Tannehill restructured his contract

[uk_dolfan]

some details from the Herald

Tannehill’s cap number goes from $19.8 million this year to approximately $8.6 million. The Dolphins are saving $11.2 million in cap space with the move.

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/armando-salguero/article205165309.html

 

[Danny]

also this

Dolphins cut Julius Thomas, save $6.6 million

Dolphins released TE Julius Thomas.

The no-brainer move saves $6.6 million against the cap. Acquired from the Jaguars last February, 29-year-old Thomas simply couldn't run in 2017. A career of lower-body injuries have sapped his explosiveness. He turns 30 in June and is going to have a hard time drumming up interest on the open market. The Dolphins have little to work with at tight end on their 90-man roster.

Ozzy rules!!

 

[Daytona Fin]

Don't really get the need for these restructures. There's not enough talent out there to be big spending in free agency this year. Guess were going to plug up with the roster with more mid level garbage.

 

[SCOTTY]

Tannen-bum and Gase looking to kill our cap for years to come...

 

[Dolfan23]

Wonder if there's any type of terms in it regarding injury and guarantees.

 

[fininpsl]

The re-structures use the money we save from not having Suh on the books next year. Adequately replace Suh though the draft or with the talent currently on the roster and we are better off this year and next.

 

[andyahs]

Tannen-bum and Gase looking to kill our cap for years to come...

Gase doesn't work the cap.

 

[DuderinoN703]

Ryan is the tits. My man.

 

[uk_dolfan]

@RapSheet: For #Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill, instead of a $17.475M base, he gets a $16.7M Signing Bonus and the base went to a minimum. All upfront… which is nice.

 

[SCOTTY]

No it's not. Miami easily had more than $50M available next year, and with Suh's $17M coming after June, Miami will roll some over as well. AND the cap usually increases every year. So, still lots of space.

They are simply pushing off the problems they created onto whoever ends up taking their jobs

 

[FSU Truth]

I hope this means we are drafting Derwin Freaking James

 

[dolfan91]

Miami will be rolling over a lot of money into 2019. Add that to the $40m+ and the expected cap cuts of Branch and Kiko, Miami will be sitting near $65m in Cap next year.

 

[SkapePhin]

Seems to indicate no QB in the first round. It would be real dick to have Tannehill restructure and then draft his replacement.

 

[Gonzo]

The re-structures use the money we save from not having Suh on the books next year. Adequately replace Suh though the draft or with the talent currently on the roster and we are better off this year and next.

:laugh

 

[J. David Wannyheimer]

Team player - in every sense of the word. Glad he's sticking around and will be given a chance to pick up where he left off in Gase's system.

This restructure isn't bad for him. It frees up salary cap room for the team now, but it also means that the team is committing to him as the 2018 starter.

So this is a case where if the team has decided to roll with Tannehill, they're making a firm, tangible commitment to that, and he's providing them with cap management help.

Good trade for both parties.