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The Miami Dolphins total of guarantees: $131M Equals most guaranteed by a team in a full offseason in the last 10 years. So is the team now a Super Bowl Contender? You cannot convince me that spending all of that money on these particular Free Agents was worth the investment unless it produces immediate results. In the NFL immediate results does not mean that you become a Super Bowl contender in 3 years. It means Win now baby!! Is the team ready to do that once the draft is over? The jury is still out.........At least the one that resides in my house!
 
Using high-end money doesn't guarantee anything. We saw that last year with Cleveland and many times before that. I understand the logic behind it and I think it's okay to have some expectations but it's also important to remember that most times these expectations never stick.

Does yesterday moves make us a contender? Not at all.
 
If it was YOUR money and YOU wrote the checks and the moves you made yesterday doesn't make you an instant contender I don't know about you but I could think of better ways to spend that money. Like on proven winners/leaders who will carry this team on their back and rule the locker room with an iron fist.
 
NYC#1finsfan said:
My point is stop spending money like its Monopoly money on marginal players, that's my point!
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Jones and van Noy aren't marginal players. Lawson and Flowers are upgrades, yeah they're getting more then anyone would have guessed, but not much more.

We had $90m in cap space, a terrible roster and the FO had already said we were going to be aggressive. What would you like to have seen instead?
 
NYC#1finsfan said:
If it was YOUR money and YOU wrote the checks and the moves you made yesterday doesn't make you an instant contender I don't know about you but I could think of better ways to spend that money. Like on proven winners/leaders who will carry this team on their back and rule the locker room with an iron fist.
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For example??????
 
NYC#1finsfan said:
If it was YOUR money and YOU wrote the checks and the moves you made yesterday doesn't make you an instant contender I don't know about you but I could think of better ways to spend that money. Like on proven winners/leaders who will carry this team on their back and rule the locker room with an iron fist.
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Dude that's a lot of cliches to fit into one sentence. Are you not concerned about how much those players would cost?
 
You pay Deandre Hopkins-type players. Superstars get paid or so you would think. In Miami if you are an upgrade over an existing player, you throw money at them I suppose.
 
NYC#1finsfan said:
If it was YOUR money and YOU wrote the checks and the moves you made yesterday doesn't make you an instant contender I don't know about you but I could think of better ways to spend that money. Like on proven winners/leaders who will carry this team on their back and rule the locker room with an iron fist.
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Sure everyone want's their investment to work out as they planned. Is it reality all the time? No far from all.
Worth to mention to this debate, free agency market is only going to increase every year and that means a lot of those players you might see as "nobody" gonna get paid like crazy. That's how it is. You have to take those options you have in free agency and that's what teams are doing.
 
the idea is to make the roster better every year. They did that with one of the best young corners in the NFL plus a very good still young LB/Edge
They also added two former first round picks that had their best seasons in 2019. Free agency's tampering period is not even over yet plus we have 14 picks. Can we just wait to see how everything plays out?
 
Can’t compare this signing period to any other.

First off, this team had to spend the money as required by the CBA.

Secondly, in a pass happy league this team now boats the top CB tandem in the NFL.

Additionally, this team has positioned itself to be able to compete for the foreseeable future with a war chest of draft picks that can supplement any possible poor free agent signing.

This team is still going to roll over a large chunk of cap money while also likely having a starting QB on his rookie deal for at least 3 seasons.

Everything about this has been methodical.
 
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NYC#1finsfan said:
You pay Deandre Hopkins-type players. Superstars get paid or so you would think. In Miami if you are an upgrade over an existing player, you throw money at them I suppose.
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You realize we are required to spend money right?

This team is loaded with draft capital to supplement its signings and will still carry over a healthy amount of cap money. What is the problem? You wanted Hopkins?
 
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