March 11th, 2021. Spring is rapidly approaching, the weather is warming up, and so are the rumors. It’s too easy, the 2021 Miami Dolphins have a decent amount of cap space available, 9th in the NFL at just over #33M, but we’re also armed with a bunch of enticing draft picks, thanks to the Houston Texans. The Dolphins own picks #3, #18, #36 and #50, 4 picks in top 50 picks. We also have picks #81 (RD 3) and pick #124 (RD 4), and finally #207 (RD 6), 7 picks in all. There is also potential for us to trade back too, but I have no problem with focusing on quality rather than quantity. If there’s a player that can make a huge impact on our roster right now at #3, go get that player. Of course, we may trade this entire draft, Xavien Howard, Jerome Baker and Tua Tagovailoa to acquire the messiah, Deshaun Watson, so there’s that too. It’s just so easy to look at our team as the perfect trading partner for anyone, including the QB that in my mind doesn’t actually get traded. There’s also #1 on our roster who we prioritized with our #5 pick in last year’s draft. This is where we wanted to be, get our QB, and then have the ability to build the roster around that QB.
We definitely have holes to fill, especially with the surprise cut of LB Kyle Van Noy. We’re looking to upgrade and get younger too. I would expect a LB to be drafted by us, not necessarily with our first or even our 2nd, but it’s going to happen. We need a center unless we re-sign Ted Karras or look to FA once again to find one like we did last year. Corey Linsley is available and will cost similarly to re-signing Ted Karras. We may choose to draft a center and Creed Humphrey and Landon Dickerson are the 2 top centers in the draft. We also must upgrade our WR receiver corps and as the pictures I posted show, I would love to bring in former Lions WR Marvin Jones Jr. He’s such a solid, consistent receiver, and right now now we have none. I said it, ZERO. Oh this guy might become that, and this guy if he’s healthy could be that, but they haven’t and they might not. We need one professional receiver that suits up every game and produces and that’s why I like Jones. Jr. That wouldn’t stop us from drafting a stud WR and I believe we will, the more weapons the better.
Our linebacker corps just got thinner due to the release of Van Noy, and we only had thumper Elandon Roberts on a 1 year contract and he was injured very late in the season so he won’t be back. Vince Biegel is also a FA as is Kamu Grugier-Hill, leaving only Jerome Baker, Andrew Van Ginkel, Calvin Munson and Sam Eguaoven as our LB group. We need to find an impact player for that front 7 to pair with Jerome Baker who had his finest season as a Miami Dolphin last season.
We need an upgrade at RB, and rumors are flying that Aaron Jones and the Miami Dolphins are a match. I’m not as enthusiastic about this pairing as some people are. I think Jones was a nice piece in the GB offense, I don’t see him as the workhorse back we may need to lean on. To be fair, he’s a player not too unlike the Saints Alvin Kamara, smooth receiver who can run the ball in spots, but both of these guys aren’t pounders that wear the defense down, they’re more finesse backs. I think we have 2 guys on the roster already like that in Myles Gaskin and Salvon Ahmed. We need a true lead back and Jones is just barely a 1000 rusher and I think we should aim higher and pay less.
We could also use an upgrade at S, but it’s possible that last year’s 3rd RD pick Brandon Jones is given a larger role this year pairing with Eric Rowe, but good ole Bobby McCain looks like he could be facing down the guillotine himself. We can save about $6M if we cut him and I’ve always been a McCain advocate, but last year he had his chance and he didn’t really show an awful lot. With Nik Needham proving adequate in the slot and of course the presence of last year’s first RD pick Noah Igbinoghene, Mac faces some tough odds. What do you think we do???
GO DOLPHINS 2021!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
Heres another day 2 wr
Also the usc QB is the real deal….but that’s 2022 draft talk
There are 3 years left on McKinney’s 6 year contract and there is no dead cap.
2021 $7,187,500
2022 $9,500,000
2023 $10,250,000
Van Noy’s money is basically going to him now.
Lawson’s money, they said with his dead money it was the same.
