{"id":666498,"date":"2026-05-26T18:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/666498\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T18:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:21:08","slug":"dolphins-move-newly-acquired-defensive-tackle-james-ester-to-the-offensive-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/666498\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins move newly acquired defensive tackle James Ester to the offensive line"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the Dolphins claimed defensive tackle James Ester<\/a> off waivers, it looked like an attempt to add some depth to the defensive line, which is where Ester has always played in the NFL, in college and in high school. But Ester\u2019s best chance of making the Dolphins\u2019 roster will be on offense.<\/p>\n

Ester is listed as a guard<\/a> on the Dolphins\u2019 official roster.<\/p>\n

Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reported when Ester was claimed that the Dolphins could use him at guard<\/a>, and that\u2019s where he was playing at Organized Team Activities, at least for the portion of practice that was open to the media.<\/p>\n

Ester was a defensive lineman at Cass Tech High School in Detroit, for all five of his seasons at Northern Illinois, and for the last two years as a member of the Packers\u2019 practice squad.<\/p>\n

But he never got on the field for a regular-season game in Green Bay, and Dolphins G.M. Jon-Eric Sullivan and head coach Jeff Hafley, who were both previously with the Packers, apparently saw something that made them think he may have what it takes to make it as an offensive lineman. The 6-foot-3, 289-pound Ester will be a long shot to make the team, but with NFL rosters at 90 players during the offseason, it\u2019s worth taking some time to give a talented player a look at a new position. That\u2019s what the Dolphins will do with Ester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When the Dolphins claimed defensive tackle James Ester off waivers, it looked like an attempt to add some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-666498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}