The Dolphins currently sit more than $3 million over the 2018 salary cap after trading away wide receiver Jarvis Landry and his $16 million franchise tag, but are expected to clear more unwanted salaries with the releases of linebacker Lawrence Timmons, tight end Julius Thomas, and rescinding the 5th year option on right tackle Ja’Wuan James who is currently being trade-shopped
These moves would create $16.9 million in available cap space, according to OverTheCap.com, and would be the quickest and least complicated route of opening up significant spending money for the Dolphins.
The team could create additional cap space barring more player releases and contract restructures of high-priced players like defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh and quarterback Ryan Tannehill.