Looking ahead to Miami Dolphins 2020 cap moves and roster changes
By Brian Miller
Kiko Alonso
Alonso’s days in Miami are numbered as the team moves forward with a new scheme and defensive blueprint. This year Alonso will stick around and Brian Flores and Patrick Graham will have time to evaluate him and see if they believe, along with Chris Grier, that Alonso is worth the $8.1 million he is scheduled to make in 2020.
Miami would recoup almost all of Alonso’s contract in 2020 carrying only $1.7 million in dead money while saving $6.4 million. For Alonso and even some of the other players on this list, it isn’t about needing cap space or not needing cap space but instead about production and fit within the structure of the team itself. That makes them expendable and tradeable if the market dictates.
In the case of Alonso the Dolphins are going to have to draft a linebacker that is more rounded and versatile than Alonso so he becomes expendable and the team gets more cap space.
All in all the Dolphins will be in position to purge the roster of the Mike Tannebaum contract mistakes next off-season. In total, not including Parker whose fate will be determined solely by performance,