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with. One. Of the buzzy.

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Randy topics of the off season for

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Dolphins fans. And

1:40

of. The. That is compensatory

1:42

picks. Compensatory. Picks

1:45

are a big time focus for the dolphins.

1:47

The. Dolphins fans, he's a Dolphins Just

1:49

watched two players walk out the

1:51

door. To. The tune of two

1:54

hundred eleven million dollars in contract totals

1:56

over the next four and five years

1:58

respectively with Christopher Walken. Leaving.

2:01

Las Vegas Raiders. And. Robert

2:03

Hunt leaving to the tune. Of

2:05

one hundred million dollars to go to the

2:07

Carolina Panthers. Those losses

2:10

hurt. right? Intervene

2:13

giggle hurts. The

2:15

Sean L It hurts. Brain.

2:18

In Jones I think maybe was a little bit

2:20

less of an expectation he would be vaccine for

2:22

required the A This. But. These are

2:24

all losses that are notable for my me because

2:26

they were. Selections.

2:29

There are at least five of the

2:31

those six name's word names that the

2:33

Dolphins have drafted since two thousand and

2:35

nineteen. They've been a part of this

2:37

build from the beginning. And

2:40

when. Players. Like Russia Wilkins who's

2:42

pumped up as a big culture guy

2:44

and everything you one in a player.

2:47

And. He leaves. It hurts

2:49

and there's no question. The.

2:52

Loss of Christian Wilkins The loss of Robin Hood.

2:55

And the loss of and you're being

2:57

equal in particular, those three homegrown talent

2:59

leaving. Is an unfortunate

3:02

set of circumstances. That

3:05

is just a matter of Miami having

3:07

to pick which players. They.

3:09

Want to tethered themselves too long

3:11

term, But those losses? there is

3:13

some silver linings for Miami. If

3:17

you play your all season strategy right

3:19

and there's some debate. About

3:21

Is it right to build

3:24

your entire free agency plan?

3:27

Around. Qualifying.

3:29

Free Agents for compensatory picks, which are

3:31

pigs that are given out from the

3:33

lead. To the thirty

3:35

two franchises one year after their

3:37

net losses in free agency. To

3:40

help compensate and compensatory four

3:43

losses in free agency for

3:45

your team. And.

3:47

I get the debate. right? But.

3:49

If the sell it on the same here in. A

3:52

lot of the discussion. For. The dolphins

3:54

the last two years has been. Well.

3:57

they don't have enough draft capital they have made

3:59

enough draft text enough draft picks, they don't have rookie

4:01

contracts on the roster, it's going to be a problem

4:03

for them. And

4:06

that's true. There's an unsustainability of

4:08

how the Dolphins have chose to do business the

4:10

last two years. There's no question with that. So

4:14

if you're like Christian Wilkins and Robert

4:16

Hunt go off to greener pastures to

4:18

the tune of $100 plus million and

4:20

supersized contracts that are top three contracts

4:22

for their respective positions in the entirety

4:24

of the NFL, and

4:26

there's a way for you to recoup potentially top

4:28

100 draft picks for it, I'd

4:31

be interested. I'd

4:33

absolutely be interested. And

4:35

that is where compensatory picks come in because as

4:38

things currently stand, Miami is scheduled

4:40

for 2025 fifth round or third

4:42

round picks for both Christian Wilkins

4:44

and Robert Hunt. This

4:47

is the kind of thing that

4:49

the Patriots did for a long

4:52

time to manipulate their their net

4:54

gains and losses. And

4:56

the Patriots throughout the Bill Belichick era averaged

4:58

about an extra two draft picks per draft

5:01

courtesy of just what they netted in compensatory

5:03

picks. Seems like

5:05

the Baltimore Ravens perpetually take

5:08

advantage of this system that's in place. And

5:11

for Miami, it's been really hard to

5:13

get to a tipping point where that's possible.

