{"id":29249,"date":"2025-02-27T08:02:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T08:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29249"},"modified":"2025-02-27T08:02:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T08:02:44","slug":"breaking-classy-terron-armstead-move-just-handed-dolphins-14-million-in-cap-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29249","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Classy Terron Armstead move just handed Dolphins $14 million in cap space"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-darkGrey font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\">This doesn&#8217;t happen often in the NFL.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex items-center justify-between text-darkGrey font-group-bigger\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Las Vegas Raiders v Miami Dolphins\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_3167,h_1781\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/62\/01jmz9rsvgshrr27xmv8.jpg\" alt=\"Las Vegas Raiders v Miami Dolphins\" width=\"3167\" height=\"1781\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"Las Vegas Raiders v Miami Dolphins\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">Las Vegas Raiders v Miami Dolphins | Brandon Sloter\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap\">\n<div class=\"flex mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"hidden md:block md:mx-4 hidden md:block\" data-testid=\"share-menu\">\n<div class=\"sticky top-20 mb-3\" data-testid=\"share-menu-inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<figure class=\"player-wrapper relative aspect-video mb-[18px] bg-grey rounded-md hidden player-wrapper-lg md:block\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Miami Dolphins need leaders, and players should look no further than Terron Armstead, who is about to give the team a dream scenario.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Earlier on Monday, head coach Mike McDaniel told the media he was unsure about Armstead&#8217;s future with the Dolphins. The Pro Bowl tackle, however, is giving the team\u00a0more reason to convince him to stay.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_2_4\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"external_HTML\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">According to\u00a0NFL Network&#8217;s Ian Rapoport, Armstead &#8220;plans to take his contract down to minimum.&#8221; In other words, he is reducing his $28.6 million salary to the veteran minimum of $1.21 million.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">It has huge salary-cap ramifications. The Dolphins are waiting for Armstead to decide his future, and this selfless decision allows him to take his time while not restricting the team&#8217;s ability to make moves in free agency.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Terron Armstead&#8217;s decision will save the Dolphins significant cap space this offseason<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Kyle Crabbs of\u00a0<em>Touchdown Miami<\/em>\u00a0provided some great insight into the cap savings this move generates.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">&#8220;This decision from Armstead would save Miami $13.79M in cap space at the start of the league year, $15M starting on June 2nd, and $11.414M in 2026 cap space,&#8221; writes Crabbs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_2_5\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">Crabbs notes that the Dolphins would save a further $11.4 million in 2026.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Making this move will save the Dolphins more money than they could have imagined.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">If the Dolphins were smart, they would hope Armstead will decide to return and then restructure the deal to include playing time incentives to bump his pay as the season moves along. Miami drafted Armstead&#8217;s eventual replacement in 2024, Patrick Paul.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">With the extra money, the Dolphins could gain an extra $14 million to use when free agency begins. It will also give Armstead time to make a better decision on what he wants to do with his career while affording the Dolphins time and money to make decisions that will improve the roster,\u00a0something Armstead has said needs to be done.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This doesn&#8217;t happen often in the NFL. 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