Money. What else? It is always about money.
The Miami Dolphins have started Phase II of their offseason conditioning program. That means coaches have joined players on the field and although there can be no one-on-one competition and no one is wearing helmets, there is individual instruction, and some drills, and team building going on.
Williams is not part of the voluntary program so far because he hasn’t signed his restricted free agent tender with the team. And why hasn’t he? Money.
Damien Williams wants more money. Simple as that. Per a league source familiar with Williams’s thinking, the running back was initially hoping to garner enough interest in restricted free agency that someone might offer him a contract the Dolphins would either have to match or let him go. Although he visited the New England Patriots, that team instead signed former Dolphins and Buffalo Bills running back Mike Gillislee to a two-year, $6.4 million deal.
That sums up the situation well. Williams is boxed in. He has very little leverage other than to sign with the Dolphins and get $1.8. If he doesn’t sign, he cannot play anywhere else in the NFL. If he doesn’t sign, he gets ...nothing.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/s...-salguero/article148328724.html#storylink=cpy
Bold part..... yup exactly.
The Miami Dolphins have started Phase II of their offseason conditioning program. That means coaches have joined players on the field and although there can be no one-on-one competition and no one is wearing helmets, there is individual instruction, and some drills, and team building going on.
Williams is not part of the voluntary program so far because he hasn’t signed his restricted free agent tender with the team. And why hasn’t he? Money.
Damien Williams wants more money. Simple as that. Per a league source familiar with Williams’s thinking, the running back was initially hoping to garner enough interest in restricted free agency that someone might offer him a contract the Dolphins would either have to match or let him go. Although he visited the New England Patriots, that team instead signed former Dolphins and Buffalo Bills running back Mike Gillislee to a two-year, $6.4 million deal.
That sums up the situation well. Williams is boxed in. He has very little leverage other than to sign with the Dolphins and get $1.8. If he doesn’t sign, he cannot play anywhere else in the NFL. If he doesn’t sign, he gets ...nothing.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/s...-salguero/article148328724.html#storylink=cpy
Bold part..... yup exactly.
