Here’s the deal Dolphins fans. The NFL Free Agency period begins in FIVE DAYS, Wednesday March 13th. I have no inside information on what our front office is doing, planning, hoping to accomplish, but I will tell you this. For those of you who want to see Tua get a $50M per year extension, if that contract is not signed and completed before March 13, the start of NFL Free Agency, then just scrap it, and let the kid play on his 5th year contract. I’m going to be as transparent as I can. If we don’t have the cap savings and money available to try and sign free agents, most notably, our own players who most absolutely deserve to be re-signed, then there’s no good, intelligent, logical reason to give him a contract at all. We need that money in hand, before teams with tons of cap space swoop in and sign our players, and other equivalent players like them are all gone. Here’s the simple logic, we couldn’t get past good teams with a talented roster, we’re not going to get past good teams with a severely diminished roster.
We signed journeyman TE Jonnu Smith and the Dolphins fans rejoice. Like they say in the south, where Jonnu most recently played in Atlanta, “Bless Your Heart”. If Jonnu was just an add after we signed DT Christian Wilkins (or a player of his caliber) and likewise for OG Robert Hunt, fine. We need every dollar and while it’s not that Jonnu Smith can’t help us, it’s just odd to be spending money we don’t have. It’s actually shocking to me that we had ZERO touchdowns from our TE’s in 2023. Durham Smythe is basically a #2 TE, and Julian Hill is a project that I believe might be overrated. Tanner Conner is probably a never will be, but somehow he’ll shuttle back and forth between the practice squad and the 53 man roster. Truth is, none of this matters until we have a solid O-line, and right now, we are so far away from that being that case. Our starting LT is still on the fence between retiring and coming back. We have no LG, Liam Eichenberg is our OC as it stands today, we have no RG, and we have RT Austin Jackson. So many excuses were rifled at Tua detractors due to the perceived inefficiencies of the offensive line, and we have some big holes to fill just to claw back to where we were last season.
Despite what some of our fans think here, Christian Wilkins is probably going to go Day 1 of Free Agency. It will happen even faster if the first domino falls, DT Chris Jones re-signs with the Chiefs. Some team is going to throw a boatload of cash at Christian Wilkins, and unless it’s us, he’s gone. That would be a damn shame folks. Some potentially good news is that FA OG Robert Hunt posted a picture of Hard Rock Stadium from the Dolphins practice facility which could be taken as a positive sign that he intends to come back to Miami. “Dark Mike” thinks he could be taking one last look. One thing that could work in our favor from what I’ve heard is OC Connor Williams who is rehabbing from a torn ACL is prepared to be patient in Free Agency and not take a lower contract because of the potential of him not being available early in the season.
Back to Tua, and I can hear the groans already, but it needs to be said. There are QB’s out there in the NFL that can take over a game and practically will their team to victory. Patrick Mahomes has done it so many times, we expect it. Josh Allen, who is not nearly as accurate as our QB Tua Tagovailoa is another QB capable of doing what it takes to win. SFO QB Brock Purdy, at a young age has shown that ability, in big games to do what needs to be done. If we’re going to put a lesser product on the field this season, and signs are pointing in that direction right now, it’s probably the most foolish thing we can do to throw a contract somewhere in the realm of $50M per season to Tua Tagovailoa. He’s simply not one of those QB’s stated above. If one player was OUT that was the reason why we lost. If any of you expect him to play better with less, and he would have to because even if Christian Wilkins was not a FA, we have huge question marks as to when both of our pass rushing OLB’s, Bradley Chubb and Jaelan Phillips will be available to play, and play well. We bid good-bye to long tenured CB Xavien Howard, and while we have DB Jalen Ramsey on one side, we have no bonafide player to pencil in opposite Ramsey. We have 1 Safety on the roster, (Jevon Holland), and I might add he’s been grumbling about getting paid. He’s set to make about $4.3M this season and will be a FA in 2025. At inside LB we have David Long, backup Duke Riley, and backup to the backup Channing Tindall.
