Which free agent should Miami Dolphins make top priority to re-sign?

We need to rebuild on O, not dismantle a successful D. He’s shown huge improvement under Nolan. Tag him this year. Would probably cost us top 5 money to get hin under contract anyways, so by using the tag we get to see if he can repeat the performance before committing next year!!

Even better would be to sign Mcdaniels and trade Odrick or Merling for picks, ideally a 3rd, more likely a 4th.
Also, I would consinder using the Franchise Tag on Soliai or Incognito …
On the bright side, if a couple of guys leave and become starters elsewhere, they may bring compensatory picks in 2012 … if the rule is confirmed by the new CBA, of course.

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Solai is the priority because it’s hard to find a big guy that can clog up the middle. But let’s not overpay for someone that has a history of being fat and lazy.

Incognito was a real good pickup on the O-line where we made tons of mistakes. Once again sign him as a starting center but don’t break the bank.

Brown or Williams: We are not signing both so we really have to get Brown if the price is right. If not try to re-sign Ricky and he can be the feature back with Hillard spelling him. Then we can look to the draft for more backs.

Mcdaniel: Rotating the line puts so much pressure on the other team. Specially when you have quality depth. Try to keep him but don’t break the bank

The main point here is that we really have nobody that dominated last year that’s a free agent this year. Except for maybe Solai and he is a one year wonder. Take our money and spend it on our weak point O-Line and Quarterback.

Id let Solai walk,if another team signs him,don’t we get a draft pick anyways? We cannot afford to keep him,and pay him what he would be looking for this year.

Move Starks back to NT,and our DE rotation would be McDaniels,Langford,Merling,and Odrick. Which benefits us because it allows us to offer McDaniels the added playing time he’ll be looking for.

I’d sign Incognito and Soliai…and maybe Ronnie. There are several free agent backs that can handle the workload that Ricky had last year, and give us the same or in most cases, better, production. McDaniel had a good year in a supporting role…while he may want to start, he’s obviously working well in the position we had him in…and not as a starter…perhaps we could sign and trade him, if the right offer came along.

Unfortunately, with the draft likely going before free agency, it’s hard to say what we’re going to do…would be an interesting topic for another thread sometime…what would happen if the draft was always before free agency??

after him id say it goes: Incognito, Brown, Williams, McDaniel. I know he played well, but i believe McDaniels to be fairly expendable. We dont NECESSARILY need him (although if we can get him for small $ definitely take him). I like our DL rotation without him honestly. And Ricky pissed me off with those comments about Sparano. But we gotta keep Ronnie! I own 4 (wearable) dolphins jerseys and 2 of them are Ronnie’s! lol

I think it’s important to remember that no matter what issues Soliai has had, he was still worth a 4th round draft pick coming out of college. He sat behind Jason Ferguson for his first couple of years, and only saw the playing field in limited time until 2009. It took him a half season to transform himself into a dynamic NT.

He was proactive, hiring a new agent and making efforts to transform his image. He also hired a Miami based agent. I’m pretty sure he wants to stay in Miami, especially since he has become a centerpiece (literally) of a top ten defense.

Is anyone else a little worried about letting go of a defensive end like Tony McDaniel because a defensive end with character concerns is coming off of injury (Merling)? What is that all about?

I hope Ronnie Brown comes back, and I agree with Matty about him. He is definitely “NFL young” because he’s missed so much time due to injury.

Richie Incognito is a solid lineman, and if it’s possible to solve the center position without utilizing the draft/FA, then I say give him a shot.

A couple of things I heard in this thread that interested me… Randy Starks and Vernon Carey could have trade value. What do you guys think of this? I love Starks as a player but if the Dolphins could land a future draft pick or fill some holes on offense by unloading him, it could be the best situation. Odrick, Merling, Mcdaniels, Langford and Soliai make up a pretty damn good line!

We need to slap Solai with the franchise tag if is available and sign Incagnito to a long term deal. If Solai performs well next season then give him the big pay day he wants. Move Incagnito to certer, trade back in the first round and get Pouncy and a second round pick. Use the second on a speed wide receiver or another offensive lineman. Use the third pick on the best TE that can stretch the field. With the rest of the draft get a speed running back, more depth on the o-line and a CB/FS.

In free agency try for Mankins, although I think he will be tagged and Deangelo Williams or Michael Bush.

All 3 are assets and worst case good trade bait.

resign Big Paul, I will be very very irked, to say the least. They basically got lucky with him, as his first 3 years he was beginning to look like a bust. There’s a rumor going around that they wont offer him a contract. WHY!? Do they not realize the importance of a dominant nose? i KNOW Nolan knows how valuable he is. If they didnt resign him, they’d dish out money to some other guy via FA or waste a draft pick on one when we have a perfectly good one. As long as we have a good D Coordinator like nolan, Soiai will produce. Keep the big guy.

Franchise tag him if you dont think he isnt worth a long-term deal, but DONT let him walk for God Sake! that would be a HORRIBLE idea.

i agree with fintastic and we can also look at shaun rogers of browns he just got released and can make a good back-up just in case.