Potential Surprise Cuts
1-3. Cameron Wake, Jordan Cameron and Brent Grimes, Miami Dolphins: All three big-name Dolphins are drifting along in the same boat. They need to take a pay cut or lose their jobs. Wake is one of the best pass rushers of his era and certainly the best player of the Stephen Ross era in Miami. Wake also sneaky old (34) and coming off a torn Achilles tendon. The Dolphins would save more than $8 million in salary-cap space by cutting him.
The Dolphins need to create cap space to re-sign players like Lamar Miller and Olivier Vernon, not to mention execute yet another new vision by yet another new coach-GM combination. Grimes, who will be 33 before next season, is coming off a relative down year yet remains a starting-caliber player. He and Wake appear to have a good chance to stick around at a reduced rate, but the Dolphins will be prepared to release them if they are asking for a pay cut. There's a chance the Dolphins don't even offer Cameron a new deal and instead just release him. The tight end is due $7.5 million after gaining 386 yards in 2015, sixth on the team.
