The only big fish name on the free agent market that seemed like a possibility to land in Miami was former Patriots defensive end Trey Flowers. Three hours into the legal tampering window, it seems that ship has now sailed.
Per Adam Schefter, Flowers intends to sign with his other former defensive coordinator: Matt Patricia in Detroit. Flowers’ move leaves Brian Flores and the reformed Dolphins empty-handed. For now.
The Dolphins were an obvious choice to land Flowers in free agency due to the relationship he had with Flores, but money talks, and Detroit came with an open checkbook that’ll reportedly pay Flowers in excess of $80M over the next five seasons.
What does this mean for Miami? They had a price in mind and were comfortable not over-spending. What a nice breath of fresh air that is from how previous regimes have operated.
Now Miami can explore some cheaper options at the position in the coming weeks, as well as explore the draft.
If Miami doesn’t address the position in round one, keep Charles Omenihu in mind on day two, as he has the potential to develop into a similar player as Flowers in time, at much cheaper rate to boot.
For now, Dolphins fans are in foreign territory; where spending top dollar in free agency isn’t priority number one.