Shaq Barrett?
There’s a few of those edge rushers available in FA. Not sure which one we target but I think we will go after one of them.
Barrett, Dupree, Ngakoue etc.
Leonard Floyd is another one but the Rams are trying to re-sign him.
The guy from TB? Then, yes!
He’s pretty much going to be the highest priced free agent pass rusher on the market – I would stay away
Let’s see what the market is. It’s not the best year for the largest contract. Like I’ve said before, it’s about adding quality players that are good fits for what you want to do.
The Bucs defense dismantled the Chiefs with a 2 DT, 4 LB and 5 DB formation. It’s about speed.
Our potential base defense.
LDE Ogbah
NT Davis
DT Wilkins
OLB Van Ginkel
ILB McKinney
ILB Baker
OLB?
CB Howard
CB Jones
SS Rowe
FS McCain
Flip one front 7 guy out for nickel.
The Bucs dismantled KC because KC had no OL
Yes because they couldn’t block the speed. It just goes to show you that you can have a top QB but if you can’t block the plays, it doesn’t matter. You don’t face a Chiefs offense every week and most teams have questionable O-lines. The skill positions get nullified when the blocking isn’t there. The more front 7 impact players on defense you have, the more games you can win. They can’t win if they can’t move the ball and don’t score enough points.
It’s the same thing the Pats did to the Rams in the Super Bowl. Flores is well aware.
What about Carl Lawson as an edge rusher from Bengals?
He’s another one who would probably come cheaper than some of the others, but fits the mold.
So we’ve been trimming cap space here, trimming cap space there, and it seemed as though we were going to be bringing Deshaun Watson aboard. I don’t think it’s entirely out of the question yet, but most unlikely at this point… should have gone down today if it were going to happen, IMO.
We’re currently at $33M under the cap after today’s trade. It will take an estimated $14M to sign our 2021 Draft class… taking us to roughly $19M to spend on FAs to fill out the rest of our roster.
I’m not so sure we’re going to be ‘swinging for the fences’ for a pass-rusher via FA, but an affordable one.
All of that stated, we’re still going to have to target a pass-rusher (EDGE) relatively early in this Draft.
Don’t listen to the village idiots on how much our rookies are going to cost, figure it out yourself
So what did we learn today?
– We’re going for a RB (hopefully early!!!) this Draft
– We’re now SOLID at ILB with Jerome Baker and Benardrick McKinney
– We’re in need of EDGE players [both DE (opposite Ogbah) and OLB (opposite AVG)]
steveccnv says:
March 14, 2021 at 9:31 pm
Don’t listen to the village idiots on how much our rookies are going to cost, figure it out yourself
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No comprende, mi amigo grande. I thought most of these rookie deals (meaning where we select as currently constructed) were ‘essentially’ set in stone, but I may be wrong. Steve, please elaborate if I’m mistaken, bud.
The U75s always present a rookie cap hit that is a gross number. Any idiot, except them knows that when you add 7 rookies to the top 51 you have to remove the bottom 7 contracts
Pick 3 – 6.4
Pick 18 – 2.6
Pick 36 – 1.6
Pick 50 – 1.2
Pick 81 – 900k
Pick 123 – 835k
Pick 230 – 800k
The 14m is roughly correct for the gross, no one knows the actual figure yet.
5.6m to remove the bottom 7 guys leaves a net cap for rookies at 8.4m, and maybe less, if we trade down from 3
I think we sign an Edge FA and draft a front 7 at 18.
With our 1st pick either top 3 WR or Pitts, but whoever we take it will be after a trade down. My preference Pitts
I like when I hear fans say damn we don’t have 5th and on. Yes… two 1st and two 2nd along with a 3rd and 4th sucks! LOL
steveccnv says:
March 14, 2021 at 9:59 pm
The U75s always present a rookie cap hit that is a gross number. Any idiot, except them knows that when you add 7 rookies to the top 51 you have to remove the bottom 7 contracts
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OH! I’ve got ya, man! Honestly, that’s some pretty good homework on your part, and something I hadn’t considered at all.