5:17

Because for Miami, for the last

5:19

25 years, there has

5:21

not been a lot of organizational

5:23

stability. There's been a lot of

5:25

chasing of other organizations and make no mistake, Miami

5:27

is still chasing other organizations, they need to continue

5:30

to get better. The product that

5:32

they had last year, clearly was

5:34

not good enough. So

5:37

I appreciate the fact that there are

5:39

some seismic changes in

5:41

the name of pursuit of getting even

5:46

better within the schemes that you want to

5:48

implement and sustaining not

5:50

having a high crescendo peak that

5:53

maybe is the defining moment

5:55

of the rebuild that is, quote unquote, failed,

5:57

and then you fall back off. There's

6:00

an attempted pivot. Here.

6:03

But this attempted pivot. Comes.

6:05

With some losses, have some players that you're not

6:07

committing be dollars to just because they came up.

6:09

In. The System. So let's talk compensatory picks.

6:12

How. They work How the a site. Will.

6:15

Use Christian Wilkins as the exam. Christian

6:18

Wilkins as things currently stand. Is.

6:22

The. Twenty fourth highest.

6:25

A P Y Contract. In the

6:27

Nfl. Because.

6:30

Of that. Compensatory.

6:33

Picks are largely defined by.

6:35

What's. Your financial value

6:38

is of your contract.

6:41

They. Take all the contracts in Italy. And

6:44

they have an inverse total of

6:46

points there resign. Based.

6:48

On. What

6:50

your average annual average salary is

6:52

of your current contract. So.

6:55

Just in Herbert. With. A.

6:58

Ah, Fifty Two Point Five.

7:01

A. P Y or annual average.

7:04

Is. The second highest. Court.

7:06

Contract in the league he gets

7:09

the second most amount of points

7:11

right now or over the cap.com

7:13

quantifies. One. Thousand, nine Hundred and

7:15

Fifty eight contracts in the Nfl. So.

7:19

The highest get one thousand nine

7:21

hundred fifty points. The one thousand

7:23

nine hundred and fifty eight contract

7:25

ak the cheapest. It's

7:27

one point. There's.

7:30

Also a very small bonuses that

7:32

can be given based on what

7:34

percent of snaps you play in

7:36

the previous season. Two: Christian Wilkins.

7:39

Are He currently ranks as the

7:41

twenty fourth. Highest

7:43

contract he gets For twenty fifth highest

7:45

contract, he gets one thousand, nine hundred

7:47

and thirty three points. Out

7:51

of that one thousand, nine hundred and fifty

7:53

eight possible points for being one of the

7:55

highest top twenty five contract in the Nfl.

7:59

what percentage of snaps he plays this

8:01

season for the Raiders he will then

8:03

get out of a hundred that number

8:05

of points added to

8:09

his contract total and

8:11

then if he makes I believe

8:13

it's all pro honors you can get

8:15

a bonus like a 20 point

8:18

bonus for being an all-pro and that would then

8:20

get added so whatever your contract value is you

8:22

can get a maximum number of 120 additional

8:25

points tacked on and

8:28

again the highest of the high

8:31

from a pay perspective get

8:34

the most amount of points the lowest of the low get the least amount

8:36

of points at

8:40

the end of the season the

8:43

players that are in the top 5% of

8:48

those contracts that are graded if you

8:50

change teams the previous year you're

8:54

scored as and credited

8:56

a third round compensatory

8:58

pick if you rank

9:01

outside the top 5% but inside the top

9:04

10% of all contracts in the NFL

9:07

after your playing time and all-pro bonus

9:09

is applied you're

9:11

qualified as a fourth round compensatory pick if you're

9:15

outside the top 10 but inside the top 15 you

9:17

qualify as a fifth round compensatory pick if you're outside

9:19

the top 15 but inside the top 25 you qualify

9:22

as a sixth round compensatory pick

9:24

and finally if you're outside the

9:26

top 25 but inside the top 35% of

9:28

all contracts in the NFL and you change

9:30

teams the previous season you

9:32

qualify as a seventh round compensatory pick pretty

9:36

straightforward once you understand the math of that but

9:41

it's not just as simple as I

9:43

change teams so

9:45

my team my old team gets a pick that's

9:48

where you then get into net and that is

9:50

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the End. Sell it has been. A

12:02

rollercoaster. And.

