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Oct 07, 1997: -- Kidd Signed; Richardson Waived --
In the wake of Kyle Richardson's poor punting performance on
Sunday and the apparent healthy status of John Kidd, the Dolphins have
re-signed Kidd to the team and waived Kyle Richardson.
Richardson was signed several weeks ago when Kidd was
suffering from hamstring problems and waived shortly after he punted
in one game. He was then re-signed two weeks ago when Kidd pulled up
injured again.
Last week, Kidd was waived to make room for Joe Nedney briefly
when Olindo Mare' pulled a hamstring while stretching on Wednesday.
However, Mare' recovered enough to kick on Sunday and Nedney was
waived yesterday. Kidd was brought back today after JJ expressed
disappointment with Richardson.
The released of Richarson and the signing of Kidd leaves the
Dolphins at 52 players, with one free spot on the roster.
In other news that is not strictly related to the Dolphins,
but may have an impact, the Kansas City Chiefs have waived wide
receiver Brett Perriman. The Chiefs signed Perriman this summer to
help out with their receiving corps, but the emergence of Andre Rison
and injuries to Perriman have prevented him from making an impact.
Also in the news, the deadline for making trades for the 1997
season expired at 4 PM this afternoon and no trades were announced by
the Dolphins.
My Comments:
I thought last week that it was a mistake for JJ to waive Kidd
and JJ apparently agress with me. I think that it's good to have Kidd
back and I hope that he can stay healthy. When he is healthy, he's an
excellent punter.
The news about Perriman is interesting, but I don't think that
the Dolphins will pick him up unless they can get him at a bargain
price. I don't know how much Perriman is making under the salary cap,
but until he clears waivers, any team that takes him must pay him his
full salary. After he clears the waiver wire, which takes a couple of
days, I believe, he can be signed as a free agent.
Perriman has said publicly that he wants to play in Miami, but
it remains to be seen if he will play for a low salary just to come to
Miami.
Personally, I see no problem in giving Perriman a try, as long
as he can be gotten at a bargain price. However, he isn't worth
blowing the salary cap to get. Certainly the receiving corps can use
all the help they can get, but not for a lot of money.
In case you have forgotten, Perriman did visit the Dolphins
before training camp, but signed with the Chiefs instead.
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Curt Fennell,
curt@phins.com, DOLFAN in New Rochelle (almost)
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