Props, Steve!
I should have known this, to be honest! DUH! 🙂
About 5 years ago I kept hearing we signed so and so in FA for…then I’d check the cap and something was always off, so I checked over the cap and figured it out
There’s no need to spend BIG $$$ on a WR via FA, either. Get me the best WR @ R1P?, and double-down later in this WR heavy Draft.
Our buddy Dbolt told us about Tylan Wallace, WR, OSU. Get me that guy if he’s still around in the 3rd round.
^
I can’t tell you how much I would love to see a combo of Chase and Wallace
Wallace has all the tools
I think the Bernardrick trade has more to do with controlling Josh Allen, than anything else
Just watched a highlight reel and the Homer Texans fan shows he sucks in coverage, but is a good blitzer and should be on the field all 3 downs
We should be hitting up the Saints for players
I think Watson to the Saints could happen. That team is made to win now.
being 40 mil over the cap, how could that happen?
I was just saying that it would be a good fit. Maybe they don’t have enough to pull it off. Brees retiring they’re only $3+M over the cap.
i thought you said “it could happen”
Wrong choice of words.
wake up! it’s legal tampering time, I think if we sign a guy like Tyrod Taylor that would doom any Watson trade. i think that move would solidify that they are really behind Tua.
I’m so ugly, when i was a kid playing in the sandbox the cat tried to cover me up!
So Kyle Brandt doesn’t really know the math but he thinks a #50 pick is maybe a 4th or 5th round pick. LOL
I can’t even watch these shows anymore.
getting Watson involves a few scenarios, 1st you have to have the draft capital, 2nd you have to have that need, those teams like jax and even the jets may draft their qb, 3rd you have to have the cap room, and most important Watson has to desire your destination due to his no trade clause.
not very many teams check all those boxes.
could we trade howard & draft compensation for watson?
even though howard is great watson is more valuable to our team imo.
the thing is we lose howards contract while gaining watsons.
should be pretty close, i would give #18 & howard for watson, maybe throw in a 2nd
i think we have to add 29 players to our roster, with 34m in cap space
I went through the roster on O and D and came up with 34 non FA players and was like damn exactly the same, yeah we need 29, but forgot the 3 specialists, so 26.
7+ drafted rookies account for 8.4m, and there’s 18 players, from the current top 51, still to be removed.
On the other hand, looking at over the cap, I only see 9 players +2, needed to get to 53, if no current regulars were removed, so 6 or 7 drafted rookies only leaves about 4 or 5
I think the turnover in players will be around 15, when all is said and done. The 11 guys to be replaced from the bottom of the top 51 have only about 61k in dead money, but others that may be gone like Grant, Hurns, Wilson and Bobby have about 7.7m and 12.2m in savings.
33m in current cap space + 12.2 -8.4 = 36.8m in space to sign 8 FAs or 24.6m to sign 4 FAs assuming we keep the 4 vets.
Guys like Fejedelem, Wiltz, Needham, and Munson could also be swapped out with no dead money.
Does the Lawson trade change Watson’s opinion about being traded, since one of his homes is now with him in Houston?
Did he have some say in the trade?
Here’s something I don’t remember hearing:
At 4pm on Wednesday
All teams must have submitted qualifying offers to restricted free agents with expiring contracts if they wish to retain a right of first refusal and compensation.
Does that mean tags, like franchise and transition tags or all contract offers?
I would think, if you put out a tag offer and it’s not signed and you loose the player, you’re covered for compensation
These are the technicalities, we as fans don’t really need to know about. I mean it’s just paperwork teams have to do.
It might explain why some teams may not get the comp picks you think they should
I’ve read 11am and 12pm as the official start of the tampering period, but either way some news should be flowing soon
If we draft Waddle is that the end of Grant, because of the added return skills?
What if we sign TY Hilton, does that end Hurns or both Hurns and Grant, and possibly Wilson?
If we go cheap at FA WR I hope it’s TY, he can get open and has speed.
