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Finally, Cortland Finnegan's contract numbers

Not my money so I don't care. This deal doesn't strap us cap wise like Wheeler's does, who will leave the Dolphins with multiple years of dead money when he is cut, so it's not a big deal.

Just got to hope his play last year was due to a freak injury, and not slippage in ability. He's seems very motivated, so that's a good thing. If Coyle can do work with Dimitri Patterson, who was pure garbage prior to his stint with Miami, he can most certainly do work with Finnegan, as he's been an actual good player for a while up until last year.
 
LOL Dolphins are paying Finnegan and Mat Moore this year what the pats are paying for Revis... Let that sink in. :(
 
Yessir said:
Not my money so I don't care. This deal doesn't strap us cap wise like Wheeler's does, who will leave the Dolphins with multiple years of dead money when he is cut, so it's not a big deal.

Just got to hope his play last year was due to a freak injury, and not slippage in ability. He's seems very motivated, so that's a good thing. If Coyle can do work with Dimitri Patterson, who was pure garbage prior to his stint with Miami, he can most certainly do work with Finnegan, as he's been actual good player for a while up until last year.
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That's the point but people act as if someone has just robbed them of a few million dollars. As long as the cap is still in good shape why cry over his contract.

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Howard Balzer ‏@HBalzer721 2m

Cortland Finnegan's Miami contract pays $5.5M this year. He nets only $2.5M because of offset language in Rams contract covering $3M bonus.
 
Daytona Fin said:
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Dolphins cap space today, according to NFLPA: $19,185,752. They have 57 players under contract.

Rest of AFC East cap space: #NYJ $27.829M with 64 players under contract. #Bills $17.645M with 71 players. #Pats $16.964M with 58 players.
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So......

What the hell do we do with all that cap space left?

Just let it roll over?

Don't see anymore splash signing. Around $2 for draft picks, another say..$5 for bench bodies.

Enter the season with around $12 in cap left?
 
This has the potential of being a Columbo type signing when he was ranked at the bottom. Finnegen was #109 with PFF, #108 with NFL, and #113 with Cbs Sports. The year before was not much better, between #70-80.
 
Daytona Fin said:
Howard Balzer ‏@HBalzer721 2m

Cortland Finnegan's Miami contract pays $5.5M this year. He nets only $2.5M because of offset language in Rams contract covering $3M bonus.
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yeah we picked that up on our cap i think...

guaranteeing his base salary in 2014 is where i would have walked away...
 
andyahs said:
That's the point but people act as if someone has just robbed them of a few million dollars. As long as the cap is still in good shape why cry over his contact.

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I don't get this logic...sure it's not our money but we sit through pitiful season after pitiful season. If there's better options out there and we paid more for a lesser option I think it's a pretty worthy conversation point.
 
Southbeach 2 said:
This has the potential of being a Columbo type signing when he was ranked at the bottom. Finnegen was #109 with PFF, #108 with NFL, and #113 with Cbs Sports. The year before was not much better, between #70-80.
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I disagree.

We have a easy out after 1 year. And only gets $2.5 guarnateed this year, so if he's a camp cut then it's not that big of a loss.

In addition, if Finnegan fails it's not as if he was the savior at CB much like people thought Columbo was at RT.

Taylor, Davis COULD pick up the slack and Patterson is still a FA that could be brought back on the cheap.

IMO Hickey/Coyle saw this as a low risk - high reward move. Sure we tossed out some extra coin (nothing crazy) for a CB that had a bad year or two due to injuries or what have you. If he can turn it around like Grimes did we have him for 2015 at a cheap price. If not, he gets the ax.

As others have said, it's not as if we gave him franchise money, we are beyond comfortable at the cap, so why not throw some extra at Finnegan, hope he returns to pro bowl form. If not then cut him.

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hooshoops said:
yeah we picked that up on our cap i think...

guaranteeing his base salary in 2014 is where i would have walked away...
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I'm confused.

Do the Fins only guaranteed him $2 or do we cover the Rams as well putting him at $5.5?
 
i don't buy the line about we have plenty of cap space so it's no big deal...not when you can roll over whatever cap space you save to the following year...we want to be as fiscally responsible as possible...guaranteeing finnegans 2014 salary probably sealed the deal with him signing but is not a fiscally responsible thing to do...

i'm not much on assuming unnecessary risk...
 
MRojas4 said:
I disagree.

We have a easy out after 1 year. And only gets $2.5 guarnateed this year, so if he's a camp cut then it's not that big of a loss.

In addition, if Finnegan fails it's not as if he was the savior at CB much like people thought Columbo was at RT.

Taylor, Davis COULD pick up the slack and Patterson is still a FA that could be brought back on the cheap.

IMO Hickey/Coyle saw this as a low risk - high reward move. Sure we tossed out some extra coin (nothing crazy) for a CB that had a bad year or two due to injuries or what have you. If he can turn it around like Grimes did we have him for 2015 at a cheap price. If not, he gets the ax.

As others have said, it's not as if we gave him franchise money, we are beyond comfortable at the cap, so why not throw some extra at Finnegan, hope he returns to pro bowl form. If not then cut him.

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I'm confused.

Do the Fins only guaranteed him $2 or do we cover the Rams as well putting him at $5.5?
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We take a $4.5M hit this year, with some going to Fisher's Rams. Asamoah costs the same on average, and less the first year. Grimes cost the same last year at $5.5M. This is crazy.
 
hooshoops said:
i don't buy the line about we have plenty of cap space so it's no big deal...not when you can roll over whatever cap space you save to the following year...we want to be as fiscally responsible as possible...guaranteeing finnegans 2014 salary probably sealed the deal with him signing but is not a fiscally responsible thing to do...

i'm not much on assuming unnecessary risk...
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Out of curiosity what are thoughts on the Peppers to GB deal? 3/$30/$7.5 Guaranteed

Peppers had a bad year with the Bears and no one squaks about how that is not a bad deal.

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Southbeach 2 said:
We take a $4.5M hit this year, with some going to Fisher's Rams. Asamoah costs the same on average, and less the first year. Grimes cost the same last year at $5.5M. This is crazy.
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So we basically took Patterson's money and gave it to Finnegan. :ponder:
 
hooshoops said:
i don't buy the line about we have plenty of cap space so it's no big deal...not when you can roll over whatever cap space you save to the following year...we want to be as fiscally responsible as possible...guaranteeing finnegans 2014 salary probably sealed the deal with him signing but is not a fiscally responsible thing to do...

i'm not much on assuming unnecessary risk...
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The bottom line is that we have $10-12M to spend this year, which is not a lot. A coulple of vets on 1 year deals for the OL will cut that by more than half.
 
We get Finnegan and Delmas. Two players who are injury prone. Greaat!
 
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