The 2024 NFL Draft is April 25th. In a year where we have no cap money, we also have no draft picks. Well, that’s an exaggeration, but with so many holes to fill, the Dolphins go to Detroit armed with picks #21 (RD 1), #55 (RD 2), and then hang around until RD 5 as so many good players will be off the board, but we pick again at #157 (RD 5), #186 (RD 6), #200 (RD 6), and finally #236 (RD 7). Offensive line seems to be the favorite choice for pick #21, and it seems like OC Jackson Powers-Johnson from Oregon or Duke OC Graham Barton have been the favorites. Both are considered plug and play guys who will start immediately. If we’re unsuccessful re-signing DT Christian Wilkins, I’d expect DT would be our next priority, you have to win in the trenches. T’Vondre Sweat is a possibility, but he’d be more of a replacement for NT Raekwon Davis , not DT Christian Wilkins. DT Braden Fiske from Florida State would be more of a Christian Wilkins type player, and Kris Jenkins’ son, Kris Jenkins also fits that bill, but both of these defensive tackles are not the pedigree of Christian Wilkins.
I had seen rumors early on and before the Chiefs tagged CB L’Jarius Sneed that the Dolphins were interested in him. Now that they’ve tagged him, it seems less likely, but for some reason the rumor mill loves to throw WR Jaylen Waddle’s name into the mix. I can’t see that, that just opens up another hole and takes away a huge part of our offense to shore up the defense. It’s like putting your fingers in a place that’s leaking in 11 places, when you only have 10 fingers. Oh, we’ve signed two DT’s, Isaiah Mack from the Baltimore Ravens, a part time player, and i stress part time, only 22% of the defensive snaps over his 4 year career. We also signed DT Daviyon Nixon from the Carolina Panthers, another part time player (18%) of the snaps on defense. We have such an uphill climb just to get back to the roster that couldn’t win big games, it’s so darn hard to expect anything good in this upcoming season. Honestly, if Chris Grier came out and said “I swung for the fences last year, and we didn’t make it, so from here on in, I’m going to be more fiscally responsible, we’re going to take a step back this season and be ready to compete in ’25”. I think I could handle it. That would obviously include Tua playing on his 5th year contract and showing whether he’s capable of taking the next step, although with a weakened roster, not sure if it would necessarily fair. I don’t know if Grier has some magic tricks he’s going to spring on us and somehow save the season, but it’s looking bleak mates. Sorry, it just is.
GO DOLPHINS!!!
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Wilkins is now the best FA DT
Apparently, not according to some on here.
If we have him, he’s one of the best, if he’s leaving and going to another team, peeps here will rationalize to themselves that he’s overrated, not worth that kind of money. It’s what fans do to make them feel better.
Mac Jones is getting traded for a 6th round pick
I posted that on the last page.
it shall be posted on every page
Mac Jones sucks!
(Piggy slams a staff to the ground and the earth shakes)
Mac Jones Sucks (echoing in the blog)
so now we have $12 million to clear?
BBM,
armstead wasn’t leaving $14 million on the table. I think the thought crossed his mind, he spoke it, but had no real intentions of retiring.
BBM,
Armstead wasn’t leaving $14 million on the table. I think the thought crossed his mind, he mentioned it, but never intended to retire.
https://x.com/rapsheet/status/1766866818466005159?s=46
Bozeman is an interesting free agent
he’s kind of average, not viewed as a superior center
but he started every game last year
he actually started every game over the last 5 years with the exception of 5 games in 2022
don’t know if that’s injury
but given what we went through last year on the OL – I just want guys that are durable and he fits that model
I don’t think he will be too pricey
it’s a crowded market for center. We are losing the guy perceived to be the best one, even though he can’t snap the ball for shit 🤷♂️
I would love to sign a guy who can snap the ball and who starts games for a low price contract
Then maybe we can take a hard look at drafting an OT, potential trade down and still get a guy like Guyton and make room for a DT and a mismatch TE before day 2 is over
our OT can play guard like Tunsil did until/when Armstead can’t play
just me pigballing…
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Ben Sinnott is an interesting prospect at TE
anyone know much about him?