We could easily sign him for what we save on other WRs, that kind of need to go.
Parker, Williams, TY, Bowden a rookie and possibly even keep Perry. Works for me, and would save 6.5m releasing the 3 vets
The Wednesday deadline you posted above is for restricted free agents. If the team does not tender a player then they convert to an unrestricted FA.
Think back to the Wes Welker “trade” It wasn’t actually a trade. The team tendered the Welker with a 2nd round value as a RFA and NE cheated on their offer to Welker specifying that if he played more than 2 games in Miami then his salary would be guaranteed 100%. Miami COULD match the offer, but they would have had to guarantee 100% of his salary, while as the offer was written, NE would not. The NFL outlawed those types of poison pills in offers later after they allowed if for NE.
People often confuse “loosing” a free agent with cutting one when it comes to comp picks. If a player plays out his contract and moves on at the end of the contract his spot is eligible in the comp pick calculation. If the team releases a player with time left on the contract his spot is NOT eligible in the calculations.
What I wrote had no reference to being cut. I get that part of it, but it appears you still have to put in a qualifying offer
…on UFAs, you don’t just get a comp pick
Officially, the Miami Dolphins haven’t been linked to any singular player but those in the media love to speculate as to if they have inside information. What we do know about Brian Flores and Chris Grier is that they don’t talk to the media and there is only a small circle of people who know what their intentions are.
Fansided
I don’t usually put a lot of stock into what they say, but this seems spot on. Some recent argumentees here should read this
We recently traded for Isaiah Wilson, which was cheap, but with it comes 4m or 5m in guarantees, which I don’t take lightly.
Some outlets still have us in play for Penei, but I don’t see it with this signing.
I do think Linsley is still in play though
The Tender allows the team with the rights to the player to match what ever offer the player can negotiate in free agency. If the team with the rights decides not to match then they get the compensation from the team who made the offer.
The level of the tender is also tied to the amount of money the player tendered will receive.
I get that, but tender is different than the tags Mike was asking about
This year the dolphins had 4 players who were exclusive rights FA and one player who was a restricted free agent. They chose to tender three of the 4 ERFA and decided not to Tender Adam Pankey who was the RFA so now he is URFA.
I was only talking about URFAs.
The difference in the 2 is the team getting the player pays the comp for RFAs, instead of the league
exactly
Steve, I realize that you didn’t mention players being cut. I was just pointing out that a lot of fans don’t realize that part of the rule and the following season will add up the FA’s “lost” and assume they were all eligible in the comp pick calcs when they are not.
The player doesn’t need to have received a qualifying offer (a tender) to apply to the calculations for comp picks either. As a matter of fact they automatically do not go into the calculations. (Because the compensation is provided by the other team if the team with the rights declines to match the offer) ERFA and RFA do not calculate into the Comp pick calculations. It is only for expiring contracts.
How does an OL of Jackson, Flowers, Linsley, Kindley, and Hunt with Davis, Wilson, Cameron and Deiter as subs sound?
Sounds good to me!
Jets Rumors: NY Eyes Patriots FA Joe Thuney and Packers FA Corey Linsley
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2936270-jets-rumors-ny-eyes-patriots-fa-joe-thuney-and-packers-fa-corey-linsley
Only reason I post this is because obviously the stej have a lot more cap space than we have.
I hope they have to spend a lot more to get FAs
Rumors, schumers…I don’t generally put much into them until the tampering begins.
Looks like Crabbs saying 11am was wrong as per usual, so about 10 minutes away
Gotcha on the cut paragraph.
The reason why I like TY is he won’t cost too much, he checks off a lot of boxes, and he can be a bridge for the first pass catcher we draft, until he’s ready
steveccnv says:
March 15, 2021 at 11:07 am
If we draft Waddle is that the end of Grant, because of the added return skills?
YES, Your on a roll today , lol
Waddle doesnt waddle, HE JETS< lol
this is one of the fastest, and most elusive WR in the draft, and i have been calling him Grants replacement
you cant coach speed, and Waddle has it. of course Grant is blazing fast as well, but will be much pricier.
