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Major Moves Made By Miami Since 2020

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Are they:

Good moves
Bad moves
trending as a bad move
trending as a good move

So 2020 we have:

Free Agent Signings: (not including 1 yr deals handed out for less than $1m)

RB Jordan Howard-2 yr $9.75m
CB Byron Jones- 5yr $82m
LB- Kyle Van Noy-4yr $51m
G-Ereck Flowers- 3yr $30m

SS-Clayton Fejedelem-3yr $8.55m
DE-Emmanuel Ogbah- 2yr $15m
DE-Shaq Lawson- 3 yr $30m


Then the Draft

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Minkah traded to PIT and basically the trade turned out to be:

Minkah Fitzpatrick, OG Kevin Dotson (4th RD), & CB Tre Norwood (7th RD), to PIT FOR: OT Austin Jackson (1st RD) , DE Jason Stowbridge (5th RD), 6th RD pick> RB DeAndre Washington, 7th RD pick (WR Dax Milne) traded to Washington to take Ereck Flowers for a 7th RD pick (RB Gerrid Doaks).

Laremy Tunsil traded to HOU, basically what Miami has gotten out of that:

  • Johnson Bademosi
  • JuliĆ©n Davenport
  • Noah Igbinoghene
  • Solomon Kindley
  • 2023 first-round pick>Jaylen Waddle
  • Jevon Holland
  • Tyreek Hill
  • Channing Tindall
  • Erik Ezukanma
  • Bradley Chubb
HOU got (they got some other low value assets but not worth listing)

Laremy Tunsil
Kenny Stills
John Reid
Ryan Finley

Miami traded a 5th RD pick (OT Colton McKivitz) to SF for RB Matt Breida
Miami traded a 4th RD pick (DE Jordan Smith) to LV for RB Lynn Bowden

Zach Sieler, DT

Signed a 2 year $7.63 million contract extension with Miami (MIA)



2021:
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Miami traded #3 overall (Trey Lance), and 5th RD (DT Isaiahh Loudermilk), for #12 overall pick (LB Micah Parsons), 4th rd (CB Zech McPhearson,) and 2022 1st rd (OG Kenyon Green) to move up #6 overall to draft Jaylen Waddle

Miami traded up 8 spots in a rd 2 pick swap and a 2022 3rd pick (CB Cordale Flott ) to Draft Eichenberg

Miami name CO-offensive Coordinators: Eric Studesville and George Godsey

Miami restructures Xavien Howard's contract, The deal adds more guaranteed money and incentives, possibly making his payout over $16.285 million.

Jerome Baker, OLB​

Signed a 3 year $37.5 million contract extension with Miami (MIA)

Jason Sanders, K​

Signed a 5 year $22 million contract extension with Miami (MIA)


Shaq Lawson and a 2021 sixth-round pick (RB Chris Evans) were traded to the Houston Texans in exchange for Benardrick McKinney and a 2021 seventh-round pick (OT Larnel Coleman)

Benardrick McKinney, ILB
Reduced is 2021 compensation from $7.5M to $3M, voiding the 2022-2023 years on his contract with Miami (MIA)


Free Agent Signings (slow FA year for Miami after a spending spree in 2020)

WR Will Fuller 1yr $10.62m (fully guaranteed)
QB Jacoby Brissett 1yr $7.5m

Brian Flores fired.

2022

Miami hires Mike McDaniel

Most of coaching staff retained from 2021

FREE AGENT signings

QB-Teddy Bridgewater 1yr ($10m) $6.5m fully guaranteed)
RB-Chase Edmonds 2yr $12.6m ($6.1m fully guaranteed)
WR-Cedric Wilson 3yr $22.8m ($12.75m fully guaranteed)
TE- Mike Gesicki Franchise Tag- 1 year $11m
LT-Terron Armstead 5yr $75m
OG-Connor Williams 2yr $14m ($7.5m fully guaranteed)
DE-Emmanuel Ogbah 4yr $65.4m
CB Xavien Howard: Signed a new five-year contract worth $90 million. Howard had three years and roughly $39.3 million remaining on his old deal.

