To say the Zach Sieler contract extension was a surprise wouldn’t be entirely true — the Miami Dolphins have made a good habit out of hand selecting high-performing players and rewarding them with contracts to keep them locked into the team’s future for the foreseeable future. We saw that materialize with CB Xavien Howard and the team also made sure to lock in OL Jesse Davis and WR DeVante Parker before the end of the 2019 season on new contracts as well.
So with Miami surpassing expectations, which players on the team could be next in line to hear their name called for an extension with the team? Here are some of the more obvious candidates.
QB Ryan Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick won’t have a future in Miami as a starter — but if he is at peace with the way his starting tenure in Miami ended and wants to continue playing football beyond this season, Miami would likely love to have him. The Dolphins got the best version of Ryan Fitzpatrick for the year and a half he served as the team’s starting quarterback before making the change to Tua Tagovailoa. With no clear backup quarterback in the picture, Miami would benefit greatly from keeping Fitzpatrick in the picture as a mentor and backup to their young franchise quarterback.