Waddle is a upgrade all the way around IMO
Grant is a great return man, but has only proven to be average at best at WR, Waddle has elite WR skills, and hes a dangerous punt returner as well
I am still in wait and see mode because Grier is NOT new even though everyone wants to give him a pass for his first few years but it is nice to read things like this anyway.
From PFF mock draft
The Dolphins are in an incredible spot with the No. 3 overall pick in a year filled with quarterback talent. Miami acquired the pick from Houston in the Laremy Tunsil trade, and whether they ultimately use it on their favorite prospect or trade down for what should be a king’s ransom, the Dolphins are putting on a clinic for 31 other clubs on how to properly rebuild a roster.
Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa lost to Ja’Marr Chase’s LSU Tigers on their road to a national championship, and now the two link up in Miami. Miami needs a true No. 1 wideout to take this offense to the next level — Chase gives them exactly that. Miami couldn’t get anything going in the passing game to the sidelines or deep downfield last year, but Chase will turn the below blue zones into a nice shade of red.
Chase would be nice, but you can’t stay at 3 with QB needy teams wanting to move up.
I hope our move down doesn’t happen with SF, resulting in Garo Polo going back to the cheats, even though it may not be likely with Newton resigning
i predict the Panthers, Trey Lance would be on their radar for sure
Oh, and king’s ransom was music to my ears😉
the Dolphins had 3 round 1 selections last season, and those 3 need to step up in a big way this year.
legal tampering , wtf, that sounds weird, but i guess its better than illegal tampering, lol
Because it’s got some oxymoron in it
Free agency is picking up as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have agreed to re-sign EDGE Shaq Barrett to a 4-year, $72 million deal (via @AdamSchefter).
I had heard we were making a play for him but guess that fell through.
thats likely beyond what the Fins were looking for, he got an awesome contract IMO
Former Dolphins’ NT Davon Godchaux agrees with the Patriots on a 2-year deal worth up to $16 million that includes $9 million fully guaranteed, his agent
I just saw that. Damn!
Bummer
He’s a Pats kinda guy. Wasn’t worth $8 mil a year to us though as a 3rd/4th DT.
James Palmer
@JamesPalmerTV
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2h
The #chiefs are restructuring Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce & Chris Jones per source. Those restructures will free up space to where KC should have around 20 million in space at the start of the new league year.
@AlbertBreer
was first to mention this was in the works.
Chiefs will defer the pipers payments
Michael Giardi
@MikeGiardi
· 23m
Jonnu Smith was the #Patriots number one pass catching target. Per source, that deal is done. He is headed to NE.
Adam Schefter
@AdamSchefter
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29m
Former Titans’ TE Jonnu Smith reached agreement with the Patriots on a 4–year, $50 million deals that includes $31.25 million fully guaranteed,
@DrewJRosenhaus
told ESPN.
Too bad Cam Newton is his QB
Pats had some serious cap space and they are using it.
And sounds like they were ready to roll.
Ok, that’s it, the FA rush is over🤪
Sbnation says we made another trade. Anyone know anything about this Ford guy😜
Trades
Isaiah Ford, tackle – from Tennessee Titans
Benardrick McKinney, linebacker – from Houston Texans
Shaq Lawson, linebacker – to Houston Texans
It’s supposed to be Isaiah Wilson.
Smith, Chase, Waddle
Choose who you think best.
Is that guy worth a say 2022 1st rounder better than the third guy?
If want a WR with the first pick…. how can we not try and trade down?
All elite and all different kinds of WR’s its a hard comparison. I like Waddle a lot i think his strength isn’t touched by the other two, and his weaknesses aren’t going to keep him from being similarly good at the strengths of the others. Still think any of them is a great choice and why i wouldn’t go WR really high because there will be one of the three at 18. Id go Pitts and then Waddle if i could.
You are taking the concept way farther than I was thinking in that we might get him at #18, but you could be right. WRs tend to slide below projections year after year. But either way….. a reason to trade down, including for your guy Pitts.