12:04

Of the for the dolphin specifically,

12:07

they've applied this strategy of. Ah,

12:09

This off season in free agency plan and.

12:13

Compensatory picks is a large for part

12:15

and focus. Of were

12:17

Miami's fans, head space is at

12:19

because it's the justification. Whatever.

12:22

Right or wrong. For.

12:25

How crushing Wilkins and Robert Hunt walk out the

12:27

door. right? So

12:29

we've gone over how compensatory

12:31

players are are qualified and

12:33

ranked as compensatory candidates. But.

12:36

This is Not. You. Lose it,

12:38

You get it. It's. All based

12:40

on net gains and losses

12:43

in free agency. So

12:45

every team. The. Nfl will

12:47

track. Their. Compensatory free Agents

12:49

Okay, their their players that qualify for

12:51

compensatory freedoms based on the value their

12:53

contract. They're playing time and they're They're

12:55

all pro athletes. The.

12:58

Net number that they gained versus

13:00

the net number that they lost.

13:02

If. You signed an equal

13:05

amount or more. Of.

13:07

Qualifying free agents as you lost

13:09

the previous season. You

13:12

get zero Nada zilch nothing.

13:15

And. That's why it's important for I think what

13:17

were Miami has been as a team. Constantly

13:20

chasing like agreed to sleep chasing

13:22

trying to continue to be aggressive.

13:24

Not a lot of stability within

13:26

the football or front office. Because

13:30

you you almost have to get to a

13:32

certain points. As an

13:34

organization. Where.

13:38

The process you're process of team building

13:40

has played out long enough. The.

13:42

They really get involved in this game. And

13:46

if you're going to come in as a new executive, You're.

13:48

focused on building through the draft acquiring

13:51

draft picks you are still say get

13:53

a have probably gonna have a lot

13:55

of salary cap disposal a after the

13:57

first year itch as you are disposal

14:00

to be able to try to aggressively

14:02

add them for agency to kickstart because

14:05

if you dilly around long

14:07

enough with the build through the draft ideology

14:09

and you don't make enough headway you're out

14:11

on your rear end and you're fired and

14:13

we saw that for Miami all throughout the 2010s right

14:17

that that constant pursuit and

14:20

chasing of New England and

14:23

we did it for two decades just like every other

14:25

team in the AFC East did and all the turnover

14:27

and turmoil really made

14:30

it difficult to have the kind of

14:32

sustained trust within the

14:34

organization to get into this process.

14:37

You're kind of at that tipping point now with this

14:39

brain trust. So let's

14:42

use this year as an example. The

14:44

first picks that get cancelled out are

14:47

the same round value

14:50

assignments that you gained

14:52

and lost. So this year

14:54

Kendall Fuller signs a 8.25

14:59

million per year contract that

15:01

qualifies him based on the percentages of

15:03

contracts across the entire NFL as

15:06

a top between

15:09

10 and 15 percent contract aka

15:11

fifth round compensatory pick. That

15:15

is in the same bucket as Andrew Van

15:17

Ginkel as a fifth round pick so those

15:19

two automatically cancel each

15:21

other out. Rayquan

15:24

Davis signed for seven million dollars in

15:26

Indianapolis Aaron Brewer signed for seven million

15:28

dollars in Miami. That

15:30

is in the top 15

15:33

to 20 percent those are both six round compensatory

15:35

picks they cancel each other out. If

15:40

you don't have a one

15:42

for one the next phase

15:45

is your pick will cancel a

15:48

your new addition will cancel a

15:50

lower loss. So if

15:53

Miami had just signed Kendall

15:55

Fuller, Aaron Brewer and Jordan Brooks but

15:57

they only lost Christian Wilkins. Robert

16:00

Hahn, Andrew Venge, go Rayquan Davis, and Brandon

16:02

Jones, who's a six. The

16:04

Jordan Brooks contract, which qualifies as a

16:06

five, would cancel Brandon Jones's sixth

16:08

round pick. It would not kick up

16:11

to cancel one of

16:13

the higher picks that you

16:15

are scheduled to gain. So

16:18

again, this is all net. Did you net, are

16:20

you net plus or zero?

