The Dolphins have not made contract-year wide receiver Jarvis Landry an extension offer – reportedly because they’re afraid of offending him with a lowball proposal – and there’s no guarantee one is coming, according to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald. With Landry having set a Week 1 deadline for talks, the Dolphins only have about a month and a half to lock him up before their Sept. 10 opener, but owner Stephen Ross said Thursday that doing so isn’t “really mandatory.”
“I think that he’s a great player,” commented Ross. “There’s no question about it. I think he handled himself well. He didn’t hold out. It’s not a question — if we don’t sign him now, we lose him. We can franchise him and go from there. There’s a lot of opportunity for him to stay here. I hope he stays here. He’s a great player.”
Placing the franchise tag on Landry would cost Miami around $15.7MM in 2018, which is an enormous amount in a vacuum. However, it’s a much more tolerable figure when you combine it with his near-minimum salary of $893K this year. Anyone would sign up for two years and $16.5MM for Landry, a force in the slot who holds the record for most catches in his first three NFL seasons (288, to go with 13 touchdowns). And while many players are averse to the tag, Landry’s remarks Thursday indicate he won’t cause a stir if the Dolphins do use it on him.
“he was gave any consideration”
Huh?
How? Next year the phins only have 3 mil available. That’s at least 2 decent player cuts and you still have to sign draft picks next year. They over spent on Suh and others. Landry should test Free Agency.
How do you know what the cap situation will be like next year? There are a bunch of contracts the dolphins can get out of at little to no cost, Timmons and tannehill being the main ones. That opens up 20+ million. But I honestly think the dolphins are just waiting to see if Parker takes the next step. If he proves a viable number one, I think they let Landry walk and take the compensatory pick. I love Landry, but if he wants elite money he will be suiting up elsewhere.
If they cut Timmons next year they will save about a million. His contract next year is for 8 mil and 7 mil left in guaranteed money. That position could be filled by a rookie who will cost at least $500,000. Nice savings. Tannehill has a contract for 20 mil with 5 mil guaranteed. Then no quarterback. Any other quarterback is at least 15 mil unless you go with a rookie. They have spent too much in the last 3 seasons on other free agents. There smartest move is to let him go.