He’s good but we don’t need a 5th TE
Piggy – I don’t want to bring in an older vet at C. I would prefer to draft a guy like Jackson Powers-Johnson and plug him in at C for the next decade. Or, until his contract is up and we can’t pay him because we’re in cap hell again. lol
there’s a few centers available in the draft too
but just keep in mind that I we are drafting more than 1 guy on the OL , we will be starting 2 rookies on the OL – and that’s not always ideal
It’s fine if you draft the right players
We have no cap money, so the draft is the one place where you get players for cheap.
we’ve basically been robbed with how many games he’s missed
borrow Peter to pay Paul
Realistically, he’s going to miss a bunch of games, sad reality.
Kion Smith will get a good amount of playing time
Mike E.
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March 10, 2024 at 1:48 pm
We have no cap money, so the draft is the one place where you get players for cheap.
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that’s why I’m talking about low $ free agents
Will Bozeman be cheap? I feel like you overpay for any player in FA.
there liKe a Half a dozen free agent centers out there
I suspect it will reduce the market value
we will see
just those signed in the first wave of FA
belicheat waited until after May to sign FAs on the cheap, that didn’t count against the lost FAs
Expect Good Grief to do the same, Bad Grief would sign guys right away and pay too much
the cap went up 30 million is off-season
if you can reduce the cap hit in 2024 by restructuring armstead and adding 5m to 2025 – then you’ve beat he system
bc it’s going to go up more than 5m In 2025
it’s costs Ross more $ – but Ross doesn’t care how much we spend
The only restriction is the cap ceiling
I think it’s a brilliant move by Grier but I do expect anyone o I’ve him credit
also in terms of armstead missing games
that’s reality
I would be surprised if he plays 10 games next year
but if you draft an OT and swing him inside – you can probably move him outside if armstead gets hurt
and when armstead plays – he’s very good
so I’m glad he’s back and I’m glad he is giving us cap room in 2024
https://x.com/flasportsbuzz/status/1766844249427915040?s=61&t=NWZ–WfgKu_dYbC-fKuB3A
we don’t have to clear any space
we just don’t have space between March and June
we have to get under the cap, Armstead will save us 8m, then we need to re-sign Tua or re-sign Long, cut White/Wilson
if you believe Grief, we should have similar talent as last year, just in different positions
very excited to get a seam threat TE, that posses YAC
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just those signed in the first wave of FA
belicheat waited until after May to sign FAs on the cheap, that didn’t count against the lost FAs
Expect Good Grief to do the same, Bad Grief would sign guys right away and pay too much
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yes, I think this is right
not a cap expert by any stretch but that’s idea. We have to sit out the first wave of free agency
we will lose Wilkins, Connor Williams and probably Hunt and Van Ginkle but we will eventually have money to spend
Steve – I don’t believe Grier that we will have similar talent, or even close. We’re losing a top 5 DT and our best OL. That’s very difficult to replace
Especially when you don’t have the money to do it.
we can restructure Ramsey, Tua (even a new deal believe it or not) ,and Tyreek just like we restructured Armstead. As long as we don’t add years (except in Tua’s case), we won’t really be making the next couple cap years any more painful then they’re already looking to be. Also to Piggy’s point, if the cap grows at a healthy clip the next few years, we’ll have a fighting chance on the business side.
Does that mean I think Tua’s the one? Not necessarily, but seems like every analyst I respect on the business side says you have to dona deal because at least he’s a legit qb and without one you’re lost in the wilderness.
