Landry next

I truncated this article for brevity:

Sometime soon — perhaps before the draft, perhaps after it — the Dolphins will turn their attention to Jarvis Landry.

He is, in Adam Gase’s words from November, the Dolphins’ “best player on offense.”

First it was Reshad Jones. Then Tuesday, Kiko Alonso. Both received new deals rich in guaranteed money a year before their existing contracts expired.

Landry is the only star left unpaid. He hasn’t made waves about it publicly, or, from all accounts, privately. He’s enthusiastically congratulated teammates like Kenny Stills who get new deals on social media.

“I hate free agency,” Gase said at this year’s NFL Scouting Combine. “You just want to get your guys back.” He got his wish.

They had some $50 million in cap space, and could have used it to make wholesale roster changes. They instead doubled down on their own.

In the process, they locked up all but two of their top 2018 free agents: Landry and right tackle Ja’Wuan James, whose rights the Dolphins can extend another year by picking up his fifth-year option. (If they do so and extend Landry, the Dolphins should still have north of $30 million in cap space next year.)

 

Something I thought was really critical was that they have almost all of their FA's under contract for next year except James and Landry. NO wondering if we sign that guy or this guy is going to walk. Really gives some stability to the team.