Check a couple of different NFL free agent rankings around the Internet and you’ll often see Terron Armstead ranked near the top of the list — if not in the top spot altogether. The longtime New Orleans Saints left tackle is one of the most coveted left tackles available, and he’s visiting the Miami Dolphins on Monday with a good chance that they don’t let him leave the building.
Miami has all the motivation to make Armstead one of the highest-paid players at his position (I wrote more on his fit with the Dolphins here), with first-year head coach Mike McDaniel having seen the benefits of an elite left tackle firsthand. Last season he had a front-row seat to the weekly highlights Trent Williams put together with the San Francisco 49ers. If he can land Armstead, he’ll have his own foundational left tackle to build around.
And the Dolphins could get some help in recruiting Armstead with offensive coordinator Frank Smith, who previously worked as the Saints’ assistant…