Ten Free Agents the Dolphins Should Pay Attention to......

Nice post, nice assessment.

I liked the idea brought up in one of the other threads of the wombo-combo that is jennings + wallace. Oh How disgusting that would be.

 

Pipe dream indeed. its high risk high reward, you have to leave alot of faith in the draft and hitting quite a bit. Do I think it will happen? No. would be sweet though.

I just don't think JI even has enough faith in himself to pull something like that off, (depending on the draft hits to do it after new major player acquisitions)

 

I think only jennings will be do able/likely.

 

Welcome to the board..

Seeing that the salary cap is going to be flat this year, no real raise there, it should affect the market, I don't think any of those players are going to get what they expected, which is good for us, things are setting up nicely.

I would like to bring back Jake Long, Anthony Fasano, Brian Hartline,, Randy Starks and Chris Clemons.

On your list I would look at Greg Jennings , Anthony spencer, and Vollmer, Kruger and Ellerbe.

 

I refused to make assumptions like this again after the whole Matt Flynnsanity stuff (although it was a different situation), and promised myself i wouldn't jump to conclusions, but I honestly think Jennings to MIA is a done deal. (based on what we know and my gut, .... AKA nothing)

 

I have concerns about Kruger, Spencer and Barwin coming in as 4-3 ends after being in 3-4 schemes. Kruger may be the best suited for such a switch cause of his size. Also, id much rather have a CB like Chris Houston or Brent Grimes then Danelle Ellerbe. We need CB's with ball skills and both those guys can do that.

Just imo, welcome to the board

 

I would still rather go for Wallace, even if he is more expensive then Jennings. Wallace has physical abilities that can't be taught.

I know the criticisms about him regarding the types of routes he runs, but in Arian's offense in Pitt he was basically only asked to get deep. I see no reason why he couldn't learn other routes and become proficient at them (or at least good enough to get by).

 

If we have enough cap space I would like to see the Dolphins to get via free agency:
Mike Wallace
Jairus Byrd
Anthony Spencer OR Ellerbe
Dustin Keller

...and if we need not to resign, Long, Fasano and Hartline, I'll be fine with it.

 

I do think Spencer is a real possibility, Will Savitek would be a great bargain imo


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I've never heard Jennings say he wanted to come here.

 

He more or less did in a Finsider's interview. There's a thread on it.

http://www.thephins.com/forums/showthread.php?74491-Greg-Jennings-quot-Hi-Joe-Remember-me-quot

 

" hey Joe..remember me"

 

Were we to sign three FA's, Jennings, Byrd, and I guess Wallace. I'd try to trade back and pick up Eifert but if that's not possible I'd swing him at 12. My next two picks would be DE's/OLB's. In this scenario, I trade Bess for a 2nd/3rd and draft Swope in around the fourth round.

Then I sit back and laugh at how easy Madden Franchise mode is to dominate.

 

I don't think they are realistically going to sign three or more top free agents, and they shouldn't.

 

He went to Ole Miss, therefore he's stupid and can't learn the routes.

 

I'd want:

-Casey
-Bowe/Wallace
-Canty or Dunlap if Starks leaves

 

Eifert @ #12 and Jeff Ireland is fired that night

 

Ding Ding Ding. I'll start the Fireland thread my damn self.

 

I'll take #7, #3 and #2 please

not sure what Vollmer's price may be, may be too much for us, but we need to sign a decent tackle.
question I have about Barwin, given his inconsistency, how would he project to a 4-3?

 

absurd. while I would call it a bit of a stretch, it's not a major reach. However, if we could trade down to 15-20 and still pick up Eifert, it would be quite the move.

 

Thank you for the effort and the write-up.

One problem though is that pretty much all of these guys are relatively big name free agents. I mean you've essentially included all of the biggest names on the market.

Mike Wallace, Dwayne Bowe and Greg Jennings are the three biggest names at receiver on the market depending on what goes on with Wes Welker.

Sebastien Vollmer isn't necessarily THE biggest tackle name set to be available on the market, but that's because we've yet to see whether guys like Jake Long, Ryan Clady and Branden Albert will actually make it to market. If they don't make it to market, you could easily argue Vollmer is the most valuable tackle on the market.

Jared Cook and Dustin Keller are probably two of the four biggest free agent tight end names on the market, along with Fred Davis and Martellus Bennett.

Jairus Byrd is probably the biggest safety name on the market even though I think he's more of a nickel player.

Anthony Spencer, Connor Barwin, Paul Kruger, Cliff Avril, Michael Bennett and Michael Johnson probably constitute 6 of the top 8 pass rushers and defensive ends on the market, the other two being Dwight Freeney and Osi Umenyiora.

Cary Williams is arguably the best corner on the market, set to receive the biggest contract. I say that because Brent Grimes is coming off an Achilles tear, few would argue that Sean Smith is better than Williams, and Derek Cox can never stay healthy.