16:22

If so, you get no comp picks. If

16:25

you're minus one, whatever your highest

16:27

schedule pick you're scheduled for is, you

16:30

will receive unless you signed a player

16:32

of equal value in

16:34

the same free agent period that you lost that

16:36

player. You

16:39

following me? But if

16:41

you're zero, so if you gained and lost the same

16:43

amount, even if you signed a player for $5 million,

16:47

but you were lost one player who's a $27.5 million

16:49

player, and you signed

16:51

one player for $5 million, they would

16:53

still cancel each other out because it's net. It's

16:56

just in the cancellation or picks that

16:59

are graded higher are the last to get taken away.

17:03

And that's where Miami

17:07

currently stands. There are

17:09

three qualifying compensatory free agents that they've

17:11

signed are Kendall Fuller, Aaron Brewer, and

17:14

Jordan Brooks. That cancels out

17:16

a five, a six, and a six that they've

17:18

lost from Andrew Van Gagle,

17:20

Rayquan Davis, and Brandon Jones. That

17:23

dolphins are minus three as things currently stand. Of

17:25

course, Cruz, Remokens, and Robert Hunt are the two

17:27

big ones. Deshaun Elliott

17:30

signing on a 3 million per year

17:32

average in Pittsburgh currently has

17:34

the dolphin scheduled for a

17:36

seventh round compensatory pick for him as well.

17:40

From my perspective, I

17:42

could quite frankly care less about seventh round compensatory pick.

17:44

It's gonna be outside the top 240. Here's

17:48

what else you know. There are

17:50

only 32 compensatory picks that

17:53

are given on an annual basis. You

17:56

can only add 32. So

17:59

the... 32 highest valued or

18:01

ranked competitive story picks are the ones that

18:04

are assigned and if

18:06

you're outside that range Then

18:09

you don't get anything anyway a

18:12

team can only collect a maximum

18:14

of four compensatory picks courtesy of

18:16

the compensatory formula so

18:18

it's not like you can just let all your players walk

18:21

sign a bunch of players to minimum contracts

18:23

that don't qualify for Competitorary picks and

18:26

cash in ten draft selections. You can only

18:28

max out at four So

18:31

this is important to know because Miami has

18:34

kind of floated around minus

18:36

three minus two minus four Beyond

18:40

minus four it's just a moot point like

18:42

right now the Ravens are minus five It

18:47

now they got Derek Henry and that cancels

18:49

one of their losses because he is a

18:52

qualifying compensatory formula so They

18:55

are currently scheduled for a four and

18:58

then three sixes for losing Patrick

19:00

Queen Which is a top five

19:02

to top ten percent contract and

19:04

then they had John Simpson Ronald Arby and Devin

19:06

DuVernay Were all contracts that

19:08

were within the top? 20

19:11

to 25 percent those are all

19:13

six percent six round picks They

19:16

still have another net loss in Gus Edwards as

19:19

a seventh round pick but they would not be

19:21

given or assigned to that pick because it is

19:23

the lowest of the Ones

19:25

that they're qualified to receive So

19:32

That's kind of the net of how they're

19:35

assigned and how the players are ranked the

19:38

next question is What

19:41

other acquisitions can be made and

19:43

how have the Dolphins approached that to

19:46

ensure? That they are

19:48

putting themselves in a position to Protect

19:53

these these day to draft

19:55

selections for Christian Wilkins and Robert Hunt

19:58

because that's really important fine print And

20:00

then additionally when does this timeline run

20:02

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20:05

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the things that these teams have to strategize on an