We can, but aren’t you at least somewhat surprised we haven’t done any of those things while free agency looms just 3 days away? How are even going to participate in trying to re-sign any of our players, or any others without the cap space? Granted, we have 2 more days to get there, but I’m worried pal
I also think Wilkins is simply going to be too expensive to bring back, but not using a tag on him was mandatory for us to start Free Agency with any room to work at all.
I’ll miss him if he leaves though. Hoping we can keep Van G though. I bought his Jersey last season lol.
Hey Jahn, good to see you. I said the same thing about Wilkins over the last couple of days.
They probably begged Armstead to not retire. If he retired before 3/16/24, his cap hit would have gone up about and extra 3.2 mil. If he were to retire after 3/16/34 when some of his salary becomes guaranteed, his cap hit would have gone up by an extra 11.4 mil.
Just remember, before we vilify Wilkins for asking too much, Grier put us in this situation by not wanting to pay him appropriately last year before this season. We can’t know the cap situation for the next season but you know Grier did. Now it’s going to be Wilkins asked for too much. He’s going to get paid in line with the other contracts that were just signed, and it’s going to be a damn shame that it won’t be us paying him.
Do you know what Grier’s camp is asking for? Whatever we offered him last year wasn’t enough. That’s the business side of the NFL.
Wilkins’ camp. 😂
Of course not Tim, but I’d be willing to bet it was less than what he gets now in FA. These are the things Grier is responsible for, it’s his job, and he failed. We don’t need to take care of these things, he does. Like I’ve said numerous times, Wilkins bet on himself and showed what he can do. 5 seasons of excellent play. Soon, we’re likely going to pay Tua a shit ton of money based on a whole lot less, but no one will blink. It looks like Grier isn’t doing well on the “business side”.
QB is a different beast and you know that. You can’t pay everyone.
Tim – Yes, QB is a different beast, but if we’re not going to sign our guys and put a competitive team around Tua, he’s under contract in ’24, why pay him huge sums of money when it’s not even necessary? You, and everyone here said signing Tua will free up money to keep Wilkins and Hunt, and now everyone is dancing to different music, and now the songs playing are “Wilkins is asking too much” and “Hunt was never a Pro Bowl G or an all pro”. Funny how that happens . . .
What I would like to happen and the reality of the business are two different things. Just like Giants fans all want Barkley back, but don’t think he will be. If every team signed all their players there wouldn’t be FA.
Of course, but if I’m going to be honest, I hate when everyone just falls in line and gets all compliant. I hate that we’re going to lose Wilkins and Hunt because that’s not what good organizations do. Each one could easily be said to be the best man on their respective units. Good organizations don’t let those guys go. I know it hasn’t actually happened yet, but the writing is on the wall.
I’m pissed and going to rail against this shit as it happens, I’m not going to just accept their bullshit side of the story. Doesn’t mean I’m not going to be a fan anymore, but a disgruntled fan I will be.
The difference between you and I is you’re more emotional about it and I’ve said many times in recent months I’m not emotionally invested anymore in sports even though I do still enjoy them. I like the game and the competition. I root for my teams and the results are what they are. Maybe one day one of them will win a championship and I’ll get to be emotional about it for a few hours or maybe even days.
The QB market is a big problem. But you have to pay them when you have a competent one. If that position is weak you don’t win.
Tim – no doubt. I spend way too much time on this team for me not to be emotionally invested.
I hear ya! I know what that feels like. Sports wear me down too often when I get too emotionally invested. Just the other day I turned on the Flyers/Caps game Flyers up 2-0. I got to watch the Caps score 5 unanswered goals to win 5-2. I was laughing as it was happening. I’ve turned on Mets games when they’re up 5-0 only to watch them lose 9-7. 😂
Ha!
I traded down and went with the idea of drafting 2 DTs to replace Wilkins
I got Luke McCaffeey to help us in the slot weeeeeee
30.
Byron Murphy II
DT Texas
55.
