Where are the Dolphins in the waiver wire order?

More than 1,000 NFL players received bad news Tuesday when they were told they didn’t make a 53-man roster. The majority of them will hit the waiver wire Wednesday.

If those players — which will include several players cut by the Miami Dolphins — don’t get claimed, they are free to sign with a practice squad. Players who are claimed are immediately on a 53-man roster.

But if the Dolphins choose to put in a claim for a waived player, they won’t get first dibs. For the first three weeks of the season, the waiver wire order is determined by each team’s final record in 2023. That means the Dolphins, along with other teams that made the playoffs last year, are near the bottom:

1. Carolina Panthers
2. Washington Commanders
3. New England Patriots
4. Arizona Cardinals
5. Los Angeles Chargers
6. New York Giants
7. Tennessee Titans
8. Atlanta Falcons
9. Chicago Bears
10. New York Jets
11. Minnesota Vikings
12. Denver Broncos
13. Las Vegas Raiders
14. New Orleans Saints
15. Indianapolis Colts
16. Seattle Seahawks
17. Jacksonville Jaguars
18. Cincinnati Bengals
19. Los Angeles Rams
20. Pittsburgh Steelers
21. Miami Dolphins
22. Philadelphia Eagles
23. Cleveland Browns
24. Dallas Cowboys
25. Green Bay Packers
26. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
27. Houston Texans
28. Buffalo Bills
29. Detroit Lions
30. Baltimore Ravens
31. San Francisco 49ers
32. Kansas City Chiefs

What that means is that if multiple teams put in a claim on a player, the team that is highest in the order gets first priority. For example, if the Arizona Cardinals and Baltimore Ravens both put in claims for Erik Ezukanma, the Cardinals would be awarded the recently waived wide receiver thanks to their 4-13 record last season.

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