Ian Rapoport
@RapSheet
· 15m
The #Patriots may not be done: They are making a major push to sign #Ravens pass-rusher Matt Judon, per me and @MikeGarafolo. Big move on D.
Mike Garafolo
@MikeGarafolo
· 4m
LB Kamu Grugier-Hill to the #Texans, source says. Reunited with Nick Caserio, who drafted him with the #Patriots.
Looks like Fins and Bills in play for Kareem Hunt
Meh
Dubious advantage of having been cut while on a rookie contract, but he’s still only 25.
Hunter missed all of 2020 with a herniated disk in his neck, but he’s ready to go for 2021.
2018: 14.5 sacks, Pro-Bowler
2019: 14.5 sacks, Pro-Bowler
I’d be intrigued in trading for him, but no more than one 2nd rounder after the injury of last year.
Guy with a herniated disc who plays a position that requires a strong, flexible back and wants big money. Ima passing.
Crazy, he is going to make an average of 16,250,000 over the last 3 years of his contract. That is not really that underpaid. His production is outstanding last 2 years though.
Pats got Godchaux too.
It said we were about to sign Clowney, but im not sure if i got that in my feed from a legit source or not.
Yeah neverminded it was some dude tooling around on twitter. Not a news source, just got picked up in my search.
I’m not too impressed by the Pats moves and Godchaux isn’t worth $8 mill/yr. I’m also glad the projected priciest FAs are already locked up
Meh, i dunno 8 a year seems pretty right to me. I would have done a shorter contract though because fo the injury but 8 mil seems not bad. Top DT’s get 18-20, pretty good ones around 10 so he is being paid like an above average player and that’s what he is.
In a normal year I’d agree. It’s not too far off what I think he’s worth and he’s probably worth more if we didn’t have a couple really good guys already. It sucks we have another hole to fill though.
But cause we have two good and one decent DTs we should be able to fill the 4th spot in the rotation on the cheap. A 5th rounder might do it.
I’m no betting man, but if I were, I’d bet were coming away with Carl Lawson.
Thats a solid pick up. I liked him in college, had him in some mocks to us when i could squeeze him in before the computer took him.
Agreed, he’d be a solid pick up, and he wouldn’t break the bank.
pheloniusphish says:
March 15, 2021 at 2:58 pm
Guy with a herniated disc who plays a position that requires a strong, flexible back and wants big money. Ima passing.
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At face-value, I think I’d pass as well. I’d at least kick the tires to check out his neck/recovery and ask him what kind of $$$ he’s seeking in the future. We just might be pleasantly surprised, but chances are we’re not going to like what we see/hear.
Leave no stone unturned.
“Danielle Hunter remains unhappy with his current situation with the Vikings and is exploring all options, including a trade request.” — you also forgot our team doesn’t want any Pro Bowlers unhappy with their current team and looking to be traded. 🙂
Well yeah, there’s that too, to go along with the injury
So if Barrett got $18 mil a year with $36 guaranteed, how much will Bud Dupree cost?
15-16 i think
Cheers
Agreed with D.
Really liked him when he was up for draft until he damn near destroyed his career right off the bat. Sad because the guy was great in college.
Godchaux was a nice player but he is a role player let the Pats over pay for him
Ditto Jonnu Smith
Hendrickson (who I like) was the benefactor of playing across from Cam Jordan. That, and most of his sacks were coverage sacks. Extremely misleading stat on Hendrickson above.
Stats like what KVN benefitted from, with us and NE, These kind of guys are relentless, but not quick twitchers
Agreed, Steve.
And this is another example of why being a ‘box-score’ or ‘stat’ scout doesn’t work. I analyzed Hendrickson’s tape a couple weeks ago… he’s overrated, but I still like him… just not for $10M+/year.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31070943/sources-patriots-lb-matthew-judon-agree-four-year-56m-deal
Patriots didn’t waste any time using their cap
*space*
good… GOOD! *Emperor Palpatine’s cynical laugh*
Let them be FA champions with their pathetic overspending!