Braden Fiske
DT Florida State
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Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
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Isaiah Adams
OG Illinois
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Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
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LaDarius Henderson
OG Michigan
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Jarrian Jones
CB Florida State
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Sam Hartman
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For those of you have been asking about Randy (OD), I just spoke to the young man. He’s been through some very tough times with family tragedies and for lesser tragedies, his computer went kaput. He just got a new computer and will be trying to get back on the blog tomorrow morning. I’ll assist him for as along as I can, but I do have to get ready to go into work. Anyway, good thing is, he’s OK.
Good to hear. 🙂
Not the tragedies, but that he’s okay. That didn’t come off right the first time. 🙄
can’t wait to have him back
Piggy – Isn’t Murphy the top rated DT? He’s gonna last till #30?
he did in that draft….lol
LOL!!!!!
There are reports out there that we’re looking into trading for CB L’Jarius Sneed. Hmmm… that’s surprising. Didn’t read into it because there are so many rumors at this time.
That would be a huge contract. I can’t imagine how that could be possible.
Yeah no idea.
Fletcher Cox is retiring.
Tomorrow is going to be a wild day during the tampering period.
Seems like what McDaniel wanted to add as the next install on offense.
https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/lists/dolphins-jonnu-smith-things-to-know/
It seems to me that Smythe/Smith will be our main TEs with Hill and Conner competing as next up. I don’t see us drafting a TE.
We really need Ezukanma to step up because Berrios and Wilson didn’t do enough as the next up WRs.
Unless we gain more draft picks, I absolutely agree: we won’t be drafting any TEs this year.
AS OF THE MOMENT…
I see us trading down from R1P21 to the bottom tier of the 1st round, to regain an additional pick (might even end up being a 2nd rounder). There should be a stud O-Lineman sitting there for us in the late 1st in this deep draft for O-Linemen. I hope it’s either JPJ, Graham Barton, Tyler Guyton, or Troy Fautanu who’s there for us.
R2P55, I’m looking to replace Christian Wilkins (I think Wilkins is already gone). I’d hope for either Kris Jenkins or Branden Fiske to be there.
After the tradedown from R1P21? Maybe it’s a 2nd rounder or maybe it’s a 3rd rounder… I’d be looking at RG Cooper Beebe, S Kam Kinchens, NT T’Vondre Sweat, LB Jeremiah Trotter Jr, or maybe the best EDGE rusher available.
It’s still too early for me, but we’re getting closer to seeing the BIG PICTURE, starting tomorrow…
Wilkins sacks
2 – NE
1/2 – NYG
2 – CAR
2.5 – NYJ
1 – TEN
PHI 6 tackles 0 sacks
KC 3 tackles 0 sacks
DAL 4 tackles 0 sacks
BAL 2 tackles 0 sacks
BUF 1 sack 7 tackles 2 games
Based on what I’ve heard about Tua, why should we pay Wilkins 22m+, when he sucks against the good teams?
and for that matter, what did Hunt do against the better teams?
wasn’t he hurt against most good teams we played?
trading down to 32 would net us an extra mid 3rd, or more likely multiple later picks or future year picks, I don’t see it happening
We’ll see what happens… much will unfold before we can even think about trading down. But as of RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, I’d suspect a tradedown with the way our roster looks.
As we wait for June 1st to come (in order to get $18M back in cap savings for cutting X), hope that Isaiah Wynn is still out there to be re-signed (he should be), and it’s entirely possible that Connor Williams is still available after his injury. CW can no longer dictate major $$$ after his injury… though we don’t know (yet) if he’ll be back to normal come opening day.
There IS A PATH to return 4 of our 5 starting O-Linemen from last season.
Draft RG Cooper Beebe and he replaces Hunt.
T-Stead — Wynn — C Williams — Beebe — Jackson
And if ya don’t like Connor Williams coming back, we’ve the potential to land JPJ or Graham Barton (<– who can play all 5 O-Line positions).
