The Miami Dolphins\u2019 roster has no shortage of holes. Some will get plugged in the Draft \u2014\u00a0but what should we expect Miami to do with the rest? Jon-Eric Sullivan gave us a clue. <\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFeb 24, 2026; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Miami Dolphins general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan speaks at the NFL Scouting Combine at the Indiana Convention Center.
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The Miami Dolphins<\/a>\u2018 roster is going to look dramatically different in 10 days. <\/p>\n Miami is loaded to the brim with draft capital for this year\u2019s 2026 NFL Draft<\/a>. And with nearly a dozen picks at their disposal, it\u2019s a safe assumption that new general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan<\/a> is going to load up the boat and get a ton of rookies into the mix. But what comes after that will be interesting. <\/p>\n Miami will see $20 million in salary cap space free upon June 1st, at which point Bradley Chubb\u2019s release will be reflected on Miami\u2019s accounting books. Will that wiggle room equate to spending? Per Sullivan in his pre-draft press conference, probably not. <\/p>\n Jon-Eric Sullivan throws cold water on the idea of the Miami Dolphins making a splash this summer<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think we have any tricks up our sleeve, to be honest with you. I think we\u2019re going to stay disciplined and try to get back to a healthy cap situation, and we\u2019ll probably sit tight with that. We need the (Bradley Chubb) money to sign our draft class, and then as I said many times over again to you guys, we need to be disciplined with the finances and get back to a healthy spot. So I do not foresee that happening.\u201d<\/p>\n Dolphins GM Jon-Eric Sullivan<\/p>\n On the Dolphins’ summer outlook for free agency<\/p>\n It makes a ton of sense. Miami is pressed up against the cap ceiling right now and then will need to sign their rookies, as Sullivan outlined. But the team will also need to have some cap space for the team\u2019s practice squad. That would run several million dollars. The team also needs some wiggle room in the event of injuries throughout the course of the season. <\/p>\n And, of course, if the team opts to offer contract extensions to the likes of RB De\u2019Von Achane, LB Jordyn Brooks, or C Aaron Brewer? That will require additional cap spending power as well. There\u2019s not a lot of readily available spending power once you weigh those items into effect. <\/p>\n So it\u2019s probably safe to take Sullivan\u2019s word that there\u2019s no summer splashes coming with veteran players. Instead, the Miami Dolphins appear poised to tend to their own, get these rookies under contract and press play towards a youth movement between the lines. Bring it on. <\/p>\n \t\t\t Miami Dolphins News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami Dolphins\u2019 roster has no shortage of holes. Some will get plugged in the Draft \u2014\u00a0but what…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":867818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[217,26926,7,216,251,2733,2087,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-867817","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-dolphins","8":"tag-dolphins","9":"tag-dolphins-news","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-miami","12":"tag-miami-dolphins","13":"tag-miami-dolphins-news","14":"tag-miamidolphins","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116415450542183656","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/USATSI_28330299_168410861_lowres-1024x683.jpg\")
Feb 24, 2026; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Miami Dolphins general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan speaks at the NFL Scouting Combine at the Indiana Convention Center.Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776358618_11_USATSI_27426054_168410861_lowres-1.jpg\")
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