21:33

annual basis When

21:36

do compensatory picks stop being tracked? It's

21:39

not June 1st. No June 1st is an important

21:41

date on the deadline because that's how you can

21:44

Split dead money between two seasons worth of

21:46

salary cap versus one season's worth salary cap

21:48

Which is why the Dolphins cut Xavier Howard

21:51

with a post June 1st

21:53

designation So

21:56

they can take his voided money from

21:58

all the guaranteed signing

22:01

bonuses and lump sum payments

22:03

that he's received in the past and they split that

22:05

out over a number of years. By

22:07

designated post June 1st, you can split that between

22:09

2024 and 2025. This

22:12

year's hits would happen this year and all future years would

22:15

be collected in 2025. It's

22:18

not June 1st for competitive picks. It is

22:20

the Monday after the NFL Draft. So,

22:24

you as a Dolphins fan for about

22:26

the next seven weeks, need

22:29

to keep an eye on net

22:31

gains and net losses for

22:34

qualifying free agents for

22:36

the Dolphins. After that Tuesday after the draft,

22:38

you can sign whoever it doesn't matter how

22:40

they got on the market. So,

22:43

what constitutes a qualifying free agent?

22:46

It is a player who

22:48

has hit free agency because the

22:50

full terms of their

22:53

previous contract with their previous team

22:55

has expired. So,

22:57

if I sign you to a three-year contract,

22:59

you play your three years and I do

23:01

not give you a contract extension before the

23:03

league calendar year starts, you

23:06

are a qualifying compensatory free

23:08

agent. If

23:11

I sign you to a four-year deal and I

23:13

cut you after two seasons, you

23:16

are not qualifying against the

23:18

compensatory pick formula. So,

23:21

that's important to note. A

23:23

guy like Eric Armstead just signed

23:25

a three-year, $51 million contract with

23:27

the Jacksonville Jaguars. That

23:29

would probably qualify as a fourth round compensatory

23:32

pick as between a top five and top

23:34

10% contract in all football. But

23:37

because he was cut from San Francisco,

23:40

San Francisco will not be recouping a

23:43

pick for

23:45

Eric Armstead because they cut him

23:47

before the end of his contract

23:50

terms expired. That

23:52

is important to note. Also

23:55

important to note. Restricted

23:58

free agents. Players that do

24:00

not have, quote unquote, tenure yet in the league.

24:02

You have to be in the league for three

24:05

seasons before you can qualify for unrestricted free agency.

