The Texans were able to get a 2017 sixth-round pick for tight end Khari Lee in a trade with the Bears on Wednesday and they won’t be the only team trying to see if they can shake loose something in return for a player that might not be in their plans for the 2015 season.
Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald reports that Dolphins cornerback Will Davis is such a player. Salguero reports that the Dolphins are shopping the 2013 third-round pick around the league ahead of Saturday’s cut to 53 players, although it is “unclear” if the team will cut him if they can’t find a trade.
Davis doesn’t have the most appealing profile as a trade target. He’s played just 15 games over his first two seasons because of injuries, including a torn ACL that ended his 2014 season after 10 games. He’s played in all three preseason games this summer and coach Joe Philbin said recently that the team is trying to gauge where he is now against where he’ll be down the road.
“I think there’s a little bit of both,” Philbin said. “Obviously, he is coming off of an injury and we’ve seen development over the last five weeks and so we think there will be some more development there from a physical standpoint. Then obviously the performance, you’ve got to weigh all those things when you make a decision.”
That’s the same determination any team considering a deal for Davis will have to make, although it’s hard to imagine any evaluation resulting in more than a late-round pick coming back to Miami.