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### Teams can use their franchise tags beginning next Tuesday, and cornerback Brent Grimes remains Miami’s most likely candidate to get tagged. But Grimes hopes the Dolphins and agent Ben Dogra can come to a multi-year agreement instead.
Grimes said when the season ended that he wants to be here but prefers a multiyear deal. At 30, this could be his last big contract because cornerbacks typically don’t get big money as they get well into their 30s.
A franchise tag “is not what anybody wants,” Grimes said.
The Dolphins would be well-served to try to negotiate a multi-year deal with Grimes because the franchise tag for a cornerback has been estimated by CBSSports.com to be $11.2 million, and using it on Grimes would reduce the Dolphins’ cap space to around $20 million and still needing to:
1) re-sign Paul Soliai or Randy Starks. Those talks could begin in earnest in a week or two;
2) add probably four starting offensive linemen through a combination of the draft and free agency;
3) resolve one starting safety job by re-signing Chris Clemons, signing someone else, or opting for Jimmy Wilson at that spot;
4) possibly re-signing Nolan Carroll;
5) possibly adding a running back and another tight end. (It’s unclear if Dustin Keller will be ready for next season, or whether this regime would even want him);
6) sign all its draft picks.
7) add a run-stopping outside linebacker IF Miami decides to upgrade over Philip Wheeler.
8) eventually filling out a practice squad in September.
9) anything else Dennis Hickey deems necessary.
Even if the Dolphins give Grimes the franchise tag, they still can negotiate a longterm deal and lift the tag before mid-July.
As we’ve noted, Miami can clear additional space by asking Wheeler and Dimitri Patterson to take a pay cut, restructuring Mike Wallace’s deal, among other things. (Not saying they will, only that they can.)
Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/spor...heat-canes-broadcast-notes.html#storylink=cpy
Much rather ink him for a few years and maybe back load the contract instead of using the $11 tag.
Grimes said when the season ended that he wants to be here but prefers a multiyear deal. At 30, this could be his last big contract because cornerbacks typically don’t get big money as they get well into their 30s.
A franchise tag “is not what anybody wants,” Grimes said.
The Dolphins would be well-served to try to negotiate a multi-year deal with Grimes because the franchise tag for a cornerback has been estimated by CBSSports.com to be $11.2 million, and using it on Grimes would reduce the Dolphins’ cap space to around $20 million and still needing to:
1) re-sign Paul Soliai or Randy Starks. Those talks could begin in earnest in a week or two;
2) add probably four starting offensive linemen through a combination of the draft and free agency;
3) resolve one starting safety job by re-signing Chris Clemons, signing someone else, or opting for Jimmy Wilson at that spot;
4) possibly re-signing Nolan Carroll;
5) possibly adding a running back and another tight end. (It’s unclear if Dustin Keller will be ready for next season, or whether this regime would even want him);
6) sign all its draft picks.
7) add a run-stopping outside linebacker IF Miami decides to upgrade over Philip Wheeler.
8) eventually filling out a practice squad in September.
9) anything else Dennis Hickey deems necessary.
Even if the Dolphins give Grimes the franchise tag, they still can negotiate a longterm deal and lift the tag before mid-July.
As we’ve noted, Miami can clear additional space by asking Wheeler and Dimitri Patterson to take a pay cut, restructuring Mike Wallace’s deal, among other things. (Not saying they will, only that they can.)
Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/spor...heat-canes-broadcast-notes.html#storylink=cpy
Much rather ink him for a few years and maybe back load the contract instead of using the $11 tag.
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