[video=twitter;707977147458199552]https://twitter.com/ArmandoSalguero/status/707977147458199552[/video] "C.J. Anderson's airport odyssey ends with visit with Miami Dolphins Mike Klis, KUSA KUSA - C.J. Anderson is in Miami visiting the Dolphins. Anderson wound up in Miami after an intense, multiple-team bidding war Wednesday left the Denver Broncos’ running back sitting at the San Francisco Airport from 3 p.m. mountain time until 11:30 p.m., when the Dolphins emerged with this sweetest opportunity and arranged for a red-eye flight to Miami. When Anderson, a restricted free agent, arrived at the San Francisco airport Wednesday afternoon, he was scheduled to fly to Chicago for a visit with John Fox and the Bears. Before he boarded his flight, though, the Dolphins called and Anderson was told to not get on the plane headed for Chicago until further notice. Throughout the day and night, Anderson’s agent Peter Schaffer fielded calls from multiple teams. As Anderson hung out at the airport. The Dolphins won round one in the Anderson derby late Wednesday night. The expectation is Anderson will sign an offer sheet with the Dolphins later today. The offer sheet will include contract terms. That offer sheet will then be sent to the Broncos – hopefully not via fax! – who will then have five days to match the Dolphins’ offer. If the Broncos match, Anderson remains Denver’s starting running back. The strategy for the Dolphins is try and structure their contract in a way that will make it difficult for the Broncos to match. As in, put a lot of money up front. In other words, say the Dolphins offer to Anderson is for five years and $25 million. The Dolphins could put $10 million worth in upfront signing bonus and salary to make it difficult for the Broncos to match. If the Broncos decline to match, Anderson will be a Dolphin. One thing the Broncos have going for them is they should have plenty of money to match Anderson after the team lost in its attempts to re-sign Malik Jackson and Brock Osweiler. Anderson became a hot commodity around the NFL when the Broncos’ surprisingly placed the lowest tender of right of first refusal on him. The low tender came with a $1.67 million salary. In contrast, the Broncos placed a second-round, $2.55 million tender on linebacker Brandon Marshall. A second-round tender means another team would have to compensate the Broncos with a second-round draft pick to lure Marshall away. NFL teams almost always consider a second-round draft pick too rich to surrender, especially when they would have to provide a hefty enough contract that prevents the player’s existing team from matching. Anderson’s tender, though, requires no draft pick compensation. Thus, the reason why four teams – Miami, Chicago, New England and San Francisco – were bidding on Anderson, whose primary appeal is his all-around game and high football IQ. Anderson runs with a low center of gravity that helps him break tackles; has soft hands as a receiver; possesses a stout, bowling-ball-type frame to knock off a blitzing linebackers; and the smarts to know where the heat is coming from. His primary suitors were Miami and head coach Adam Gase, who was the Broncos’ and Anderson’s offensive coordinator in 2013-14, and Chicago, where Fox was Denver’s and Anderson’s head coach in 2013-14. The Bears almost had Anderson on the flight to Chicago, but Gase’s new team swooped in to outmaneuver his old one (Gase was the Bears’ offensive coordinator last season). All’s fair in the business of restricted free agency and in the pursuit of victories. Losing Anderson would be another blow to the defending Super Bowl champion Broncos, who have also lost Osweiler, Jackson and inside linebacker Danny Trevathan to free agency. The Broncos also released starting tight end Owen Daniels, right guard Louis Vasquez and longsnapper Aaron Brewer. Anderson rushed for 90 yards on 23 carries and scored the Broncos’ only offensive touchdown in their Super Bowl 50 victory against Carolina last month. The Dolphins just let Lamar Miller leave for free agency and the Houston Texans with an eye towards pursuing Anderson. Although the Dolphins don’t have to surrender a draft pick, they may attempt to give up a draft pick or player, or both as enticement for the Broncos to not match." Copyright 2016 KUSA
Would love this signing. Bigger stronger back than Miller. Already knows that pats, has confidence against them as well. great hands. If we can get him resonable than hes a great 1 two with AJ
could have signed miller who is younger and better for the price that anderson will end up getting, who is older and benefitted from peyton manning being a robot.
Agreed, bigger stronger and creates his own holes, something Miller couldnt do and considering our inability to put forth a decent Oline I'd say thats most important.
