Tannenbaum Malignancy Still Lingers On Phins

Phins are weighed down by Mike Tannenbaum even though he’s gone

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You hear it all around: The Phins are trying to move Ryan Tannehill.

Focus on the word trying.

Now, they’d never be able to get near the 1st Round Pick they invested, but something—anything—is better than nothing. Sadly, nothing is what they’ll receive for Ryan Tannehill—except dead CAP space… unless a miracle happens.

Yes, anything is possible.

Mike Tannenbaum was given control of the Miami Dolphins a few years ago, so incompetency does exist even at the highest level of the NFL. Unfortunately, Miami has almost cornered the market on incompetence over the last 20 years.

Maybe Miami has turned the corner and someone else will wear the dunce cap for a change?

Maybe some idiot out there will pull the trigger on a trade for Tannehill?

We’ll see.

The restructure of Tannehill’s contract wasn’t a winning move

This isn’t to say Tannehill doesn’t have the talent to warrant a trade. He does. The problem is Tannehill’s contract… mainly the restructure he received from Tannenbaum last year. The current numbers have Tannehill ranked the 9th highest paid quarterback in the league. OUCH!

Tannehill’s original contract:

The original contract would have allowed Miami the ability to cut him with little consequence. It would have also given Miami some leverage in pressuring Tannehill to restructure his contract to make a trade more palatable.

Grier, “Ohh, you don’t want to be flexible then we’ll cut with only $4 million guaranteed. Maybe a restructuring with this large salary as the starting point will give you more than on the open market… and the opportunity to start?”

The new contract has Tannehill making $13 million free from Miami over the next two years. There’s zero incentive for him to help the Phins… His bills are covered. The pay per head services (www.AcePerHead.com) are betting a trade is all but dead because of this.

The sickness of Tannenbaum is almost gone…

Tanenbaum wanted to play now and pay later, so Tannehill’s base salary was $790,000 in 2018, pushing $16.7 million into a signing bonus, spread out over the final three years of his contract. Thankfully, if Miami cuts him pre June 1st, they’ll be free and clear in 2021.

Tannenbaum’s mode of operation since he arrived…

… “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today!”

But this is where the good news starts:

In the 2021 Season, the last bit of Mike Tannenbaum’s malignant contracts will be removed… all but Reshad Jones that is.

Tannenbaum moves that will be off the books by 2021

• Andre Branch: No financial commitment by 2020.
• Ryan Tannehill: No financial commitment by 2021.
• Kiko Alonso: No financial commitment by 2021.
• Danny Amendola: No financial commitment this year.
• Ndamukong Suh: No financial commitment by 2020.
• Josh Sitton: No financial commitment this year.
• Robert Quinn: No financial commitment this year.
• Daniel Kilgore: No financial commitment this year.
• Ted Larsen: No financial commitment in 2020.

Only Reshad Jones and Bobby McCain will have strings attached to Miami in 2021. McCain is a keeper as a Nickle Corner. Jones though needs to go. He’s a talented player… and was one of my favorites. But when Jones quit on the team, I quit on him. Also, his freelance style might not go over with Flores—but you never know.

The ‘good news’ continues: Bearing the burden of Tannenbaum this year and next is the perfect lesson if Grier hasn’t learned CAP responsibility… and concrete reinforcement if he has.

Phins Fans also need to learn this lesson or have the fortitude to hold the course. There will be roster moves that hurt, a tough season or two, and a lack of expensive Free Agents. But just as this regime needs to be patient and not make desperate moves… we fans need to be patient as well.

A fair evaluation for them, yet patient.

Now, I know we all understand this… Still, the cutting room floor will be bloody and the real slashing is about to begin. The gore will make many get weak in the knees. So get ready, gird up your loins… and remember, the scalpel must go to the bone to remove the tumor of Tannenbaum–and all that’s been wrong with the Dolphins these last two decades. Go Phins!!!

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