Tag: 2023 cap space

8 moves Dolphins can make to free up $55 million in cap space

They’ll need to be under before the start of the league year.

The 2023 league year begins March 15 at 4:00 p.m. ET, meaning all 32 teams will need to be under the salary cap by that time.

At this moment, the Miami Dolphins are roughly $16.56 million over the $225.71 million salary cap that they have to work with after their rollovers from 2022.

General manager Chris Grier and senior vice president of football and business administration Brandon Shore will be busy over the next week to make sure that the Dolphins comply with the salary regulations.

These are a few moves that Miami could make if they wanted to create roughly $55 million in cap space ($39 million under the cap):

Dolphins’ cap space update after NFL officially sets 2023 cap

The salary cap is taking another large leap.

While there are still two teams remaining in the NFL playoffs, the other 30 have begun their preparations for an offseason full of work.

For the Miami Dolphins, that work began with firing defensive coordinator Josh Boyer and three of his positional coaches and reportedly replacing him with Philadelphia Eagles defensive consultant Vic Fangio.

When it comes to things on the field, the first domino to fall is the league announcing what the salary cap will officially be for the new season, and they did so on Monday.

The NFL has set their 2023 salary cap at $224.8 million. That’s a $16.6 million increase from 2022.

At this point, the Dolphins are carrying over $2.16 million and are still projected to be $12.78 million over the cap, according to Spotrac.

While there are a number of things that Miami can do to create space, general manager Chris Grier and senior vice president of football and business administration Brandon Shore will have to comb over every option to optimize their roster and spending to push for a championship in 2023.

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