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Dolphins to release LB Kyle Van Noy


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58 minutes ago, Awsi Dooger said:

Van Ginkel really came on at the end of the year. Most surprisingly positive outbreak from any player on the roster. It was probably more obvious to Dolphin fans than leaguewide.

Van Noy made lots of good instinctive plays but be was also responsible for some of the absolute worst plays of the season on defense. He failed to fill several times on running plays, leading to massive chunk yardage in key situation. They were basic responsibilities in which he was right there but simply wasn't physical enough and didn't seem to care enough. Consequently he was in the doghouse with many fans on Dolphin message boards and it probably translated to the coaching staff as well.

Miami all season was great on the typical defensive play but gave up far too many big plays. I'm sure reducing those numbers are a priority and they may view Van Noy as a cause, especially at that salary. 

He needs to go to a team that is near championship level, where his occasional instinctive huge play can be all the difference in key games.

He definitely stood out every time I watched the Dolphins last season. Good player.

But yeah, this is still surprising. Yeah, he's overpaid but it's not like Miami is lacking much cap space. Just kind of a weird move.

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39 minutes ago, TheKillerNacho said:

I doubt that.

1. I'm pretty convinced we're feigning interest and not a player in trading for Watson

2. Even if we were interested, we already had $20M in cap space, more than enough to take on Watson's contract.

To add on, Miami usually does the opposite of what everyone assumes since Grier took over as GM. 

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