Miami trades WR Devante Parker to NE for 2023 3rd pick, NE gets 5th rd pick (DE Tyreke Smith)

Miami trades 2023 4th rd pick, 2023 6th rd pick, 2022 1st rd (OL Cole Strange), 2nd rd ( WR Tyquan Thornton), 4th rd (CB Jack Jones) for Tyreek Hill

Miami trades 2023 3rd rd pick to SF for RB Jeff Wilson

Jerome Baker, OLB​

Converted $3.08M of 2022 base salary into signing bonus, adding two void years, clearing $2.46M of cap with Miami (MIA)


Miami trades 1st RD 2023, 4th rd 2024 to DEN for Bradley Chubb

Bradley Chubb, OLB​

Signed a 5 year $110 million contract extension with Miami (MIA)

Byron Jones, CB​

Converted $13.25M of 2022 salary into signing bonus, adding two void years, clearing $10.604M of cap space with Miami (MIA)

Christian Wilkins, DT

Miami (MIA) exercised a $10.753 million 5th year option for 2023


Ok that was a lot, but at first glance there's too many bad moves or trending bad moves and not enough good moves. And with the clear good moves, Miami had to use multiple resources to get another team's players because they're not good at drafting their own. This is basically a summary of how to set the Team back several years despite multiple high picks and money available. This is inexcusable under Grier. I also think it's time to so stop going to SF for running back needs.

Just too many huge misses to recover from. It's too the point where every move Miami makes is mostly like the wrong one.
 
There's been hits and misses just like any other team. They all can't be home runs.
 
By my subjective count where all moves weighted-equally, there are 16 good/trending good moves and 30 bad/trending bad moves.

good movebad movetrending goodtrending bad
2020E. Ogbah
R. Hunt
J. Ferguson
Z. Seiler
Shaq Lawson c. Fejedelem
J. Howard
K. Van Noy
E. Flowers
Iggy
S. Kindley
J. Stowbridge
D. Weaver
M. Perry
L. Bowden trade
Matt Brenda trade
Minkah trade

T. Tagovailoa
B. Jones
B. Jones
A. Jackson
R. Davis
2021J. Waddle
J. Phillips
J. Holland
Fire Flores
G. Doaks
L. Coleman
Co-coordinators
Howard restructure
B. McKinley
W. Fuller
J. Brissett
L. Eichenberg
H. Long
Baker restructure
2022T. Hill trade
C. Williams
C. Wilkins option
D & ST coachesHire McDaniel
J. Wilson
T. Armstead
B. Chubb
T. Bridgewater
M. Gesicki
C. Wilson
Ogbah contract
 
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By my subjective count where all moves weighted-equally, there are 17 good/trending good moves and 29 bad/trending bad moves.

good movebad movetrending goodtrending bad
2020E. Ogbah
R. Hunt
J. Ferguson
Minkah trade
Z. Seiler
Shaq Lawson c. Fejedelem
J. Howard
K. Van Noy
E. Flowers
Iggy
S. Kindley
J. Stowbridge
D. Weaver
M. Perry
L. Bowden trade
Matt Brenda trade

T. Tagovailoa
B. Jones
B. Jones
A. Jackson
R. Davis
2021J. Waddle
J. Phillips
J. Holland
Fire Flores
G. Doaks
L. Coleman
Co-coordinators
Howard restructure
B. McKinley
W. Fuller
J. Brissett
L. Eichenberg
H. Long
Baker restructure
2022T. Hill trade
C. Williams
C. Wilkins option
D & ST coachesHire McDaniel
J. Wilson
T. Armstead
B. Chubb
T. Bridgewater
M. Gesicki
C. Wilson
Ogbah contract


17-29 = GM fired
 
In the free agency era, it really doesn't take more than 3 offseasons to build a team capable of winning in the playoffs and possibly a title.
Since the start of FA, every super bowl championship regime has won a playoff game within their first three seasons except Coughlin's Giants (who made the playoffs twice).
What gets our ability to measure the team progress accurately is how we keep continuing to splice together a new coach or gm with a left over coach and gm. Grier is now on his third start over with a different coach.
I remember there were posters here last year saying this was only the third season of the rebuild and we need to be patient.
I don't think Grier has done a bad job (the last few years) and i think he has made some commendable moves, but at the same time after 7 off-seasons and 3 coaches how many more chances should he get before he is who he is?
 