24:08

If you sign a one year deal as a

24:11

undrafted rookie, and you get

24:13

to the end of that one year deal, and the

24:16

team does not retain

24:18

your services, but

24:21

you're technically restricted free agent where within

24:24

the first three years, teams have the

24:26

right to exercise a couple different contract

24:28

options that don't require them negotiating a

24:31

multi-year contract for your team. But

24:33

if they don't elect to use any of those

24:36

tools, even if you

24:38

don't have tenure, you

24:40

do not qualify as

24:42

a compensatory pick player. This

24:44

is important because the Dolphins

24:47

have gone after a number of

24:49

these types of players. Aaron

24:53

Brewer played his four years in

24:55

Tennessee as an undrafted free

24:57

agent. He gained tenure. He leaves. John

25:00

Smith, however, was cut

25:02

from his previous contract. He

25:04

does not count against the compensatory pick

25:06

formula. You think

25:09

about Jonathan Harris, the defensive lineman

25:11

that they just acquired. He

25:14

does not qualify because he was a

25:17

restricted free agent that

25:20

the Dolphins took

25:22

advantage of the Broncos not extending his

25:24

contract before he gained tenure. So

25:26

there's more competition for the defensive lineman

25:30

that you're able to

25:33

infuse and put into

25:35

the mix. Shaq

25:38

Barrett does not count against the compensatory pick formula

25:40

because he was cut from his contract with the

25:42

Bucks. There is also

25:44

a little bit of fine print here

25:46

deep in the bylaws of compensatory picks

25:48

within the collective bargaining agreement

25:51

that there's a minimum threshold that

25:54

you, if you don't surpass the minimum

25:56

threshold, you can declare a player even

25:58

if they qualify as... 35%

26:01

contract if it's

26:03

a one-year deal worth

26:05

1.79 million dollars or less you can

26:13

declare to the league that this

26:15

player is an exemption from the compensatory pick

26:17

formula but you have to declare your intent

26:19

for that to be the case it

26:22

often did this with Neville Gallimore they signed him

26:24

to the maximum amount of money that you could

26:26

sign a player to but

26:28

still rule them as exempt from

26:30

the compensatory pick formula the

26:33

rules with that is once you declare that

26:35

to the league you can't

26:38

change that contract in any way shape or form

26:40

because they don't want teams manipulating what

26:42

they're signing players for and then kind

26:45

of gaming the system and taking advantage of

26:48

the rules in place so Neville Gallimore got

26:50

a bunch of guaranteed money I believe it's

26:52

almost a fully guaranteed contract but it's 1.79

26:54

million dollars because up to

26:57

that amount of money you can sign a player

26:59

and then tell the league hey he's not counting

27:01

against the compensatory pick form so

27:05

you have players that are cut you have restricted

27:07

free agents that were not targeted you

27:10

have players that meet a spending threshold

27:12

that you can declare to the league

27:14

otherwise and the Dolphins have done

27:16

all of this to

27:19

protect themselves and

27:22

those top two picks so that they

27:24

remain amongst qualifying free

27:26

agents net at

27:29

least minus two because

27:31

net at least minus two when

27:34

you had the two two of

27:36

the three biggest APY

27:38

or average pay per year contracts

27:42

in free agency it was Kirk cousins

27:45

and then it was Christian Wilkins and then it

27:47

was Robert Hunt those

27:50

were the big dogs so

27:53

you have those big hitting contracts

27:57

protect them don't sign a 6th

28:00

round the value player to make

28:02

you net minus one and then lose a

28:05

third round pick as a result find

28:08

a comparable player for say

28:12

Less money or a comparable player who

28:14

was cut from their previous contract and

28:16

signed that player instead or Alternatively

28:20

you can do what the Dolphins did with Kendall

28:22

Fuller which is the Dolphins

28:26

They signed some players kind of

28:28

got quiet And

28:31

then Deshaun Elliott signed and

28:33

Deshaun Elliott signed on Thursday around lunchtime He

28:35

signed a two-year six million dollar contract with

28:37

Steelers and my immediate reaction I'll read you

28:39

the tweet on Twitter that

28:42

I had is my reaction when

28:44

Deshaun Elliott signed his contract because

28:46

sure enough it was

28:49

kind of the The final

28:51

nail in the coffin for you to understand

28:53

what Miami was doing as if their Neville

28:55

Gallimore contract when those details came out and

28:57

you understood and you read the bylaws so

28:59

you understand why? 1.79

29:02

million dollars is a relevant number for a contract

29:04

with where the Dolphins are out with their net

29:06

losses and the magnitude of their two big contracts

29:09

that they lost Seeing

29:13

a 1.79 million dollar contract is

29:17

Kind of chuckle because you say okay. I I know

29:19

what you guys are doing, right? But

29:23

Kendall Fuller When

