Dolphins First Plan of Action: What’s Landry Worth?

Jimmy Bourbon

7 years ago

Jarvis Landry out produced most of the top 20 highest paid Wideouts.

Jarvis Landry out produced most of the top 20 highest paid Wide Receivers.

Landry production and leadership warrants negotiations start at 11 million a year

It’s the quiet before the storm at the Miami Dolphins Head Quarters with just over a month before the NFL free agency period begins.

While they can’t make offers to other teams Free Agents, they can negotiate with their own players now.

The front office has a lot of work to do, and oddly enough, the first plan of action should be coming to terms with a player that’s not even a free agent.

Jarvis Landry is the heart and soul of the team, and a long term deal this season will prevent the possible disaster of #14 entering Free Agency next year.

The Dolphins also need to reward Landry to show the rest of the team that if you play at an elite level, you are going to be justly rewarded…and ahead of schedule.

It doesn’t take a genius in pay per head bookie service to figure out that Landry has outplayed his Rookie contract, and deserves to get a new, more lucrative one.The Dolphins understand this and know they’re going to have to pony up a huge contract to lock down Landry for the foreseeable future.

But, what is he worth?

Yes, to me he is the best player on the team and near invaluable, but what’s the number on that value?

Landry has HOF talent that doesn’t come around often

It is safe to say that Landry is regarded as one of the top 10 wide receivers in the NFL. He makes a ton of catches, does an excellent job of getting yards after the catch, and his toughness and level of intensity is off the charts.

A top 10 Receiver makes over $11 million per year and with the market constantly going up in price, Landry is probably going to cost in the $12 to $14 million-dollar-a-year neighborhood. Whatever it is, Miami needs to pay it as painlessly and quickly as possible.

Landry’s contract though will have reverberations on the rest of the roster as the will have to tighten the belt in other areas as his value skyrockets anywhere from 11-14 times the 1 million he made in 2016.

Another rationale in taking care of Landry first is,Miami also wants to keep Kenny Stills on the team, who is an unrestricted free agent.

If Landry get his contract first, then Mike Tannenbaum can justify a reasonably lower contract to Stills. However, if they wait to pay Landry, and Stills get into the free agent market and gets caught up in a bidding war for Stills (that Miami might not win or even want to win), this could push Landry’s contract even higher.

If Stills gets overpaid, the side effect will be driving up Landry’s market price, because everyone involved knows that he is the more valuable player.

#10 and #14 were a very potent combo in 2016

So in order to avoid multiple bidding wars, Miami should first take care of Landry, and then see if they can find a way to lock up Stills.

Miami has built a very capable receiving core consisting of a few draft picks and a trade, and now they must keep this young and talented group together, by paying them.

The next question is, can they afford to keep them all?

I’m sure Tannenbaum, Chris Grier, and Adam Gase have a plan, so only time will tell if that ends up being the right plan.

Based on what these three fellas were able to do last year, through making trades, free agency and the draft, I feel mostly optimistic that they can find a way to keep the talent on our roster, while also adding more piece to the mix. What are the rest of the Miami Dolphins News fans thoughts on the Landry and Stills contract situation?

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Landry production and leadership warrants negotiations start at 11 million a year

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