AFC East Notes: Dolphins, Jets, Patriots

Dolphins

• According to the Miami Herald’s Barry Jackson, the Dolphins will have a hard call to make at wide receiver when final cutdowns come. 
• Jackson writes that barring a trade or injury, DeVante Parker, Kenny Stills, Albert Wilson and Jakeem Grant are roster locks, with free-agent addition Allen Hurns a frontrunner for the fifth slot.
• Jackson says free-agent addition Brice Butler and undrafted rookie free agent Preston Williams are the two top competitors for the sixth spot, with the staff high on Williams who, despite being 6-5, “can run routes like he’s 5-8” per WR coach Karl Dorrell.
• Other potential candidates for the roster include Saeed Blacknall, Trenton Irwin and Isaiah Ford.

Jets

• Jets HC Adam Gase said WR Jamison Crowder will have an MRI done on his left foot. (Darryl Slater)
• Crowder suffered the injury in practice Monday. He missed a chunk of time last year with a right foot injury. 
• Jets OT Brent Qvale will not need surgery for a knee injury during camp and could return later this season. (Slater)

Patriots

Doug Kyed of NESN posted an updated 53-man roster projection on Monday. 

• Some of the notable offensive cuts include QB Danny Etling, WR Braxton Berrios, WR Dontrelle Inman, and TE Lance Kendricks.
• On the defensive side of the ball, Kyed projects DE Shilique Calhoun, DE Derek Rivers, DT Danny Shelton and CB Duke Dawson to be on the outside looking in.
• Fansided’s Matt Verderame writes that while a new deal isn’t imminent, the Patriots are in the process of working out an extension for G Joe Thuney.
• Verderame also mentions that multiple teams contacted the Patriots inquiring about Thuney, but were rebuffed by New England, which sees him as a core piece.