Pretty cool video on what Chris Simms and Ahmed Fareed think of free agency and the Dolphins' front office. Watch the first few minutes, then skip to minute 19. The whole video is pretty solid though.
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Dolphins winning free agency?
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They make some nice points. For those crying about us overpaying in free agency, I like Simm's thoughts on this. We can afford it because we will have approximately 14 rookies contracts. He didn't mention it, but there is also something called a cap floor. We need to spend a certain amount of money so IMO we allocated the big bucks in a smart way and on impactful players (the culture in our locker room is going to be sick!). I think when this is all said and done, there are going to be teams that end up doing the same thing we did. It's early and there is no telling how this will end up, but a person would have to blind and totally biased against the Dolphins to not see how with this new strategy we should be much, much better in the years to come.
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CHRIS SIMMS has a potty mouth. And I like it! 
That's always going to be the unknown. Front office just has to do the best they can to minimize those players that don't pan out to the best of their ability, while also getting impact players that make up for the misses.
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The argument seems to be the perspective of the poster.
Some of us look at last year and see a (projected) much better team. One example - OL. Miami won 5 games with an NFL-bottom OL. Getting up to middle turd is a VAST improvement.
Others look at the team and compare it to top teams in the NFL. In that case, there's improvement, but (projected) long way to go.
To me, Miami 'won' for two reasons. 1) No ridiculous contracts. 2) A number of good players instead of one elite.
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if we sat on our hands and waited for the draft we would be light years away still
Exactly. I want pieces and coachable play makers.
I mean all those years we threw money everywhere led us to nothing. We have been smart and found players who can fit with what we are doing on paper. Other than Byron Jones we have put a huge emphasis on acquiring multiple players to fill our many holes.
The high pay is incentive to come here and to fill our cap which we have to do. Also makes trades easy down the road if they start commanding money since their cap hits won't be too large. Future flexibility is important.
Would I saw we went big? No we just spent smart money. There is a notable difference from Ireland and TBaum.
The high pay is incentive to come here and to fill our cap which we have to do. Also makes trades easy down the road if they start commanding money since their cap hits won't be too large. Future flexibility is important.
Would I saw we went big? No we just spent smart money. There is a notable difference from Ireland and TBaum.
Rookie contract pool is $18M this year if they use all the picks. I am betting they package 3-5 picks to move up but the value will still be up there.
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Davie has been winning FA and the offseason 20 seasons and counting.
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Some interesting takeaways.
I know it's just Simms' opinion, but saying Miami could go with Fitzpatrick for two more seasons wouldn't sit well with me. I like what he did last year, but the Dolphins need to find their future at the position. I'm hopeful that whoever they draft this year can get at least a handful of starts this year.
Surprised he put Buffalo atop the free agent winners. Clearly, the Bills are all in which makes sense with all the players New England has lost.
I think they overpaid for Diggs, though. He's a good receiver, but giving up a #1 in a year where the draft is loaded at the position is a high price IMO.
I know it's just Simms' opinion, but saying Miami could go with Fitzpatrick for two more seasons wouldn't sit well with me. I like what he did last year, but the Dolphins need to find their future at the position. I'm hopeful that whoever they draft this year can get at least a handful of starts this year.
Surprised he put Buffalo atop the free agent winners. Clearly, the Bills are all in which makes sense with all the players New England has lost.
I think they overpaid for Diggs, though. He's a good receiver, but giving up a #1 in a year where the draft is loaded at the position is a high price IMO.
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Yeah, I don't get it either. This draft is being talked about as possibly the best WR draft in a long time if not ever. Just use your 1st at WR and have that guy run around. Is he really going to be that much worse than Diggs at a small fraction of the cost?
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I know wide receivers don't often come in and set the world on fire as rookies, but I agree they could have drafted one with more upside than Diggs in R1.