Dolphins acquire veteran offensive lineman in trade with Ravens, put Biegel on injured reserve
The Dolphins added offensive line depth but lost an edge rusher on Saturday when they acquired Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman Greg Mancz and placed linebacker Vince Biegel on injured reserve.
Biegel, who missed all of the 2020 season because of a torn Achilles’, now will miss the 2021 season because of a lower-body injury sustained during training camp.
Players placed on injured reserve before 4 p.m. on Sept. 1 are out for the season, unless the team waives the player with an injury settlement and then re-signs him.
Meanwhile, the Dolphins traded a sixth-round pick to Baltimore for Mancz and a seventh-round pick.
Mancz, 29, has appeared in 58 games in six seasons with the Houston Texans, making 28 starts.
He overlapped with Dolphins co-offensive coordinator George Godsey, who was the Texans’ offensive coordinator from 2015-17. Undrafted in 2015, Mancz can play center and guard and has even lined up at right tackle.
In Baltimore, Mancz was competing for one of the team’s final spots on the offensive line.
The only spot along the Dolphins’ starting offensive line that appears in any question is left guard. However, Solomon Kindley finished training camp lining up at the spot with the first-team offense and appears poised to win that job.
Second-round pick Liam Eichenberg - who had previously been competing at left guard - has been used recently at right tackle with the second-team offense. He was injured in Thursday’s practice and was not seen at the open portion of Friday’s session. The severity of his injury is unknown but his availability for the final preseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals is in doubt.
Mancz, tackles Greg Little and Larnel Coleman, centers Matt Skura and Cameron Tom and guard/tackle Adam Pankey are among those competing for the Dolphins’ seventh through ninth offensive line jobs, behind the projected starters and Eichenberg.
This story was originally published August 28, 2021 at 1:01 PM.