I think we need to take a minute, step back, and rethink what has happened with running backs. We let Miller go, but he got insane money. There is no doubt he is a good player, but his deal pays him a handsome premium. We all agree Miller has been underused, but in fairness, he has eclipsed 1,000 yards once. Remember, the NFL is a passing league, and generally speaking, there are always good running backs available through the draft. I really think panic has set in, and fans/management think we need to get someone badly - so badly, that we have essentially begged CJ Anderson not to get on a plane to Chicago. It is a sad state of affairs when we are begging CJ Anderson, a guy who has never had a 1,000 yard season not to get on a plane. In fairness, I know that Denver does a good job of splitting time amongst its backs. But also in fairness, Denver has a better offensive line than we do, and a passing game that defenses need to respect. If you really think that CJ Anderson is going to do better in Miami than Denver, I think you are mistaken. What is equally depressing is that we are talking about front-loading a contract to make sure we get this guy. Remember, this is CJ Anderson, not the second coming of Ricky Williams. I really think that if we step back and objectively think about tis situation, we may want to choose to be a little cautious. Finally, we have to wonder, would we be better off spending Anderson's salary on a guard and rolling with Ajayi + draft pick/cheaper option. When Ajayi returned from his injury, he looked pretty solid (in limited action). I know people will rush to pile on me, but I really ask you guys to take a minute and think about everything I said.
Not sure why people think Anderson is bigger. Miller is actually taller and heavier than Anderson... he just plays smaller and without power, relying on his speed. Miller is listed as 5-10 225. Anderson 5-8 224. From NFL.com He also had issues with soreness in his surgically repaired shoulder each season, which is why he was kept on a pitch count. It kept him healthy. Personally, I'd prefer to spend that money on the OL, then draft a kid and feed Ajayi, Williams, and the draft pick.
I don't know, seems like the media is more worried about a lack of options. We can always pick up a guy in the draft and give the bulk of the workload to J-train. That kid was a workhorse at Boise St. Anderson is a proven, solid running back. Hell, he pushed past Kuechly to seal the win in the Super Bowl. He's pretty ideal. Let's just see how this plays out. Tannenbaum has been pretty frugal this offseason while adding quality.
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Love it. I'm telling you miller will be good for 1 year in texas and then hurt / bogged down. CJ will be rotated with AJ and we will have a great backfield. Also if Im reading the number correctly were going to free up about 5 million over the term as well. Or about 1.25 million per year and get same / better production.
Per Mando: "[Update: Multiple reports at CBSSports and ESPN are saying the offer sheet is for $18 million so the Dolphins landed exactly where their budget led them. The average is $4.5 million per year. Again, the structure (early money rather than backloaded) is important for the Dolphins because it makes it harder for Denver to match.] The Broncos brought this on themselves. They could have tendered Anderson with second-round draft pick compensation for $2.533 million for one year. Instead they tendered him at the original round compensation of $1.671 million. Do not be surprised if Anderson's first-year cap number is in the $5 million range. The Dolphins wanted incumbent back Lamar Miller back for 2016 but once they recognized the player's price was potentially $2-$3 million more on a per year average than they were willing to offer, they recognize Miller would not return. Miller signed a contract with the Houston Texans that pays an average of $6.5 million per year."
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I think this would be the worst move yet. We cannot afford to pay a mediocre Anderson 4.5 million a year. Ajayi and a draft pick would be fine. No RB is gonna come close to averaging 4 ypc if we dont get a couple guards. I dont understand how the front office completely continues to ignore the rosters biggest holes both guard positions. If Turner or Thomas start this season then Tannehill will die
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For everyone freaking out about signing CJ, just remember that the Bears went from 30th in the league in rushing attempts to 6th when Gase took over. This is going to be a rushing offense first and foremost and they just got a proven, familiar guy at the price they wanted. There's still a lot of free agency and the draft to finalize the roster, but they didn't go out and wildly overpay for substandard play and that's something we should all be happy with.
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Free agents have to WANT to sign as well; not so sure Miller didn't want a change of scenery.....in that scenario us offering 58 million wouldn't have mattered.
just because his arm was a noodle doesn't mean his brain still didn't know what the defense was doing before the defense even called a play.
And you had a defense that knew Peyton couldnt move and couldnt throw deep so explain how that helps a back?
With the Broncos losing everyone, Raiders Nation is about to take over that division. Funny, we have been waiting for the year Brady retires to takeover. The raiders didnt have to wait as long as we did.