One thing that the Mario Williams deal shows us is that the Dolphins are thinking short-term on the defensive line. Williams is a two year signing, meaning that the Dolphins have timed his contract to expire in conjunction with a very important development.
In 2018, Suh's money moves from guaranteed to un-guaranteed. Meaning that the Dolphins will be in position to blow up and rebuild if their superstar acquisition has been less super than planned. The The Dolphins are all in on Suh- for exactly 24 months. If he hasn't helped Miami dominate by then, he and Williams will both be cut loose and the team will go out and find a new approach.
In the end, the Dolphins have effectively traded Lamar Miller and Olivier Vernon for Suh. Letting OV walk may have been wise, given the contract he received in New York, but the Dolphins only had to resort to that option due to the mountain of cash they have committed to Suh.
So the message is clear: Miami wrote you a blank check, Suh. But it comes with an expiration date. Dominate or be cut.
Jay Lopez
Saturday, September 03, 2016
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I thought Suh had been doing a good job playing in the crap defensive scheme last year.
He was constantly double teamed so I cannot blame him for any lack of production from the DL.
I blam Ed the other 3 guys who couldn't beat their guy one on one.
But I do understand your point of his contract truly being only a two year contract. So 2017 will be his make or break season.
I thought Suh had been doing a good job playing in the crap defensive scheme last year.
He was constantly double teamed so I cannot blame him for any lack of production from the DL.
I blam Ed the other 3 guys who couldn't beat their guy one on one.
But I do understand your point of his contract truly being only a two year contract. So 2017 will be his make or break season.
Suh graded out with the best year of his career. Like Carl said, no one else stepped up.
Not saying he has failed- just saying it's a short term deal now- win or rebuild on D-line.
We are not getting rid of Suh just bc our LB suck.
He's a beast- drawing double teams in front of an average (at best) set of LBs and secondary (R Jones being the exception - top 3 in the NFL) people expect him to put up huge numbers.
He's a DT! People expect him to sack the qb every time and that's just not his job.
Not my expectation at all- just don't see how we can pay him in 2018 at 20+ mil a clip. He's got 2-3 years left in his prime. The team has let its DL youth go to concentrate on building a unit on Suh's timeline. It's put up or shut up for a unit that is holding our development at other positions back given how much cap it is devouring. I like Suh- but facts are facts. This is really a two year deal from here, unless he owns this town this and next season through dominant play.
Suh is not the problem...the rest of the defense is...!
Suh is not the problem...the rest of the defense is...!
I wouldn't worry about Suh. According to HBO's "Ballers", he has a successful restaurant.
I wouldn't worry about Suh. According to HBO's "Ballers", he has a successful restaurant.
If one really looks hard, and it is hard for the average fan, I am not much better (always following the ball) you will see that Suh played pretty well last year. I can only imagine with LB's like Zach, Offerdahl, Duhe, heck, even go way back to Buoniconti,Steve Towle, Bob Matheson, Doug Swift, Hugh Green, Bryan Cox, Phins had star linebackers at one time or another. This group is awful. Kiko looks like a safety.I bet he could not hold up even the 1st 5 games at MLB. Misi and Jenkins are avg at their very best when not hurt, and even then don't make any, ANY, impact plays. I would take Channing Crowder right now over these cats ! Decent LB's playing behind Suh and Phins would see immediate difference. Now about that secondary,.........ugh
Unless Suh is really playing poorly, Miami has Suh for 3 more years. Miami converted $20M salary into a bonus this year so 3 years from now his salary cap savings would only be $3.9M.