In just over three weeks, the 2025 NFL league year will begin, and with it, free agency. Players with contract expirations will have the opportunity to sign with new teams for the 2025 season starting on March 12 at 4 p.m. Eastern. As they prepare their roster and salary cap for the 2025 season, the Miami Dolphins and every other team in the league must make a number of decisions during the coming weeks.
32 Dolphins players are scheduled to become free agents. As we go through the list, you have an opportunity to suggest what the team ought to do for every player. Will the team attempt to sign him again? Will they tag him with a franchise or transition? Will the player enter free agency instead? Today, we focus on a player who has been the subject of much dispute, argument, and conversation over the past few years. How should the Dolphins handle Liam Eichenberg, a guard?
Eichenberg played the third-most offensive snaps on the team in 2024, seeing the playing field on 1,035 plays, trailing just center Aaron Brewer (1,138) and guard Robert Jones (1,078). After bouncing around the offensive line early in his career, Eichenberg seems to have settled into his role as the team’s right guard. He had a mid-season stretch where he played solid football, never great but appeared to be establishing himself as a solid starter. It is the other end of the spectrum that really stood out, however, as he had games where he just could not seem to get his footwork and hand placement right, leading to missed blocks and penalties. He lost his starting role late in the year.
Eichenberg can be a solid guard, but likely should not be seen as a Week 1 starter heading into the 2025 season. If he is your depth option along the interior, he will be fine in that role. If he needs to start every single week, you are going to have to live with inconsistent play from his spot on the line. A team needing depth will be able to find it with a signing of Eichenberg.
Stroll. Every club should have Eichenberg as a depth player who will step up and perform whatever is required at any given time. He works while lowering his head. All fantastic things to have on a team. The issue is that the good play falters too frequently and doesn’t rise to the level of greatness sufficiently. That could have a big role if he stayed at solid all the time. Perhaps a new beginning with a team and fan base that doesn’t expect him to play like a second-round choice would enable him to develop into a valuable depth option.
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