Really the only bargain level guy highlighted in here is Dannell Ellerbe.

On the one hand, the Dolphins have enough money to be in the market for a big name or two in free agency. And it's really, really important to get that decision right because the cost of getting it wrong is huge. So it's good to highlight some of these guys and consider their strengths and weaknesses as acquisitions.

On the other hand, one thing I personally enjoy more is finding those underrated free agents out there. Guys I've highlighted in the past like Antwaan Barnes in 2011 who re-signed in San Diego for like $1.5 million a year and promptly got double-digit sacks in 2011, or Laurent Robinson when he was coming out of St. Louis and was CHEAP before he had a huge year in Dallas and got too expensive in Jacksonville. Or other underrated pickups like Joel Dreessen or Joique Bell, Juqua Parker, William Hayes, Phillip Wheeler, Manny Lawson, Jarret Johnson and Dimitri Patterson. Even John Abraham, at only about $5 million a year, he was a bargain and I loved him. Those underpaid, overperforming guys can be such a boon when they pan out. Of course, they're not all going to pan out. Most of them won't as a matter of fact.

To that end, that's why I've witten so much about Mike Goodson as an underrated acquisition target.

 

Here's the thing with Greg Jennings, I literally had him as elite at one point two years ago( better than Brandon Marshall) and I have a chance to get this player, a player that was developed by my head coach, and a need on my team that has reached desperate actions...we've got to aquire him man..

 

Hard to see guys like Vollmer, Byrd and Ellerbee making it to free agency. I think their teams will really be working to get a deal done with them before FA hits.

The receivers will pretty much be out there for the picking. I expect Ireland to make a run at one of them.

I'm not expecting a big spending spree out of Ireland. I expect he'll go after one or two big name free agents and then wait out others where there may be a positional glut or where he won't have to spend a ton of money (i.e. RB). At this point it's starting to look as if there may be a lot of veterans that could get released which may result in a number of useful players having to settle for depressed market contracts.

 

Ellerbee has stated his heart is in Baltimore and wants to stay..

 

The safety free agent class in general is one that deserves exploring. It hasn't been talked about much even though Miami's starter Chris Clemons is an unrestricted free agent.

But guys like Dashon Goldson, William Moore, Louis Delmas, Glover Quin, Kenny Phillips and Pat Chung are all free agents. Not all of them are "free safety" so to speak but I think Miami's use of the safeties has been mutable so there probably wouldn't be as clear distinctions for Miami as you would think.

Rashad Johnson might be worth exploring as well. Everyone loves a good Saban-coached safety.

 

And with Ray Lewis retiring I don't think Baltimore wants to lose both LB's

 

I personally think half those guys will not reach the FA market.

 

really DJ that much D ? if we have learned anything this year, you need offense to win in this league, defenses are overrated, i would go after wallace AND jennings and go from there

 

Not gunna agree that D is overrated, but, wallace and jennings would make a 'gasmic duo.

 

just look at this years playoff scores, high scoring like never before it felt like

 

I agree with that. I expect all of those guys to hit the market.

Cary Williams is good...but I think the same things that apply to Sean Smith very much apply to him. They both gave up about as much as the other this year. Cary is going to be more expensive than Sean and yet isn't proven in your system. I don't much understand the idea of grabbing him instead of Sean.

Brent Grimes and Derek Cox are different stories. I like both. I like Sean Smith but I also like both of those guys. But they have significant injury issues you're going to want to investigate. Grimes especially could be the best corner in the lot but he's 30 years old and coming off an Achilles tear and everything I've ever seen from Jeff Ireland screams at me there's no way he'd go there. I also like Chris Houston if he's cheaper than Sean Smith.

 

I think we have to add one to the top ten list..

League sources tell CBS' Jason La Canfora that Jermichael Finley is not expected to be with the Packers next season.
Finley is owed a $3.5 million roster bonus in March in addition to his $4.45 million in 2013 base salary. Coming off a season in which he seemed to clash with Aaron Rodgers while recording just 667 yards and two touchdowns in 16 games, we could certainly see the Pack moving on. However, some local reports have Finley sticking thanks to a mini-resurgence late in the season. Expect the Packers to hold off as long as possible on a decision here, in part so they can evaluate the health of potential replacement Andrew Quarless (torn ACL). Feb 6 - 10:51 AM

Imagine a Jennings, FInley, Philbin reunion..

We sign those two guys, our draft opens up completely..Finley is only 26

 

There's a stat out there that says Sean smith had given up more combined first downs and tds allowed than any other corner in the league...I know he played well early, but I'm just not sure on this dude.

 

I should point out, in fairness to the thread, Finley is not a free agent, he's due about 3.5 mill on his salary with another three million added in march if he's retained so close to 7 mill against the cap, speculation is he might get cut..

Rodgers is a cocky sum of a num bastage, so maybe they hate each other...cool..