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Where Does The Miami Dolphins' Salary Cap Situation Stand In 2025 After Major Moves?

Locked On Dolphins - Daily Podcast On The Miami Dolphins

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Miami Dolphins' salary cap crunch: Can they navigate the financial tightrope? Recent roster moves have left the team tight on cap space for 2025. Kyle Crabbs breaks down the Dolphins' precarious cap situation, analyzing the impact of trades involving Jalen Ramsey and Minkah Fitzpatrick. He explores potential restructuring options, including adding void years to contracts, to create much-needed cap room. The discussion covers the long-term implications of these moves, with Miami facing over $52 million in dead cap for 2025. Crabbs also projects the team's necessary operating cap and speculates on future roster decisions. Tune in for an in-depth analysis of the Dolphins' financial strategy and how it could shape their upcoming season.

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0:00.0

Where do the Miami Dolphins moves this week, leave the team against the salary cap?

0:05.2

I'm glad you asked.

0:06.2

We're getting into that here today on Locked on Dolphins.

0:14.6

You are Locked on Dolphins, your daily Miami Dolphins podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcasts network, your team every day.

0:25.4

All right, Miami, welcome to another episode of Locked on Dolphins.

0:29.9

It is your team every day here on the Lockdown Network.

0:33.0

I'm your host, Kyle Crabs, a lifelong Miami Dolphins fan host of Lockedon Dolphins, co-host of Lockedown NFL scouting, author of Touchdown Miami and Substack, an NFL staff writer for A&Z Sports. Want to give a special welcome and shout out to our everydayers, because it is your team. Every day, we don't just say it. We live it. You're on the Lockdown Network. Today's episode, Lockdown Dolphins is brought you by Fandul. Right now, new customers get $150 in bonus bets when your first $5 bet with Fandul wins.

1:00.5

Today on the show, looking at some of the financial implications for the Dolphins against the salary cap and what kind of spending availability they have from a

1:12.0

cap perspective, and I'll give you a little spoiler alert, there's probably some

1:17.1

corresponding moves that are going to need to happen for the dolphins based off of the

1:23.5

dead cap charges that they are now incurring from Jalen Ramsey,

1:27.9

not just for 2025, but also 2026.

1:31.0

You're bringing in a contract for a player that's getting over $15 million

1:34.3

in compensation, and how do you classify that money for salary cap purposes?

1:39.7

We get a whole new fresh set of questions.

1:42.6

So what I can tell you is this.

1:44.6

The NFL Players Association on a daily basis puts out a public salary cap report.

1:53.4

And it's the official books of the teams, courtesy of the Players Association.

1:59.8

And the Dolphins, before processing this transaction with

2:06.0

Jalen Ramsey and Minka Fitzpatrick and Jono Smith and everybody passing their

2:11.0

physicals and X, Y, and Z, the dolphins have about $14 million in gap space.

2:17.1

As a matter of fact, the public salary cap report

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