29:25

Deshaun Elliott signed it made the Dolphins net

29:27

minus four in

29:29

free agencies And again, as long as your net

29:31

minus two your two third round picks

29:33

are protected and that to that three

29:36

for Robert Hunt Depending on playing time might end

29:38

up falling out being a fourth round

29:40

pick We're gonna be on pins and needles all year or

29:42

we're gonna be rooting for Robert Hunt to play all 17

29:44

games Because if that's

29:46

the case, that should be a three for Miami Here's

29:50

the tweet was 1252 yesterday on March 14th As

29:56

far as comp dates go Miami is now net

29:58

four in qualifying for agency After Deshaun

30:00

Elliott's loss they need to be net two to

30:02

ensure their two big dogs cash in for 2025

30:04

at this stage If

30:07

I were them I would feel

30:09

free to spend freely on any non

30:11

top of market dollar free agent for

30:14

a player or two because

30:16

again You had the

30:19

cushion So

30:21

as long as you don't go out and spend

30:23

18 million dollars on a qualifying free agent You're

30:25

not putting yourself at risk of having Robert Hunt's

30:27

compensatory pick canceled out Within

30:31

two hours they signed Kendall Fuller to a

30:33

two-year sixteen a half million dollar deal It's

30:35

a meaningful contract qualifies a fifth-round compensatory pick,

30:38

but they didn't spend it until

30:40

Deshaun Elliott Signed his

30:43

contract in Pittsburgh So they knew they

30:45

had the cushion They've kind of been passive

30:47

with it remember the first couple hours on Monday And

30:49

it felt really bad to sit here and watch Christian

30:51

Wilkins goes off the board Robert Hunt goes

30:53

off the board Andrew bingo goes dang gingle goes

30:55

off the board. You're like man like Body

30:59

blow after body blow after body blow Brandon

31:02

Jones goes off the board they lose four Well,

31:06

then what did the Dolphins do after that they

31:08

come back and they get Brewer and Brooks and

31:11

lock them in and Anthony Walker

31:13

Who signed for one point three eight which

31:15

is below that qualifying threshold anyway

31:18

on a one-year deal So they don't have to

31:20

worry about him being a player that would qualify

31:22

for a cancellation pick as This

31:27

entire window has gone Miami has

31:30

allowed a loss to be incurred

31:32

within their roster from last

31:34

season and then they get

31:36

proactive to add and As

31:39

they've been trying to fill out the bottom

31:41

of the roster They've been going after these

31:43

non qualifying free agents as players who are

31:46

cut Players who are cut loose

31:48

from a previous contract players who were not renewed

31:50

is restricted free agents players who don't meet the

31:52

spending threshold But

31:55

Then when it comes time to add a meaningful player

31:57

like a brewer or a Brooks or a fuller as

31:59

somebody who. You wanna

32:01

go out and spend money for because your expectations?

32:03

Are the Spurs gonna be a meaningful starter for

32:06

your football team? They're just. Playing.

32:08

Defense and allowing other moves to happen

32:10

in get locked in. Before. They

32:12

in turn get locked in. And

32:14

make their own signings as well as

32:17

in sure. They. Don't commit

32:19

to too many players and cancel out

32:21

one of these premier picks as a

32:23

day to draft. Select. So.

32:26

That's compensatory picks in a nutshell is how

32:28

they work. It's how the resigned is how

32:30

the players are valued. The.

32:33

Rules for adding and what qualifies

32:35

for the net gains and losses.

32:37

And why the Dolphins have taken this first week of

32:39

free agency The way that they. The.

32:42

Flurry is largely over. And

32:46

the dolphins are to pretty good spot. Because.

32:49

They have addressed there needs. To.

32:51

A certain degree. Ah, they

32:54

still have needs on this roster. There's no

32:56

question I think another safety isn't is needed.

32:58

I. Think another edge players needed. I think

33:00

a bona fide disruptive player on the interior

33:03

is needed. I. Think you need at

33:05

least one into your often Suleiman and I think you need

33:07

another wide receiver. So. They they got some

33:09

stuff to do. Some. Of

33:11

this or composed June first when they're eighteen an

33:13

athlete hours of gave in our money opens up.

33:16

Some. Of this will come via the draft. I.

33:20

Don't know how much more of it will come.

33:23

Between. Now. And.

33:26

The Tuesday after the Nfl draft. But.

33:30

Relative to who they wash, walk out the

33:32

door for the dollars that they walked out

33:34

for. Seeing. The

33:36

strategy take place in real time. Of

33:40

allowing. Them to be

33:42

positioned. And it's like you're

33:44

playing chess right at the you have to wait

33:46

for a counter move from the rest of the

33:48

leave. Before. You can move your

33:50

next piece on the board. To. ensure

33:52

you are well positioned for the game that

33:54

has been played within the game within the

33:56

game within the game within the game And

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