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Tight end Darren Waller is officially a member of the Dolphins.

Waller's move to Miami was reported last week and the Dolphins announced the move on Monday. Waller retired after playing the 2023 season for the Giants, but has agreed to come out of retirement for the AFC East club.

The Giants will also send a 2027 conditional seventh-round pick to the Dolphins and they will receive a 2026 sixth-round selection from Miami.

Waller had 197 catches for the Raiders in 2019 and 2020, but injuries limited his availability over the next three years. He had 52 catches for 552 yards and a touchdown in 12 games with the Giants.

The Dolphins recently traded Jonnu Smith to the Steelers, so Waller will join Pharaoh Brown, Julian Hill, Tanner Conner, Jalin Conyers, and Hayden Rucci.

Tyron Smith never played on the same Cowboys team as Tyler Guyton, but he may have a hand in making his successor at left tackle a successful fixture up front in Dallas.

Guyton joined the Cowboys as a first-round pick in 2024 while Smith moved on to the Jets for his final NFL season. Guyton had his ups and downs as a rookie and he's spent the offseason working to smooth out the rough edges in his game.

Part of that work has come with Smith, who believes that Cowboys fans are going to see a better version of Guyton when he takes the field this fall.

“He wants to put in the work,” Smith said, via Nick Harris of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “He just needs a little technique work which he’s doing right now. I feel like it’s going to be a different type of year for him to slow the game down and get the rookie nerves out. I think he’s building more confidence in his technique because he’s learning a lot more now. Being a first rounder the way he is, he already has the expectations. But you can’t lean in too much on that, you have to have it for yourself. You have to want to be the best in this league, and that has to be your mentality. As an offensive lineman, we have to have the mentality of playing in this league as long as possible.”

Smith was an All-Pro and perennial Pro Bowler during his time with the Cowboys and it might be a bit much to ask Guyton to produce at the same level. A step up from last year would be a welcome development and good starting point for future improvement for an important piece of the puzzle in Dallas.

The ever-changing cast of Good Morning Football has undergone another change.

Via AwfulAnnouncing.com, former NFL defensive back Will Blackmon has joined the cast for the upcoming season.

A fourth-round pick from Boston College in 2006, Blackmon spent four years with the Packers, two with the Giants, two with the Jaguars, and two with the Commanders. He last played in the NFL in 2016.

Blackmon, who also returned punts and kickoffs during his time in the NFL, was a member of the Super Bowl XLVI champion Giants.

He had served on a rotating cast of contributors following the departure of Akbar Gbaja-Biamila after one season. Blackmon did enough to get the full-time gig.

The show has been in a state of flux for most of the past year, with a surprising move of the production from New York to Los Angeles (and a 5:00 a.m. local start time) and the departure of multiple members of the cast, including Jason McCourty and Peter Schrager.