The Miami Dolphins have started their offseason roster moves 
in an effort to create some additional salary cap space. The first three moves 
included releasing defensive end Andre 
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SportsThe Miami Dolphins have started their offseason roster moves in an effort 
to create some additional salary cap space. The first three moves included 
releasing defensive end Andre Branch, offensive lineman Ted Larsen, and wide 
receiver Danny Amendola, none of which are overly surprising moves - though I 
thought there was a chance the New England Patriots ties of the new coaching 
staff could lead to Amendola being kept for another year to help as a leader and 
veteran in a younger wide receiving corps. The release of Branch adds $2 million 
to the Dolphins’ “dead money” pool - the money that counts against the salary 
cap for a released player either through still-owed guaranteed money or 
accelerated signing bonus pro-rated amounts - but also adds $7 million in cap 
savings for the team. Larsen adds $416,668 in dead money, with $1.88 million in 
additional cap space. And Amendola provides $6 million in cap savings with no 
associated dead money charge.Miami has other moves they can make, some which 
will make sense 
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Bowl Chandler Cox Jersey , some that will not. A list of potential salary 
cap cuts that would save the Dolphins at least $1 million dollars is below. 
(And, no, I do not think they will cut someone like Howard, who should be 
extended this year, but by the numbers, he would create over $1 million in 
savings, so he is on the list.)Ryan Tannehill - Cap savings: $13.2 million; Dead 
money: $13.4 millionRobert Quinn - Cap savings: $12.9 million; Dead money: 
$0Kenny Stills - Cap savings: $4.25 million; Dead money: $5.5 millionDeVante 
Parker - Cap savings: $9.39 million; Dead money: $0Kiko Alonso - Cap savings: 
$4.75 million; Dead money: $3.53 millionJosh Sitton - Cap savings: $5.00 
million; Dead money: $2.00 millionAkeem Spence - Cap savings: $2.50 million; 
Dead money: $0Daniel Kilgore - Cap savings: $2.40 million; Dead money: $0Xavien 
Howard - Cap savings: $1.29 million; Dead money: $664,189Walt Aikens - Cap 
savings: $1.40 million; Dead money: $0Nick O’Leary - Cap savings: $1.00 million; 
Dead money: 
$100 
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Cox Jersey ,000The Dolphins opened nearly $15 million in salary cap space 
with the three moves, bringing them to an estimated $22.6 million in cap space. 
There are still additional moves that are expected, but Miami is starting to 
make their offseason moves in a year where a lot of transition from veterans to 
younger players is anticipated.(All salary cap numbers via OverTheCap.com.) This 
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