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The Miami Dolphins 2016 season continues this week at Pittsburgh but it is already clear change is coming to the team’s defensive line.

Mario Williams, perhaps the biggest-name free agent acquisition of the 2016 offseason, will not be returning to the Miami Dolphins next season. Williams signed a two-year contract last March and carries the fourth-highest salary cap number on the team this season but he will be waived as a salary cap casualty this offseason, a source tells The Miami Herald.

That can be no surprise considering Williams steep decline in production and status on the team. A starter the first five weeks of the season, Williams managed only one full sack at Seattle. He then not only lost his starting job, but defensive coordinator Vance Joseph called him out for needing to play harder.

Although Williams agreed with Joseph and stirred no controversy in the locker room over the benching, his production continued to lag. He did not collect a tackle the entire month of December and was finally left on the inactive list in the season-finale against the New England Patriots last Sunday.

Williams, 32 later this month, has spoken of his fight with injuries and has been on the team’s injury report of late, but coach Adam Gase made it clear Williams was in fact a healthy scratch last game.

“I made the decision I wanted to play [Terrence] Fede yesterday,” Gase said on Monday. “We only went with eight defensive linemen, and Fede’s been playing really well. It was really a number’s thing.

“We have nine guys we like. And we have five defensive ends. We like all those guys. It’s hard for me to justify not playing Fede when he gives us something on special teams and the way he’s playing on defense. It’s nothing against Mario. It’s that Fede gives us some snaps on special teams plus he’s a big man who can move, he can run, he can do things on punt return or punt. Once you get some special teams value out of a defensive lineman, that’s good for us. That helps us a lot.”

More at LINK: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/armando-salguero/article124234719.html

Your thoughts? :ponder:

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/s...-salguero/article124234719.html#storylink=cpy
 
No ****

He looked good v Seattle... then nothing after that
 
One thing i'll give Mario is he's kept his mouth shut. It didn't work out - ok it happens, take the hit and move on. Other FA signings worked out well.
 
Ah Armando with some feather in the cap housekeeping tidbits.

Predicting this is like playing Roulette and every number has Red/Black so you really can't lose . . . unless for some strange reason that 00 green pops up. Highly unlikely.

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uk_dolfan said:
No ****

He looked good v Seattle... then nothing after that
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First game at Buffalo also
 
He's always listed w an "ankle" and he looks really slow. Just wondering if he's been nagged enough that he lost a step or two. I thought he was going to be terrific for us. I guess his decline that started last year continued. Ah well - let's recoup some $$$.
 
Wasted roster spot. But I agree with the signing.

It was a roll of the dice on Williams returning to form. For whatever reason, that wasn't happening.

Had to take the chance though, if you are the Dolphins. Years of terrible drafting and Philbin-esque player acquisition means that you have to take a chance on tarnished available talent. Which Williams was -- major talent at one time.

LD
 
Well of the 10.5m he is owed in 2017 you clear about 8.5m in cap space and only carry 2m in dead cap so this is no brainier. It also puts Miami about 52m under with 36 players under contract.

Not too shaby seeing a lot of the guys not signed are backend guys. Kiko, Sims and Stills are your big three.
 
LDaniel7 said:
Wasted roster spot. But I agree with the signing.

It was a roll of the dice on Williams returning to form. For whatever reason, that wasn't happening.

Had to take the chance though, if you are the Dolphins. Years of terrible drafting and Philbin-esque player acquisition means that you have to take a chance on tarnished available talent. Which Williams was -- major talent at one time.

LD
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Accurate.

You take Dion Jordan in 2013, utilizing a first and a second round pick . . . and get no return, you have to roll the dice on Williams.

At least we were smart not to bet the farm on him. We picked up Branch and Jones, and they have played well.

And the contract structure allowed for this to be a one year rental . . . or a two year steal if he played well. It is time to move on and either extend Branch or use those dollars on a OG and draft a DE early.

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NY8123 said:
Well of the 10.5m he is owed in 2017 you clear about 8.5m in cap space and only carry 2m in dead cap so this is no brainier.
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And even that can be a June 1st designated so we can split that 2 million over the next two years.

Absolutely a no brainer.
 
I'm honestly surprised about how little he brought to the table as a Miami Dolphin. I thought that if you line him up with Suh, Wake and company he would be a force to be reckoned with. For some reason after an outstanding career and so many Pro Bowls he suddenly has nothing left in the tank. I think it's about desire, he still wants to get paid but he's not willing to do the day to day work it takes to maintain his strength and conditioning. He goes into games and he might flash for a play or two then nothing. Walk away from this guy ASAP. I'll bet he has trouble getting a job anywhere next season in the NFL. Why would anybody sign him after the last two seasons of just collecting pay checks. We really could have used a healthy, motivated Mario Williams but like an over the hill Boxer those days are gone. Sad.
 
BSQ said:
I'm honestly surprised about how little he brought to the table as a Miami Dolphin. I thought that if you line him up with Suh, Wake and company he would be a force to be reckoned with. For some reason after an outstanding career and so many Pro Bowls he suddenly has nothing left in the tank. I think it's about desire, he still wants to get paid but he's not willing to do the day to day work it takes to maintain his strength and conditioning. He goes into games and he might flash for a play or two then nothing. Walk away from this guy ASAP. I'll bet he has trouble getting a job anywhere next season in the NFL. Why would anybody sign him after the last two seasons of just collecting pay checks. We really could have used a healthy, motivated Mario Williams but like an over the hill Boxer those days are gone. Sad.
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He never had a top notch work ethic . . . I just think he isn't the same player he was 5 years ago and does not have the work ethic to be any better than his current talent allows him to be.

It happens, Vance wanted to give him a shot and surround him with guys like Suh/Wake/Mitchell to spark something and get another good year or two out of him.

He doesn't have it anymore.

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BigNastyFish said:
Great job TBum!
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Absolutely great job. Structured the contract perfectly.

This was a Vance hire, from his work with Mario and Earl back in their Texans days. It was a good thought but it didn't pay off.
 
Nothing wrong with signing Mario and hoping he gets a small bump of production returning to a more comfortable scheme.
It was a shrewd move. Didn't work out move on

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