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The NFL’s “legal tampering period” before the league year begins started yesterday. Early in the day, the news broke that the Miami Dolphins and Malik Willis had agreed to a 3-year/67.5 million deal to become the team’s new starter at quarterback. With that, I asked the following question in last evening’s post: What’s your opinion […]
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The 2026 NFL free agency period is underway, with players starting to move to new teams. The negotiating period – commonly called the “legal tampering period” – begins on Monday at 12 p.m. Eastern and continues through 3:59 p.m. on Wednesday. The new league year begins at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, opening the free agency […]
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The Miami Dolphins are signing kicker Zane Gonzalez as their new kicker, just days after veteran Jason Sanders was released after eight seasons with the team. The news comes via Ari Meirov on X, via Gonzalez’s agent. The deal will be for one year, per early reports. Gonzalez has spent eight seasons in the NFL […]
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The Tua Tagovailoa era is over. The Miami Dolphins made the announcement yesterday that they would be releasing Tua with a post–June 1 designation resulting in $99 million in dead money, split over two years. Tua provided fans with efficiency and excitement for two years before going into a slump over the past two seasons. […]
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The NFL’s legal tampering window opened today, and teams around the National Football League have taken advantage of their ability to negotiate contracts with incoming free agents. Ahead of the tampering period, the Los Angeles Chargers — with new offensive coordinator, ex-Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel — signed former Dolphins fullback Alec Ingold to a […]
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Well, I was going to post the answers post to the question in the post I made over the weekend, asking what direction you, as Miami Dolphins fans, would like to see the team go with at the quarterback position for 2026. I guess the Dolphins front office had a different idea in mind and […]
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The Miami Dolphins have made calculated moves today, first releasing franchise quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and then signing his replacement, Malik Willis, to a life-altering contract. It was a pleasant surprise for a team that many thought was dead in the water before the league year even kicked off. However, with so many remaining holes on […]
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On the same day that the Miami Dolphins parted ways with 2020 first-round draft pick Tua Tagovailoa, Jon-Eric Sullivan and Jeff Hafley turned their attention to free agency to get the team’s next QB1 – and it’s a player that both men have had a front-row seat for over the last few years together in […]
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On Monday morning, it was announced that the Dolphins were cutting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa with a post-June 1st designation at the start of the league year. On Monday afternoon, it was announced that the Atlanta Falcons are expected to sign Tagovailoa — as they were strongly pursuing the former number five overall pick from the […]
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The Dolphins were busy on the first day of the legal tampering period — signing quarterback Malik Willis in free agency while parting ways with former number five overall draft pick in the 2020 NFL draft, Tua Tagovailoa. According to reports, another name has just been added to the list of former Dolphins heading elsewhere. […]
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The Miami Dolphins and free agent quarterback Malik Willis agreed to a three-year, $67.5 million contract on Monday as the NFL opened the 2026 free agency negotiating period. The news of the addition came shortly after news that Miami will release incumbent quarterback Tua Tagovailoa when the new league year officially begins on Wednesday. The […]
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The Miami Dolphins are signing free agent quarterback Malik Willis, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The contract is expected to be a three-year, $67.5 million contract with $45 million fully guaranteed. The news of the deal comes shortly after the league opened the 2026 free agency negotiating period – colloquially known as the “legal […]
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The Miami Dolphins officially announced their intention to release quarterback Tua Tagovailoa with a post-June 1st designation when the league year officially begins on Wednesday, leaving them with a pretty significant QB sized hole on the roster. Of course, the organization and new general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan have been linked to this year’s hottest free […]
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That did not take long. The Miami Dolphins on Monday announced they would be releasing quarterback Tua Tagovailoa when the new league year begins on Wednesday. Just a few hours later, at it looks like the former Pro Bowl quarterback may already have a landing spot. According to multiple reports, including from NFL Network’s Tom […]
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The Miami Dolphins are trading safety Minkah Fitzpatrick. If you feel like you are back in 2019, that would be understandable. During the 2019 season, the Dolphins traded Fitzpatrick to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now, after acquiring the three-time First-Team All-Pro selection back from Pittsburgh ahead of the 2025 season, the Dolphins are shipping him off […]
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The Miami Dolphins have informed quarterback Tua Tagovailoa that they are planning to release him when the new league year begins on Wednesday. The move comes as the team looks to reset its salary cap and after two years of struggles on offense for the team. Selected fifth overall in the 2020 NFL Draft, Tagovailoa […]
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The legal tampering window opens today for the NFL and the Miami Dolphins may be one of the more quieter teams this week. We should however get some clarity on the Dolphins quarterback situation though. Tua Tagovailoa is expected to be released and we will see how highly this new regime thinks of Malik Willis. […]
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The Miami Dolphins parted ways with fullback Alec Ingold just two days ago — but the soon-to-be 30 year-old has already found a new home. He’ll join former Dolphins head coach — now Chargers offensive coordinator — Mike McDaniel with the Los Angeles Chargers after signing a two-year, $7.5 million deal with the organization. Ingold’s […]
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The 2026 NFL league year will kick off this coming Wednesday. The so called legal-tampering period begins tomorrow, where teams can discuss deals with free agents but no deals can be signed until Wednesday. With that, our own Miami Dolphins will have a mountain of questions to answer before the season begins in early September. […]
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This past week, I asked the following question: What do you see as the team’s most pressing need in the first round of the draft, position-wise, at spot 11 or later, if they trade down, in the first? Do you instead believe that the team should not focus on a position of need or positions […]
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Last season was pretty unforgettable for the Miami Dolphins and the same can be said with how they approached the offseason and free agency. The Dolphins signed 11 free agents last year and barely got anything from the guys they brought in. Even when they saw play time, these guys were rather disappointing in their […]
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It’s Friday, which means it’s time for our Victory of the Week (VOTW) post! This evening’s conversation prompt is straightforward: What was your victory this week? Did something remarkable happen? Is there a small achievement worth celebrating? This could relate to the Miami Dolphins, your professional life, or your personal life. We all experience victories, […]
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The Miami Dolphins have released kicker Jason Sanders according to Adam Schefter of ESPN, ending his tenure with the Dolphins after eight seasons. Sanders was the starting kicker for the Dolphins in seven of those seasons, having missed all of the 2025 season to a hip injury. As the Dolphins continue to purge their roster, […]
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The Miami Dolphins are releasing fullback Alec Ingold, as per Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network. According to the report, both parties held “discussions” about a new deal, but ultimately were not able to come to an agreement. Ingold signed a 3-year, $12.2 million extension with the Dolphins in 2023 that kept him under contract through […]
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As the Miami Dolphins weigh the pros and cons of cutting franchise quarterback Tua Tagovailoa — Post-June 1st, of course — several other QB dominoes are preparing to fall. For quite some time, Miami has been rumored to be interested in Green Bay Packers free-agent QB Malik Willis. We even heard Jimmy Garoppolo may be […]
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