The Miami Dolphins are starting to build their 2016 90-man offseason roster with the addition of eight players signed to futures contracts.
The Miami Dolphins signed eight players to futures contracts on Wednesday, starting to build their roster from the 53-man active in-season roster limit to the 2016 offseason's 90-man limit. Futures contracts are deals signed between a player and a team that do no officially begin until the next calendar year. They are allowed to be signed with players who are not on a team's roster when the season ends, typically meaning fringe players who were either on a practice squad or were free agents when the season ended.