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How should Miami realistically approach free agency?

Let’s look at how they can realistically create money for this season with restructures. This is the list which, if you restructure everyone, creates 78 mil in spendable cap money but this will also kick this $$$ down the road to future years, the vast majority will be split, with the exception of Tua’s 19 mil (Tua’s contract runs longer), over the next 2 years

List
Tua 19mil
Chubb 13mil
Armstead 9.5 mil
Jackson 7.3 mil
Hill 7mil
Brooks 5.7 mil
Seiler 5.5 mil
Fuller 3.9 mil
Brewer 3.9 mil
Ramsey 3.2 mil

The top 3 guys Tua, Chubb and Armstead are the most chronically injured players on this roster. Do you want to kick their 41 mil to future years? If not, that will leave about 36 mil to start the season this year.

With 36 mil to spend, 11 mil of that will be spent to get them cap compliant at the start of the season, leaving $25 mil to spend. They have to allocate probably $15 mil for the draft and in season moves for 2025, leaving about $10 mil to actually use on FA signings.

The only way I see a meaningful free agency, is to restructure the 3 crash test dummies (Tua, Chubb & Armstead) too, leaving you $51 mil to fill this roster with FA, at the start of the year.

Do I want to see this happen, spreading out that $78 mil over the next 2 to 3 years? HELL TO THE NO!!

But that 51 mil can buy you a quality backup Qb like Marietta for 6-8 mil, resign Dotson for 4-5 mil and bring in players like Teven Jenkins @ 10-12 mil a season and others. This is what I expect Grier will do, run it back and create a bigger hole to dig out of in future years! JMHO 😊
 
i just wish we could acquire 4 more draft picks and then sign sign about 5 undrafted rookie olinemen then we could focus on a real qb and a back up qb and two edge rushers and a big O.G. type wr and a another tightend and get two f.a offensive guards on top of all that. but that is a pipe dream.
 
#1 priority right now is to get rid of failed contracts. Fire or trade before free agency Tua, Armstead, Eichenberg, Julian Hill, Smythe, and Jake Bailey.
That sets up the free agency and draft.
 
eMCee85 said:
YES IT IS
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Average I'm down with. Miami is 74-73 during Grier's time as GM. That includes a planned total rebuild, and a few bad years record-wise because of that.

The Dolphins have had a winning season in four of the last five years too.
 
SF Dolphin Fan said:
Average I'm down with. Miami is 74-73 during Grier's time as GM. That includes a planned total rebuild, and a few bad years record-wise because of that.

The Dolphins have had a winning season in four of the last five years too.
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Only reason they are "winning seasons" is be abuse of the added 17th game. Otherwise we'd be stuck at 8 - 8 as usual. You missed me with that winning season garbage
 
eMCee85 said:
Only reason they are "winning seasons" is be abuse of the added 17th game. Otherwise we'd be stuck at 8 - 8 as usual. You missed me with that winning season garbage
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We just have a different view of bad. If you are what your record says, 74-73 is average.

But he hasn't won a playoff game in nine years either, so if you're saying he should be replaced that's a conversation for sure. I don't necessarily disagree there. Although, personally I think it's more on McDaniel than Grier.
 
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