Of course, if ‘We Like Eich’, he could be our Center going forward.
I really hope we re-sign Brandon Jones!
Wilkins had 5 tackles, 1 sack and 3 QB hits, 1 FF, 1FR in the finale against BUF
That’s a helluva game.
Tua – 17 for 27, 173 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT’s
I’d say Tua had more of a hand in us losing that game than Wilkins, as long as we’re comparing
At least he showed up in a big game. Cough cough
He’s a DT, stats aren’t always what makes them great. Wilkins is about to get paid. If it isn’t with the Fins it’s a travesty and one i fully expect . Mistake after mistake after mistake. Would like to be wrong on this!
Not saying we will but I could see us trading out of the 1st round. Another 2 and adding a 3 and 4 as we give back a 5-7 or some kind of swap.
I’ve thought of doing the same, but I wouldn’t advise doing that. If we can stay in the 1st with a tradedown, we’re going to get a STUD.
Remember every draft is overrated by the mocksters. That’s their business. From what I’ve read and listened to about this QB class don’t be surprised if none of them pan out as franchise guys.
It’s all hype! Of course this draft will yield good or even great players. But most teams never have a 1st round grade on 32 prospects. Maybe 15-18. They come from every round every year. Even UDFAs surprise.
Ha! We have fans battling each other over different player performance. The team finished 11-6 and lost round one of the playoffs. Every player on the field was part of that. The ones who couldn’t suit up watched from the sidelines. We won as a team and lost as a team.
2024 is up next.
We have nothing else to do! LOL
I’m listening to tunes and reading up on the frenzy that will explode tomorrow. It’s all in good fun! 🙂
It looks like we’re re-signing Robert Jones.
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March 10, 2024 at 11:05 pm (Edit)
I’m listening to tunes and reading up on the frenzy that will explode tomorrow. It’s all in good fun! 🙂
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It’s fun until it actually happens. I don’t think this Free Agency will be kind to our team
Holy shit
Adam Schefter on X: “Compensation update: Landon Dickerson’s four-year extension with the Eagles: 🏈Base Value: $84M 🏈Max Value: $87M 🏈Total Guarantee: $50M 🏈Signing Bonus: $20M 🏈APY: $21M per year Contract makes him highest paid guard in NFL history. He was in the last year of his deal.” / X (twitter.com)
Rock – from the last blog – that bloke who was stopped by the law was Grier’s brother in law en route to a rendezvous with him! LMAO.
Brandon Jones to the Broncos – 3 years $20 million
Interesting – He was actually one guy I thought we might get back
Hate it but happy for him.
people are now reporting Wilkins is going to the raiders
4 years, 110M
that’s a lot of $
https://x.com/rapsheet/status/1767239925072576633?s=46
I have been calling Wilkins to the Raiders for over the last month.
The Raiders DC was the Dolphins DC when we drafted Wilkins.
so start calling for Huny and Van Ginkle to re-sign with the Folphins for bargain prices…lol
the raiders are no stranger to spending big $ in free
agency – it makes sense for them to go after Wilkins.
Good for Wilkins but I’m glad we aren’t paying him that kind of money
This is why we should have tagged and traded him to the raiders.
Oh yeah, we might get a 3rd round pick for him next year. woo hoo
Jags have signed former Bills center Mitch Morse to a great deal of 2 years at 10.5 mil.
Now jags are going to sign Bills WR Gabe Davis on a 3 year deal.
Bills may be looking at WR with their 1st pick sign they are going to move their OG over to play center.
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Bears are giving D’Andre Swift a three-year, $24 million deal, including $15.3 million guaranteed, per his agent Trevon Smith at Athletes First.
seiler’s contract is less than 11m a season
compare that with Wilkins new contract of 27m a season
huge difference
I do admit that may be a little steep for Wilkins. I would have gone as high as 24 mil per. I bet if they had offered that earlier, he would have stayed.
