10 biggest salary cap hits for Dolphins in 2023 before free agency

Free agency has yet to begin, but the Miami Dolphins will need to be active players in the market again this offseason if they want to compete for a Super Bowl in 2023.

At this point, the Dolphins are $12.67 million over the salary cap, so they’ll need to be creative with other management in order to get under and create space to make signings.

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With that said, now is a great time to take a look at some of the higher cap hits of players of Miami’s roster for the 2023 season before they start making some of these transactions.

Salary cap numbers courtesy of Spotrac

10. C Connor Williams

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2023 cap hit: $8.35 million

Percentage of 2023 cap: 3.68%

9. QB Tua Tagovailoa

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2023 cap hit: $9.63 million

Percentage of 2023 cap: 4.24%

8. CB Xavien Howard

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2023 cap hit: $10.07 million

Percentage of 2023 cap: 4.44%

7. DE Christian Wilkins

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2023 cap hit: $10.75 million

Percentage of 2023 cap: 4.74%

6. LB Jerome Baker

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2023 cap hit: $12.77 million

Percentage of 2023 cap: 5.62%

5. DE Emmanuel Ogbah

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2023 cap hit: $17.19 million

Percentage of 2023 cap: 7.57%

4. CB Byron Jones

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2023 cap hit: $18.35 million

Percentage of 2023 cap: 8.09%

3. LT Terron Armstead

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2023 cap hit: $21.11 million

Percentage of 2023 cap: 9.3%

2. LB Bradley Chubb

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2023 cap hit: $22.2 million

Percentage of 2023 cap: 9.78%

1. WR Tyreek Hill

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2023 cap hit: $31.45 million

Percentage of 2023 cap: 13.86%