Miami Dolphins sign CB Miles Battle

Miles Battle's two-year, $2.125M signing earns a C- Contract Value Index (CVI), reflecting a depth cornerback acquisition that offers modest positional depth without meaningful cap relief or upside trajectory. At $1.06M AAV, this is replacement-level cornerback money—the kind of deal you strike in preseason when you need warm bodies for training camp and potential practice-squad conversion rather than a building block. The Dolphins, sitting at 7-10 and outside the playoff picture with nearly three months until the regular season kicks off, are in full roster-construction mode, which contextualizes this as a low-risk, low-reward camp signing rather than a statement move. Battle's CVI grade reflects the marginal return on investment: minimal guaranteed exposure, short duration, and the reality that this contract is easily shed if he doesn't stick. This is the kind of transaction that neither helps nor hurts cap flexibility; it's organizational filler designed to evaluate secondary depth during the preseason grind. For a franchise trending upward in sentiment but stuck in rebuild positioning, these kinds of low-cost depth signings are necessary—just not the kind that move the needle on contention windows.