In the free agency era, it really doesn't take more than 3 offseasons to build a team capable of winning in the playoffs and possibly a title.
Since the start of FA, every super bowl championship regime has won a playoff game within their first three seasons except Coughlin's Giants (who made the playoffs twice).
What gets our ability to measure the team progress accurately is how we keep continuing to splice together a new coach or gm with a left over coach and gm. Grier is now on his third start over with a different coach.
I remember there were posters here last year saying this was only the third season of the rebuild and we need to be patient.
I don't think Grier has done a bad job (the last few years) and i think he has made some commendable moves, but at the same time after 7 off-seasons and 3 coaches how many more chances should he get before he is who he is?
ā€œHe is who we thought he wasā€ - Dennis Green. And ā€œwe let him off the hook!ā€
 
By my subjective count where all moves weighted-equally, there are 16 good/trending good moves and 30 bad/trending bad moves.

good movebad movetrending goodtrending bad
2020E. Ogbah
R. Hunt
J. Ferguson
Z. Seiler
Shaq Lawson c. Fejedelem
J. Howard
K. Van Noy
E. Flowers
Iggy
S. Kindley
J. Stowbridge
D. Weaver
M. Perry
L. Bowden trade
Matt Brenda trade
Minkah trade
T. Tagovailoa
B. Jones
B. Jones
A. Jackson
R. Davis
2021J. Waddle
J. Phillips
J. Holland
Fire Flores
G. Doaks
L. Coleman
Co-coordinators
Howard restructure
B. McKinley
W. Fuller
J. Brissett
L. Eichenberg
H. Long
Baker restructure
2022T. Hill trade
C. Williams
C. Wilkins option
D & ST coachesHire McDaniel
J. Wilson
T. Armstead
B. Chubb
T. Bridgewater
M. Gesicki
C. Wilson
Ogbah contract
Yep the Good columns are too sparse while the bad ones are stacked and the trending bads are filling up too. This is inexcusable by Grier. Too much red especially in 2020, it's still overriding the "hits" from Grier years later. Especially when you consider all the assets Grier had, I mean 3 1st rd picks is literally setting the ball up on a tee for you to hit a homerun
 
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In the free agency era, it really doesn't take more than 3 offseasons to build a team capable of winning in the playoffs and possibly a title.
Since the start of FA, every super bowl championship regime has won a playoff game within their first three seasons except Coughlin's Giants (who made the playoffs twice).
What gets our ability to measure the team progress accurately is how we keep continuing to splice together a new coach or gm with a left over coach and gm. Grier is now on his third start over with a different coach.
I remember there were posters here last year saying this was only the third season of the rebuild and we need to be patient.
I don't think Grier has done a bad job (the last few years) and i think he has made some commendable moves, but at the same time after 7 off-seasons and 3 coaches how many more chances should he get before he is who he is?
Miami keeps putting band aids over needs and then when they come off it's a need again along with new needs.
 
I never wanted Grier to get the job. I wanted the front office gutted them. I wanted him gone with Flores. In fact, after the London loss to Jacksonville, if I owned the team, neither he nor Flores would have gotten back on the team plane. Sadly, it's a dumpster fire for the new GM. No picks, no cap space.
 
The Minkah trade was awwwwwfulllll

The 2020 draft was an abomination. The player from that draft whoā€™s best at doing his job is the LS. Lord help us

you right but Minkah didn't want to be here.....least we got a first for him, Grier just whiffed on that pick big time.
 
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