Where they really fucked up is not giving Wilkins an extension after the 2022 season. At that time, they could have done it for less than 20 mil per.
BBmike it’s too high IMO but I do think Wilkins has earned it
I was just thinking 2 how do the Chiefs keep jones but we lose Wilkins
and I think the obvious answer is Tyreke’s Hills contract. And frankly I wouldn’t do it differently than Grier
if this is the price for acquiring Hill – I pay that price
I get that. Hopefully we find someone to clog and apply pressure in the middle.
because the Chiefs are likely going to trade Snead
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sucks to lose Wilkins- I get it with that type of money, but we can’t lose Hunt.
I kind of think we are gonna lose him too
I think so also. See below.
Another free agent center off the list and/or OG.
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any idea what Cunshenberry contract is?
Not seeing the #’s posted yet
Not fair to compare Wilkins and Sieler. I think Sieler is gonna really miss Wilkins both personally and professionally. If we don’t get a legit replacement for Wilkins, Sieler will fall off production wise for sure this season
100%
All teams have to do is double Seiler. With nobody to play on our edge to start the season and no other good DT’s, our defense will be close to a joke, IMO.
I think so too
Along with Wilkins, we will also see Hunt go to another team.
Spotrac has us at 23.2 mil over the cap right now. Though, that does not count the reworking of Armstead’s contract. It also doesn’t count the new contracts on Robert Jones, Elijah Campbell and Nik Needham.
Still have a bunch to clear.
The only good news is that we only need to sign 3 more players to get to 51 then these bottom tier guys will stop making our cap go up so much as we fill out the roster.
I believe their plan is to start Eich at center and start Robert Jones at RG. Maybe they resign Wynn or maybe they draft a rookie to play LG.
Yes, we’ll drop 18.5 mil when X comes off the books and whatever they did with Armstead probably gets us under the cap. Though, the contracts on Jones, Campbell and Needham probably have us hovering around a fat goose egg in cap.
Kirk Cousins is now a Falcon.
Rather surprising coming off his injury.
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Former Giants RB Saquon Barkley reached agreement with the Philadelphia Eagles on a three-year, $37.75 million contract that could be worth up to $46.75M and includes $26M fully guaranteed at signing, per sources.
FUCK!!!
Damn!!!!
Vikings just signed Greenard also.
fuck! We are going to lose everyone.
RB’s getting paid decent
Dammit!
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It’s gonna get worse before it gets better. I’m telling you . . .
Scraps is a boy dog, and scraps is what we’re going to be getting. lol
Jets going to lose probably their best pass rusher.
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Injury: we’ve lost AVG
Insult to injury: Brian Flores drafted AVG, and they are now reunited in Minny. 😡
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Might as well be
we are fucked
Agreed, my friend.
All this is disappointing and disheartening
but expected.
Thank God we are going to spend all our money on Tua. He’s going to single handedly put this team on his back. Just like he’s always shown. Great job Grier!
That will probably send me over the edge. All this nonsense on here about signing Tua and keeping all our guys, when in reality, it will be Tua and scraps. Good luck with that!
We all saw it coming. Some just didn’t want to admit it. This was it….tank and rebuild is officially over. Great job Grier.
I’m sick to my stomach.
This is true, but we could have retained AVG…
Couldn’t match it, but could have taken care of these before they hit Free Agency. Don’t forget that!
Absolutely. Total mismangement from top to bottom.
they could have tagged either or both with non-exclusive tags and reaped the 4 first round picks!
I know you peeps like the photo for this article, but now I’m thinking the stairs should be a lot longer . . .
Wow Wilkins and Hunt got massive contracts. No way we could have paid them that. I wish we could have retained AVG though, 2 years $20M seemed doable.
We could have paid them last season, we gambled and lost
We tried they turned down the offer. Their agents wanted to test the market.
I’m having a meltdown over here…
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“Anything else?”
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So I’ve seen projected comps as a 3rd for Wilkins, a 6th for Jones.
