Ndamukong Suh, Dolphins Agree to New Contract: Latest Details and Reaction

March 6, 2016   ·   Joseph Zucker   ·   Jump to comments

Only one year after he joined the team, Ndamukong Suh agreed to a restructuring of the massive contract he signed with the Miami Dolphins in 2015.
The Dolphins confirmed a restructuring of Suh's deal on Twitter, though terms were not disclosed. 
Even before the ink was dry on the deal, the terms of the original agreement looked almost unsustainable for the Dolphins, at least if they hoped to build a true Super Bowl contender. According to the Houston Chronicle's Aaron Wilson, Suh's base salary climbed from $985,000 in the first year to just under $23.5 million in the second—the highest in the league for next year.
Couple that with Suh's $5.1 million signing bonus, and he carried a $28.6 million cap hit for Miami in 2016, per Spotrac. Before this restructuring, the team was over the cap, also per Spotrac, leaving general manager Chris Grier without flexibility.
In January Andrew Abramson of the Palm Beach Post first reported the Dolphins' desire to re...

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