42-yard kickoff return for the Fins.
Returning to South Beach, Slaton will battle for a roster spot behind Reggie Bush and Daniel Thomas. He will have competition from 245-pound former CFL star Jerome Messam.
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Peyton will definitely go there now!!!!
WTF. Why in the world would the Fins keep this guy. I firmly believe that we are already trying to suck for (enter name) next year. Everybody else is making big splashes and this is what we are doing. Geesh.
Good sign. Will give the RBs more competition.
Call Payton now.Once he hears about this, he will absolutely sign elsewhere.
Can someone tell this writer, Evan Silva, the Dolphins do not play on South Beach? Two articles by him said they same thing….Is that Lebron humor? If anything they are closer to Sunny Isles Beach.
Damn. I need somebody important to wear #23 for fins.
The Dolphins must need somebody to let there Linebackers hit in Practice
@69finfan – Get ready for the Packer way, Baby!
It will seem absolutely terrible for a couple years but you can see the results. The dominant NFL teams don’t go around buying every free agent they can get their hands on… it just doesn’t work. See the 2011 Eagles and every Redskins team since, well, forever.
You can draft richardson and then suck for barkley
Camp fodder.
Unless he can show something on special teams, he won’t make it through final cuts.
I can’t stand when fans bash every move the Phins make. If it were so simple to build a Superbowl team we wouldn’t be on this 40 year drought.
@robdolphins
+1 man; sick of the south beach references
A definate sign the Fish are trying to keep pace with Mario and the Bills…
1974 really is not that long ago…
@jwcarlson- I hope you’re right. However, I don’t want the Fins to buy every FA we can get our hands on. One or two would be nice though. Go Fins!
I wanna see what Messam can do in the NFL. Slatons window is pretty much shut
The frugality continues. I think we have surpassed the Bengals in that area. Only difference is that Mike Brown doesn’t pretend to spend big on players and coaches. Don’t be fooled Dolfans, Ross talks big spending, but that’s for show. He’s more worried about pinching pennies than winning. He’s telling the fans & media he’s still in the running for Manning for 2 reasons: to not look cheap, and to let the higher-priced FA’s come off the market. He probably begged Manning to meet with his lackeys just to keep the ruse going. Hello basement!
We need a Quarterback not a Tailback. Holy $hit a monkey can do Irelands job.
You could do much worse for a #3 back. Slaton is what, 25?