I’d assume a 3rd for Hunt.
What about AVG? A 4th or 5th?
Hopefully someone other than Grier is the beneficiary of those extra picks
Wow, rats fleeing a sinking ship???
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
At least Wilkins didn’t end up on the Pets. That would have been adding insult to injury.
I saw reports we were in talks with the Ravens LB Queen; he just signed with the Seahawks.
We had no $$$ to sign Queen though.
Day 1 of ‘legal tampering’ isn’t even over yet, but in the first 3 hours of as much, we lost half our team. SMMFH 😡
Half? 😂
LOL, it sure feels that way! 😉
From Barry Jackson on X(I don’t know how to post it)
“Dolphins need 2 starting DTs, starting corner, starting safety, two starting guards, starting inside LB, starting center and 2 heavy usage edge players capable of starting. And 3 backup WRs. Otherwise set.”
Who’s excited for 2024?
Honestly, I figured Wilkins was gone when we didn’t extend him last year. I figured he was going to break the bank. I’m just pissed we’re only getting a 3rd for him.
Hunt surprises me; I thought we’d keep him, but 20 mil per, wow. If we’d gotten appropriate value for losing Wilkins, I could have lived with losing Hunt and getting a comp pick. But to lose two top end guys for a lousy couple of comp picks is just sad.
I think both of those deals were outrageously high. Now we know why they weren’t signed to extensions last year.
^^^
Wilkins always seemed like a guy to me that was going to get the biggest deal he could and we might not be able to keep him. Putting ourselves in a position where we weren’t able to tag and trade him or keep him another year is the bigger issue. He was a major asset we lost for just a 3rd rd pick.
20 mil for a guard is insane. I’d have been fine not re-signing him and getting a 3rd if we’d gotten something more for Wilkins.
We’re all but definitely going to trade down from R1P21 to the bottom of the 1st round to recoup a day 2 selection, IMO. We NEED the picks.
We’re going to get $18M after June 1st (X’s $$$), and somebody like LB Bobby Wagner should still be available then. I hear Wagner is willing to leave the West Coast to resume his career.
The sky has not yet fallen, but it sure as hell doesn’t look good at the moment. There will be options out there come June and we will have $$$.
you need a trade partner to trade. There is not guarantee that someone will want to move up to our spot, or that the compensation will be enough.
The good news (at least for me)? I finally know what we’re dealing with to do an accurate mock draft! 🙂
Should we start a go fund me page for the banner to fly over headquarters again? It is well past time. FIRE THAT FUCKING BUM!
GRIER MUST GO! GRIER MUST GO! GRIER MUST GO! Fucking loser.
Ya’ll kool-aid drinkers tell me again how we are going to keep our players again?
A lot of you guys complain about our cap situation but you wanted us to pay a DT and a RG $47.5M per between them. Not sure how that makes any sense.
See, I said this yesterday. It’s hilarious!!! Do you not remember me saying that you guys would say this?
We could have paid Wilkins last season, we gambled and lost, he gambled, and won. They could have extended Hunt last season too, but they were too busy trading and bringing in all those players via trade etc. Grier made it seem like we could do that and still operate business as usual and sign whoever we want. Well, as it turns out, they can’t. He mischaracterized the entire situation and now us fans are fucked.
Wilkins is the one who rejected our offer last year. He was banking on this chance
You keep saying we could have signed him and Hunt last year but that’s not true. Their agents wanted the FA market and they turned down our offers. You’re allowing your emotions to get in the way of the business side of things. We weren’t paying them elite money because neither player is elite. It’s okay to say they’re good players and not consider them elite.
Ken – We could have paid what he was asking for last year, which was way less than he got in FA this season. I’m not the GM, but he’s the type of player I would have tried to keep.
The next gamble on the docket is going to be giving Tua a deal for a 5YR/$225M deal and we’re gonna lose that gamble too.