Jarvis Landry Doesn’t Expect To Re-Sign With Dolphins

Pending free agent wide receiver Jarvis Landry has told those close to him that he is not optimistic he’ll reach a long-term deal with the Dolphins, according to Adam Beasley of the Miami Herald.Jarvis Landry (vertical)

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Landry’s contract status has long been the subject of scrutiny in Miami, but the Dolphins didn’t formally exchange contract offers until December. Miami has yet to counter Landry’s latest ask, which is reportedly in the neighborhood of $14MM annually with $30MM in guarantees. The Dolphins have publicly questioned Landry during negotiations, while Landry has in turn called the talks “disrespectful.”

“He’s a Dolphin, he was drafted here, he’s been productive,” Dolphins executive Mike Tannenbaum said at the Senior Bowl. “[Head coach] Adam [Gase] has used him and he’s produced and he’s gotten better. As the three of us said, we want sustainability. We want to keep as many of our own players, within reason. Draft and develop them. But you can’t keep them all. That’s part of the system that we all live in.”

On the field in 2017, Landry topped his touchdown total from the 2015-16 seasons combined by scoring nine times, but he still didn’t get down the field with any regularity. In fact, his yards per reception was at a career-low of 8.8, down from 12.1 a year ago. Football Outsiders ranked Landry just 59th among 86 qualifiers in DVOA, a metric that grades a receiver on a per-play basis.

As such, league sources tell Beasley that Landry will struggle to reach the $14MM threshold, as that salary range is dominated by outside receivers such as A.J. Green, Davante Adams, and Julio Jones. While Miami does have the option of using the franchise tag on Landry, such a tender would cost more than $16MM.

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