A quick six-pack of Dolphins notes on a Thursday night:
u25aa Even while shedding talent and largely not replacing it to this point in free agency, the Dolphins have shown a commendable restraint financially in two regards:
1)They’ve not paying players beyond their worth. And here’s why that’s important: That maximizes the Dolphins’ ability collect as many as four compensatory draft picks for 2020.
By declining to pay Teddy Bridgewater a standard starting quarterback salary (as colleague Armando Salguero noted, he wanted in the range of $16 million annually), the Dolphins won’t sacrifice the third-round compensatory pick it likely will pick up for losing Ja’Wuan James.