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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