I feel like Andy Dufresne after he crawled through 500 yards of crap-smelling foulness I can’t imagine. Finally, after a year and a few months of wondering what would happen with Byron Jones and the Miami Dolphins, we now have an answer.
Sources: Dolphins have informed CB Byron Jones that he is being released on March 15 and will have the opportunity to enter free agency. Dolphins will designate him a post-June 1 cut, saving Miami $13.6 million against its salary cap.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 7, 2023
I’m pretty sure we all saw this coming, but it’s good to see that Byron Jones will no longer be a part of the Miami Dolphins future in a week. Now, everyone can move on and start a new.
It’s nice that the $13.6M will allow the Miami Dolphins to sign a few guys down the road but it’s not fun that it won’t help the Dolphins lower their cap situation, which currently sits at $16M over the cap.
Obviously, this still means the Miami Dolphins aren’t done lowering their cap number. They will be making a number of cuts and restructuring contracts between now and March 15th at 4 PM, which is when the NFL free agency officially begins.
It sucks that Byron Jones didn’t work out. He was a solid player for the Dolphins. He maybe didn’t live up to the money he did get paid but he was a solid #2 opposite of Xavien Howard.
The really sucky part is that the Dolphins have dealt with a weird injury situation two years in a row. First, it was Will Fuller ghosting the Dolphins then Byron Jones got surgery at a weird time in the year and was never put on the IR. All in all, it’s better everyone parts ways.
Filling his shoes with someone in free agency is something I think the Dolphins do. I can see them, possibly, going with Kader Kohou as the starting #2 corner but I really think they bring in at least one corner and even draft one at some point this upcoming draft.
By the Way- I just get the feeling the Dolphins are going to do something that makes everyone say “holy schnikes, I can’t believe they went out and got that person.” Just a feeling.
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