flynryan15
Club Member
I have said a couple times that my conclusion from Ross saying to spend wisely is he doesn't want to continue to pay out guarantee's to cut players, or for players with question marks. Below is a list of our free agent signings and honestly if you go through the list you can't blame him. That is a buttload of cash to shell out for the production we got!
Here's the list of free agents the Dolphins have signed the last couple of years for more than $2 million in guaranteed money to show a minimum investment:
Ernest Wilford ($6 million)CUT never a impact,
Reggie Torbor ($4 million)avg back up terrible in coverage and open field,
Justin Smiley ($9 million)good when healthy,
Charlie Anderson ($2.5 million)back up,
Randy Starks ($7 million)most consistent best producing FA,
Josh McCown ($2.5 million)never played a regular season game, or on roster,
Jake Grove ($14.5 million)upgrade when healthy but has spent just over 30% of his caeer on the bench injured
Gibril Wilson ($8 million).Do I really need to go there?!?!?!
You know what the Dolphins have to build on, moving forward, for that $53.5 million?Then add in our own players we extended which have failed to produce. COUGH COUGH Channing Crowder! Or players like Akin Adolyea we traded for and gave good money too.
Reading through various interviews and Stephen Ross sound bites, I think what he meant by spend wisely was stop wasting money on bad players. I don't think spending is an issue for Ross and he proved that with Dansby, I just think he wants to see production for his money!
Here's the list of free agents the Dolphins have signed the last couple of years for more than $2 million in guaranteed money to show a minimum investment:
Ernest Wilford ($6 million)CUT never a impact,
Reggie Torbor ($4 million)avg back up terrible in coverage and open field,
Justin Smiley ($9 million)good when healthy,
Charlie Anderson ($2.5 million)back up,
Randy Starks ($7 million)most consistent best producing FA,
Josh McCown ($2.5 million)never played a regular season game, or on roster,
Jake Grove ($14.5 million)upgrade when healthy but has spent just over 30% of his caeer on the bench injured
Gibril Wilson ($8 million).Do I really need to go there?!?!?!
You know what the Dolphins have to build on, moving forward, for that $53.5 million?Then add in our own players we extended which have failed to produce. COUGH COUGH Channing Crowder! Or players like Akin Adolyea we traded for and gave good money too.
Reading through various interviews and Stephen Ross sound bites, I think what he meant by spend wisely was stop wasting money on bad players. I don't think spending is an issue for Ross and he proved that with Dansby, I just think he wants to see production for his money!