Dolphins 2016 Salaary Cap

[So Be]

http://overthecap.com/salary-cap/miami-dolphins

Miami is $8M over the cap for next year. Some see that as a problem, and it is not. The media, and many fans, thought the some of the same in 2013 and 2014 when we signed Wallace, Ellerbe, etc, and Suh along with Pouncey and Tannehill. Next year could be some of the same or, keeping our own which we will be able to do. The salary cap is not based on one year but, like contracts, over three years with two years being more important.

Let's take a look at what we could do next year IF we do well and want to keep the team together.

Jordan will save $3M, and there is no replacement cost.

Jennings will save $4M. Can't see him being needed next year, and look for a cheap young replacement.

Cameron will save $7.5M or cost $9,5M (which he will never get). If he plays well, we could keep him on a new deal for around $4M first year.

Fields will save $3.5M or cost $4.3M. Look for a new punter next year at a cheap cost.

That's $18M in savings on very easy choices, with replacements and keeping Cameron at maybe $6M

So, we're $4M to the good, and have $10M this year to roll over. Let's say we just keep half, which puts us at $9M.

Any new long term deal is cheap in the first year, and OV and Miller will be no different. They will cost maybe $3-4M each in 2016 if we want to keep them.That keeps the team together, and we could restructure Suh from $28M to make up the balance.

That would be one way of doing things, and there are others which would mean moving older players, which I'll do a bit later.

 

[Coach_Rob]

not worried. like you said there are a ton of ways to make it work.

 

[Tannchise]

I thought there was a significant increase next year? That was just the NBA?

 

[FinJay614]

We are going to need money to resign Vernon, so that $8 miliion is going to evaporate with him before we even sign rookies. Plus, we need to get major impact from our highest paid players for at least their first three years because we have zero flexibility thanks to their deals. I'm not concerned but I do think we mortgaged our future already, and more so if we sign Mathis.

 

[Coach_Rob]

I thought there was a significant increase next year? That was just the NBA?

from what I have read they think it will increase to around 10 mil more than what is currently being projected

 

[Tannchise]

at this point so late into the offseason, wouldn't Mathis only expect a one year deal just about what he was supposed to get in Philly?
I don't see a team giving him like $15M Guaranteed and a 3-4 year deal? It's almost a prove me deal

 

[datruth55]

at this point so late into the offseason, wouldn't Mathis only expect a one year deal just about what he was supposed to get in Philly?
I don't see a team giving him like $15M Guaranteed and a 3-4 year deal? It's almost a prove me deal

Rumor is he wants a multi-year deal in the $6.5 million per season range. People who think we're going to sign him cheap are kidding themselves and if he were to lower his demands that would only bring more teams into the mix for his services. Why sign with the Dolphins when you can sign with a team that has a history of playoff appearances? You would think teams like the Colts, Seahawks and Patriots would become major players if the salary demands came down.

Carrying over the salary cap savings is still the smartest move and would prevent the Dolphins from having to cut 5 or 6 players and only cut 2 or 3 at the most. And contrary to Southbeach saying we would be able to sign Jordan Cameron to a cheaper contract, if he stays healthy and plays at the same level he played 2 years ago, if the Dolphins don't keep him at his $9 million salary we have for his 2nd year then someone else will pay him that money. You're not going down from the $7.5 million you're paying him now.

 

[So Be]

I thought there was a significant increase next year? That was just the NBA?

This year's cap is $143M. The projected cap used above is based on $150M for next year. It could go a few mil higher.

 

[So Be]

Rumor is he wants a multi-year deal in the $6.5 million per season range. People who think we're going to sign him cheap are kidding themselves and if he were to lower his demands that would only bring more teams into the mix for his services. Why sign with the Dolphins when you can sign with a team that has a history of playoff appearances? You would think teams like the Colts, Seahawks and Patriots would become major players if the salary demands came down.

Carrying over the salary cap savings is still the smartest move and would prevent the Dolphins from having to cut 5 or 6 players and only cut 2 or 3 at the most. And contrary to Southbeach saying we would be able to sign Jordan Cameron to a cheaper contract, if he stays healthy and plays at the same level he played 2 years ago, if the Dolphins don't keep him at his $9 million salary we have for his 2nd year then someone else will pay him that money. You're not going down from the $7.5 million you're paying him now.

I said that if Cameron plays well we could sign him to a new deal, and the FIRST year would be cheap.

 

[Kdawg954]

Anytime you are trending that far over the cap and have to cut players to get under . . . it's a problem. Especially when the results have not lead to winning seasons.

Yea, we can get under, but I wouldn't necessarily say that "we're good" . . . . it's never good to purge as many contracts as we have in this past year from guys who signed just 2 years before. This is just the next batch of guys who "may" or "may not" be the answers.

Until we draft good and get guys to perform to their expectations of the contracts signed . . . . we'll never truly be in a "good situation" in regards to the salary cap. We just can manage to get under, just like the other 31 teams.

 

[ITS!MATEO]

Why let Jennings and Fields go? Jennings may be our 2nd option this year and Fields is a great punter.

 

[Kdawg954]

Why let Jennings and Fields go? Jennings may be our 2nd option this year and Fields is a great punter.

Exactly my point, any team in the league can be "good" on cap space when you throw cuts into the mix . . . you are good when you have a team with performing players and can still manage to faithfully stay under the cap. Hard to do that with $22 million in dead space nipping at your heels.

 

[Phinatic8u]

Exactly my point, any team in the league can be "good" on cap space when you throw cuts into the mix . . . you are good when you have a team with performing players and can still manage to faithfully stay under the cap. Hard to do that with $22 million in dead space nipping at your heels.

Ireland da god.

Luckily Hickey seems to have a decent eye for talent.

 

[Kdawg954]

Ireland da god.

Luckily Hickey seems to have a decent eye for talent.

Hickey and Tbaum are gonna have to be real good with 2014, the group they brought in this year and beyond . . . as the Fins have several top heavy healthy contracts on the books now, contracts that you can't cut your way out of for a few years w/o taking big dead space hits . . . so they need more Jelani Jenkins type production for guys like Phillips, Douglas, Turner, one or two of the several young CBs on the roster.

I think Hickey was real unfortunate last year with the injuries to the majority of his free agents, though you will get that when you gamble on these more prone to injury guys . . . hopefully we can stay healthy and get the best out of the guys coming in, as there is a lot of potential with this group.

No question Ireland was a detriment though. And it's early in New Orleans, but he seems to be bringing his same failing philosophy over there as well.

 

[eric1317]

Thank god for K-Dawg. I was beginning to think I lived in some Bizarro world. Where the ideal situation was to be over the cap and the best thing you could do was cut players or restructure deals so that down the road you could experience inflated cap numbers for a little cap relief today. While 2016 may not be the end of the world, most rational beings would agree we need to end this reliance on high priced free agents and start building through the draft.