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Just For Fun - If you were GM in 2023…

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Disclaimer: Yes, plenty of ‘22 season is yet to unfold so this is just a harmless simulation.

Let’s say Miami finishes the year 11-6 and earns the 6th AFC playoff spot. They advance one game before losing a close game to KC. A good start to the McDaniel era and a big step forward for Tua and the team.

If you were Miami’s GM, how would you approach 2023? For fun, as a fan, here’s some top moves I would make…

2023 Salary Cap
Under $7.5 (via Spotrac.com)
  1. Resign C. Wilkins to 4-years, $56MM, $38MM Guaranteed
  2. Restructure Ogbah, Hill converting salary to signing bonus.
  3. Post 6/1 cut - Chase Edmonds, $6MM
  4. Cedric Wilson traded ($8MM); Dolphins swap 2023 6th for Giants 5th
  5. Evaluate Jason Sanders contract, performance.
  6. Wait to extend Tua… ideally 2 seasons of health + performance before breaking the bank

2023 Free Agency
www.spotrac.com

2025 NFL Free Agents

Tracking the status and signings of all NFL free agents.
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  1. Mike Gesicki ($10.9MM), Teddy Bridgewater ($6.5MM), Eric Rowe ($2.5MM) not resigned
  2. Miami makes no major FA additions and thus are awarded 4th (Gesicki), 5th (Bridgewater), and 7th (Rowe)
  3. Need go-forward resign decisions on Nik Needham ($4MM) and Melvin Ingram ($4MM).
  4. Ideal but unlikely FA targets: Jack Conklin, Bradley Chubb, Kareem Hunt
  5. Continue to offer 1-year contracts to players who have flashed—e.g Mostert, Sherfield.
  6. Lock up Mostert

2023 Draft
  1. Round One - CB
  2. Round Two - DL
  3. Round Three - LT, TE
  4. Round Four (comp) - LB
  5. Round 5 (+ comp, + Giants trade) - OG, C, DE
  6. Round 6 - None, traded to Giants)
  7. Round 7 (+ comp) - BPA, K
 
Hard to know what I would do without knowing what happens the rest of this year as far as injuries, who might come on late from our young players and on and on.....I know it's fun to think ahead and I do it often but at this time we never know who's going to get hurt next.
 
Horrible draft. This team needs to stop focusing on the secondary and focus on fixing one of the leagues worst olin, maybe a top pass rusher but not a DB.

I am not sure I would bring back Wilkins for that much money either. There are bigger areas of need and lots of depth in that area.

I hope we bring in a bunch of offensive lineman as free agents because our current line is lacking
 
Now that we have play makers at skill positions... focus on O-Line

We have a couple of years left with this group before contracts enter the picture so use FA to snag top Linemen and use the draft to solidify the line. Go into next season with this group and 10 new linemen.

If we trade a skill piece then use that pick to improve the skills .... do not trade a skill for a lineman. If we can score we can compete .... if we protect out Qb we can compete.... if we improve our run game we can compete.... If we fix the line we can do all of these things with the players we have right now.

If we fix the line we will be contenders for a few years IMO.
 
On the draft alone, CB will be a big need, so I have no problem with drafting one in round 1 providing its not a reach. But with needs at O lIne, CB, MLB, IMO its the BPA at pick 22-26.
However, the way Grier gets rid of players for picks, I expect that we will have at least two more draft picks on draft day.
 
Agree with FeverDream. No restrictions to avoid cap hell.

Draft: very speculative at this point

1. T/C
2. CB
3. MLB
3. OL
 
How big of a need is CB if everyone is healthy? I know X and Jones have big contracts, but we have Needham and Kader to provide quality depth and maybe potential starters to replace them. You can never have too many quality CB's but just thinking from a need standpoint.
 
Drafting an early round CB makes very little sense to me. We are locked into X and Jones for years and already have a first round CB on the bench. We also have Kohou and Needham and Trill Williams, who’ve all shown promise, and Crossen, who is under contract for two more years. We may not love our CBs, but we’re stuck with approximately this group for the foreseeable future. Especially now that Needham will be cheap to re-sign.

We need to fix linebacker. Our linebackers have been terrible for a decade. We need more size and more speed at that position.

We also need at least two more OL—a starting LG and a backup swing tackle.

This off-season I’d cut/not re-sign Gesicki, Edmonds, Bridgewater, Gaskin, and Sanders.

I’d prioritize signing a starting tight end, a starting inside linebacker, and some DL depth in free agency.

Then I’d draft an OLB in the first round, an OG in the second round, and an OT and RB in the third round.
 
I won't get into specifics, but we have to build the team to win the division. We have to stop or slow down the Bills. NE and NY I am not too worried about. We can beat those two when we are healthy. To beat the Bills we have to have a great secondary - which we do (again, when healthy). We need improvement in the LBs - somebody to chase down Allen. Minor improvement in the D line, again to harass Allen and stop the run. On offense, HAS to be O line. Fix that and everything gets better. Run game improves, Tua has time to throw, etc.

Win the division should be the goal every year when looking at the draft, FA, trades, etc.
 
BahamaFinFan78 said:
How big of a need is CB if everyone is healthy? I know X and Jones have big contracts, but we have Needham and Kader to provide quality depth and maybe potential starters to replace them. You can never have too many quality CB's but just thinking from a need standpoint.
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The fact you have 2 of the highest paid DBs in the NFL makes it almost imperative that the rest of the unit is built with alot of rookie contracts.
 
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