Did Miami Dolphins off-season moves bring “culture change?”

Jarvis Landry

The saga of Jarvis Landry played out over almost two months in the media and who knows what went on behind closed doors. The Dolphins first franchise tagged the receiver and then after Landry signed the tag, traded him to the Browns for a 4th round draft pick.

Landry wanted a contract in the $15 million a year range that would put him in the top percentile of NFL receivers. Miami didn’t view him at that price level and reportedly offered $13 million. It was a futile attempt.

Landry has yet to sign an extension with the Browns and Cleveland may find themselves paying almost $16 million for one season of Landry’s service. Landry is not bound to sign any new deal and can play on the franchise tag that Cleveland now owns.

Landry was the Dolphins most productive receiver since arriving in the NFL. While trying to determine whether the Dolphins would keep him or not, it started to become clear that Landry was still a player that had more Ndamukong Suh attitude towards his career than team loyalty or leadership.

Landry made it clear that he wanted to get paid and that is perfectly fine and his right. Some fans took exception to his verbal comments, like telling a host at charity even the night he was traded that he “would not be back” when a comment about Dwayne Wade was made.

Landry also later posted a quick Tweet thanking the Dolphins fans and a few of the management members but he left of Gase and Tannenbaum obviously. The tweet actually came across as something that was forced upon him rather than genuine and it came after many questioned him on social media for not replying to fans.

Landry is going be hard to replace in terms of on-field production by Miami should not have a problem replacing the lack of discipline and lack of leadership that Landry also brought.