All four signings were represented by Rosenhaus, lol
nvmd, not Judon
I think Hendrickson is solid, id probably go 10 maybe 12 on him, but i think his strength isn’t in pass rush but edge setting and i think that’s a primary concern for us. That’s also why some of these guys who just keep at it and get sacks because of staying with it do get their sacks that way, because they stay back and set the edge before they commit to a full out rush. Then the other guys flush them out their way and they get the sack because they prevented them from getting outside.
Those guys who come out of their stand and fire like a rocket at the QB generally are poor edge setters. There is a place for both types and generally the latter make more money but i put a lot of value in setting the edge too so to me he is still worth 10-12 because he does do that pretty well.
I think that’s a fair take, D. To be honest, I only analyzed Hendrickson’s pass-rushing prowess, not his edge-setting ability. Perhaps he is worth $10-12M/year if he can set that edge well, then get after the QB with our stellar Secondary blanketing receivers.
Props!
I heard we were in big on Reddick too, wonder if the McKinney thing made that less likely.
Disagree, we now have a need for an EDGE more than ever before. Reddick was a stud last year playing OLB, rather than ILB… which the Cardinals had him playing his first several years in the league.
With Reddick, I think it comes down to $$$… and realizing that he finally tore it up last year, in a contract year.
With all the money the Jest have to spend, if they continue to stay quiet, you have to think they are making a big play for Watson.
Or they are just being smart and not overspending on the initial rush. I mean it’s only been a few hours, lol.
lol, my reverse psychology is clearly working. The only real surprise is that the Jest are monitoring what I say so closely…
KEEP TALKING, BROTHER!!!
You are not Kong. You are the Gorilla Grod exercising your mind control powers
I bet Parker isn’t worried about one of cheats signings
Nope, he’ll be injured when we play them anyway so…
😉
I’d rather overpay an interior O-Lineman than overpay at an elite position like WR… especially when we’ve got a bevy of picks to use on rookie WR contracts. Dolphins Twitter is truly insane, wanting to get into FA WR contracts, such as JuJu.
THAT was the poor thinking of our past GMs/FO, and what got us into trouble before.
We should DRAFT for elite positions, and augment/fill non-elite positions via FA.
Damn! Ken discovered my secret, lol.
🦍 🦧 🐵
Cheats lose Thuney and Cannon and gain Judon Godchaux and jonnu. Spent a lot of money, but did they get any better?
Loosing the 2 guys has as much to do with the cap space as the ones that got. If you remember a post I wrote a couple of weeks ago saying, having a lot of cap space isn’t always a good thing.
This is what I was talking about, you’ve got some very good players of your own, that may walk and those you sign won’t usually come cheap
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EXACTLY. I predict/hope we come away with Carl Lawson and Corey Linsley. They fit the bill for what we need and shouldn’t break the bank… to the tune of a ‘tier-1’ FA signing.
So Tim’s little game about who we sign first (that he conveniently left me off of after I was the first one to reply 😉 ), here is who is still in play
Linsley 2 – Bookman, MF13
Barret 1Jones 1 – Tim
Conner – Kong
I chose Conner specifically because I figured we’d go value in FA this offseason. Last year we made the big splashes because we had cap space and need, this year is about smart moves and incrementally improving certain positions to set us up before using our draft to polish up the team.
That’s what I was hoping for
Damn, Chiefs brought out the chedda for Thuney
I don’t even know if any OG is worth $16 mill/ yr but I guess Thuney must be
Unless you need 2 tackles
Lol
CavKong,
You changed your name to… “Cavalier Grodd”. Am I the first to make this observation (yes, I’ve attention to detail like “WOAH”?! LOL
I thought about changing the image too, then thought nah, too much work for a bit of fun, lol.
Awesome Grodd! Love it!
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NOOOOOOO!!!
Welp, time to re-sign Ted Karras (Mongo’s nephew). He IS very good.
He’ll probably test the market and come back to us with what he’d take to stay
So be it, I don’t want those words next to any of our signings.
