{"id":187689,"date":"2026-03-11T20:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T20:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/187689\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T20:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T20:19:10","slug":"miami-dolphins-free-agents-2026-josh-uche-adds-edge-depth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/187689\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Dolphins free agents 2026: Josh Uche adds edge depth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Miami Dolphins are adding edge rusher Josh Uche, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/flasportsbuzz\/status\/2031776675097104760\" rel=\"nofollow\">report from the Miami Herald\u2019s Barry Jackson<\/a>. The move comes Wednesday afternoon as the league\u2019s negotiating period, commonly known as the \u201clegal tampering\u201d period, draws to an end. At 4 p.m. Eastern, the league will roll over into the 2026 league year, bringing with it the full onslaught of free agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Miami has already agreed to terms with quarterback Malik Willis and kicker Zane Gonzalez. Those agreements, along with the signing of Uche, can be made official once the new league year begins. The Dolphins are also expected to release quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and linebacker Bradley Chubb on Wednesday. Both players will likely be designated as \u201cpost-June 1\u201d releases, giving Miami additional salary cap relief this year, but not seeing that space open for use until June 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The veteran edge rusher was selected out of Michigan in the second round of the 2020 NFL draft by the New England Patriots. A Miami, Florida native, Uche spent the early part of his career with the Patriots before being traded during the 2024 season to the Kansas City Chiefs. He then signed a one-year contract to play for the Philadelphia Eagles last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In his six-year career, Uche has appeared in 76 games, starting four times. He has 109 career tackles with one pass defensed, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, and 21.5 sacks. His best season came with the Patriots in 2022 when he tallied 11.5 sacks in 15 games played.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Throughout his career, he has also be a contributor on special teams, a role he could find himself filling with Miami in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Uche\u2019s deal is reportedly a one-year contract with Miami. The monetary details have not been reported, but it is likely a minimum-value contract. The Dolphins are tight against the salary cap and cannot be big spenders in free agency this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami Dolphins are adding edge rusher Josh Uche, according to a report from the Miami Herald\u2019s Barry&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,73927,2797,125,124,73928],"class_list":["post-187689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins-free-agency","tag-miami-dolphins-news","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-nfl-free-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}