Miami Dolphins Sign Chosen Anderson

The Miami Dolphins continue to make moves to improve their roster for the 2023 NFL season. Yesterday, the Dolphins signed Chosen (Robbie) Anderson to a contract. The Dolphins also continued to be linked to Dalvin Cook of the Minnesota Vikings.

Miami Dolphins Notes: Sign Chosen Anderson and Other Notes

Do you think the Chosen Anderson signing is a “wahoo!” moment or a “who?” moment? Chosen has played for 3 teams as well as under 3 different names during his NFL career. He entered the NFL as Robby then switched the spelling to Robbie before legally changing his name to Chosen.

Did Miami make a good “choice” by signing Anderson? He has put up some solid numbers in his pro career. Anderson’s most productive season came during the “Covid” season of 2020 when he put up over a thousand yards on 95 receptions. Chosen is best known for being a deep threat in the NFL. In Miami, he will join Jaylen Waddle as well as Tyreek Hill as receivers with speed to burn.

Anderson was undrafted out of college but has established himself as a solid player since entering the league. The Dolphins lost Trent Sherfield in free agency to the division rival, Buffalo Bills, this offseason. Anderson returns home to South Florida where he grew up. He played his high school ball at South Plantation High School in Broward County.

Miami also has signed Braxton Berrios this offseason. It seems like Anderson will compete for playing time with Cedrick Wilson unless the Dolphins find a trade partner for the services of Wilson. Miami will take a salary cap hit by cutting Wilson.

Anderson’s Stats

Receiving & Rushing Table
					Games		Receiving											Rushing								Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
2016	23	NYJ	WR	11	16	8	78	42	587	14.0	2	19	52	2.6	36.7	53.8%	7.5	3	42	0	2	30	14.0	2.6	0.2	45	14.0	629	2	1	4
2017	24	NYJ	WR	11	16	15	114	63	941	14.9	7	38	69	3.9	58.8	55.3%	8.3	3	9	0	0	7	3.0	0.6	0.2	66	14.4	950	7	0	8
2018	25	NYJ	WR	11	14	9	94	50	752	15.0	6	30	76	3.6	53.7	53.2%	8.0	2	-8	0	0	1	-4.0	-0.6	0.1	52	14.3	744	6	2	6
2019	26	NYJ	WR	11	16	15	96	52	779	15.0	5	35	92	3.3	48.7	54.2%	8.1	1	4	0	0	4	4.0	0.3	0.1	53	14.8	783	5	1	5
2020	27	CAR	WR	11	16	16	136	95	1096	11.5	3	49	75	5.9	68.5	69.9%	8.1	4	15	0	1	11	3.8	0.9	0.3	99	11.2	1111	3	1	9
2021	28	CAR	WR	11	17	16	110	53	519	9.8	5	27	57	3.1	30.5	48.2%	4.7	3	36	0	1	30	12.0	2.1	0.2	56	9.9	555	5	0	4
2022	29	2TM	WR		16	7	44	20	282	14.1	1	10	75	1.3	17.6	45.5%	6.4			0						20	14.1	282	1	1	3
		CAR	WR	11	6	5	27	13	206	15.8	1	5	75	2.2	34.3	48.1%	7.6			0						13	15.8	206	1	1	2
		ARI	WR	3	10	2	17	7	76	10.9	0	5	21	0.7	7.6	41.2%	4.5			0						7	10.9	76	0	0	1
Career					111	86	672	375	4956	13.2	29	218	92	3.4	44.6	55.8%	7.4	16	98	0	4	30	6.1	0.9	0.1	391	12.9	5054	29	6	39
4 yrs		NYJ			62	47	382	207	3059	14.8	20	122	92	3.3	49.3	54.2%	8.0	9	47	0	2	30	5.2	0.8	0.1	216	14.4	3106	20	4	23
3 yrs		CAR			39	37	273	161	1821	11.3	9	81	75	4.1	46.7	59.0%	6.7	7	51	0	2	30	7.3	1.3	0.2	168	11.1	1872	9	2	15
1 yr		ARI			10	2	17	7	76	10.9	0	5	21	0.7	7.6	41.2%	4.5			0						7	10.9	76	0		1

Provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 4/16/2023.

Other Dolphins Notes

Dalvin Cook keeps being linked to the Miami Dolphins. A few weeks ago Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reported that the Dolphins had explored the possibility of making a trade for Cook. The Dolphins either could not agree on a trade with the Vikings or decided that Cook’s salary price tag was too difficult to fit under the cap. So, those rumors died down a bit.

This week those Cook rumors started to heat up the rumor grill once again. The word is the Vikings may move on for Cook for salary cap reasons. There are reports that Minnesota can save approximately $11 Million if they trade him after June 1st a move of Cook before June 1st would save around $8 million.

The Cook situation is something for Dolfans to monitor. If the Vikings do not move on from Cook before the 2023 NFL Draft then expect a post-June 1st move if it happens. If Miami lands a prized running back in the draft then these Cook to Miami rumors will simmer down on the grill. For the record, Cook is another South Florida native. It would be cool if the price is right for him to return home as a Dolphins player.