There’s a ton of FAs out there, when the dust settles we’ll get some good deals
Nice to dream, but those FA dreams come at a cost. Ted Karras will do just fine.
Indeed, Stanger. Ted Karras is a solid Center.
So Fins going bargain hunting, as I expected/hoped they’d do.
With all the BS talk out there about us in play for every top FA…
The thriftyness seems to be true, because we haven’t signed anyone yet. Big spenders tend to make a quick splash
Agreed… and I think the Chargers outbid us for Linsley. We’ve got a vision with our eyes on the cap… we will not repeat past mistakes.
And bargains there will be this year with the lowered cap. Can’t plan your roster around it but think even more there after the June 1 cuts.
We may need the cheats to be better than they were last year, to beat Buffalo once
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WOW! No wonder we bowed out… that’s WAY too pricey for a Center.
Remember when guards didn’t get paid? The big uglies in the middle are more appreciated now.
There’s some new records out there, but not really a lot of big signings
The money has always gone up. We signed X to biggest CB contract ever and a few months later he was like 5th.
It’s always gone up in the past, as has the salary cap, so this is a different animal
Cap for each team is down $16 mil. For sure different, but doesn’t mean they will stop signing high-end talent either. Especially when they can push off the hit to post-Covid years.
stangerx says:
March 15, 2021 at 4:47 pm
And bargains there will be this year with the lowered cap. Can’t plan your roster around it but think even more there after the June 1 cuts.
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I LOVE your eyes on the future, Bro… and great point! However, as illustrated over the last several years, those June 1st cuts get designated months in advance. Meaning, we don’t have to wait until literal June 1st to know who will be available. It just now becomes ‘official’, as of June 1st.
We’ll very shortly see those “June 1st cuts” designees. Your point is well taken, though!
Maybe I should have said “June cuts” instead of June 1. When teams cut a lot of vets knowing the hit comes in the next season.
Doesn’t matter how ya say it, I understood what ya meant… and GOOD CALL on your part. Once FA dies down (before too much longer), we’re going to see those June cuts you mentioned.
Patience is necessary, and I see you, man. Again, GOOD CALL!
Linsley 2 – Bookman, MF13Barret 1
Jones 1 – Tim
Conner 1 – Kong
Jones is staying in GB so you’re the only one alive still
That’s Detroit’s WR, Marvin Jones
Oh gotcha
It’s a solid pick by Tim. I think Jones would be a good pickup at a value we’re looking for.
https://www.nfl.com/news/former-rams-safety-john-johnson-signing-with-browns-on-3-year-33m-deal
Just waiting for the Conner signing to post this
I’ll keep the moniker until Grodd has his day…or we sign someone else first, lol.
So the Pets have signed 4, resigned 1, and also they traded for Trent Brown a week ago (which is why Cannon was expendable).
They also get a bunch of starters returning after having sat out next year. They will be a different team this year, but Cam is still their QB at least for one more season, so they might contend for a playoff spot, but they aren’t competing for a SB.
LOL, and now you know the true power of Grodd. I just made a bunch of Pets starters sit out NEXT year.
Does anyone know, is the league going to stay with 7 playoff teams per conference? or is it going back to 6?
I keep reading it’s currently 7, but I don’t remember the league making that official beyond the 2020 season.
Damn, Judon was the guy I thought they’d target.
No big name signings by the team today, but is that a bad thing? Less high -priced FAs we get the better the team is across the board.
With all these F/A’s the Pats are signing, I will be one PO’ed MF’er if they get any comp picks next year.
That has to be impossible, but where there is an evil genius there is a way. 🙂
Not sure if this was already posted.
Wooof!
Does that mean good or bad? LOL
According to the Miami Herald’s Adam Beasley, “Word around the league is the Dolphins are determined to add a No. 1 receiver in free agency, and they are expected to show considerable interest in Golladay once the legal tampering has started. One league source went so far as to predict he ends up either with the Dolphins or the Giants.”
Dolphins have a new punter, hopefully he is rarely needed, lol