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I know that it is expected that he'll be cut, but from a cap point of view when is the best time this off season to cut Tannehill? After the comments today, I got to wondering of a possibility whether they wait until after the draft to see how it shakes out in terms of which QBs are available.
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Current CAP info above - from Over The Cap website.
The Dolphins can go from 9 Million cap room to 78+ million cutting or trading these players.
Ryan Tannehill June 1st cut
Robert Quinn Cut
Kenny Stills Trade
Devante Parker Cut or Trade
Andre Branch Cut
Josh Sitton Cut - Could save 2 million more by trading but doubt Fins could get a trade partner.
Danny Amendola - Cut
Ted Larsen - Cut
Daniel Kilgore - Cut
Cutting Kiko Alonso June 1st will get cap room up to 84+ million.
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Hell, I wouldn't be surprised to see T.J. McDonald, Reshad Jones, and Akeem Spence sent packing. McDonald, to me, is an overpaid player, Jones is inching beyond his prime (ideal candidate to trade to a contender), and I don't see Spence fitting into the new defense.
If Jones and McDonald are traded post-June 1st, that's +18m, and cutting Spence at anytime nets us another 3m. Flores and Grier won't have to worry about money during this rebuild, that's for sure.
Edit: Don't know if you edited Kenny Stills into your original post or if I missed his name, but I do expect him to be on the roster in '19.Last edited: Mar 2, 2019Zigs likes this. -
Yeah, I didn't add Spence because he was only 3m and I do not see us spending on a whole lot in FA this year. I don't think it would make much difference either way.
Jones and TJ I did not know a post June 1st trade saved that much. I knew next year post June 1st cuts saved 18m but had not idea about the trade post June 1st this year. Will be interesting to see what they do. -
Just ran the numbers back myself; for the most part, same results as Zigs. Added a few more players that I think are likely to be cut/traded (Aikens, Butler, Spence, McDonald). I think the team would love to cut Tannehill after June 1st for the extra 5m, and it certainly could happen, but I have feeling they're going to want that space for free agency.
- Tannehill: 13.1 (cut pre-June 1st)
- Jones: 13.1 (trade post-June 1st)
- Quinn: 12.9 (cut pre-June 1st)
- Parker: 9.3 (cut pre-June 1st)
- Branch: 7 (cut pre-June 1st)
- Alonso: 6.5 (trade post-June 1st)
- Amendola: 6 (cut pre-June 1st)
- Sitton: 5 (cut pre-June 1st)
- McDonald: 5 (trade post-June 1st)
- Spence: 3.2 (cut pre-June 1st)
- Kilgore: 2.4 (cut pre-June 1st)
- Larsen: 2.1 (cut pre-June 1st)
- Aikens: 1.4 (cut pre-June 1st)
- Butler: 1 (cut pre-June 1st)
According to overthecap, Miami has 11.4m in cap currently available. The aforementioned cuts would generate 88m by itself, totaling 99.4m.
Pre-June 1st: ~74.8m
Post-June 1st: ~24.6m
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Why do people always want to get rid of Stills?
He's an excellent receiver and a great person in the community.Lloyd Heilbrunn likes this. -
Miami has met with the following prospects in the recent weeks:
- Daniel Jones, QB, Duke (Senior Bowl) 1st
- Brett Rypien, QB, Boise State (East-West) 4th
- Riley Ridley, WRF, Georgia (Combine) 3rd
- Jawaan Taylor, OT, Florida (Combine) 1st
- Andre Dillard, OT, Washington State (Senior Bowl) 2nd
- Jordan Brailford, EDGE, Oklahoma State (East-West) 4th
- Jalen Jelks, EDGE, Oregon (Senior Bowl) 4th
- Armon Watts, DL5T, Arkansas (East-West) 5th
- Sione Takitaki, OLB, Brigham Young (East-West) 6th
- Blace Brown, CB, Troy (East-West) 3rd
- Tyree Kinnel, S, Michigan (East-West) 7th
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In fact, many times, you'll find that the pat's D will double the biggest receiving threat with CB#2 & a safety, and utilize their best cover corner to completely eliminate an opponents 2nd favorite target.
There's no one true scheme or tactic of Belichick's defenses other than that; forcing an offense to operate out of their comfort zone.PhinFan1968 likes this.