The Dolphins’ Venmo account is going to be on lockdown.
As of Tuesday, Miami’s lifeless cash for the 2026 season is over a staggering $175 million.
It all started last week when the Dolphins launched Tua Tagovailoa, who was ultimately picked up by the Falcons during free company. It led to the team consuming $99 million in lifeless cash over the next two seasons — over $56 million of that will come when he is formally minimize on June 1.
General supervisor Jon-Eric Sullivan of the Miami Dolphins speaks to the media during the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 24, 2026 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Getty Images
In the days that adopted, the team added even more to its whole, culminating in Tuesday’s commerce of Jaylen Waddle to the Broncos for a 2026 first-round, third-round and fourth-round picks, a transfer that provides over $26 million to their lifeless cash next season.
Tagovailoa’s hit is significantly notable as it surpassed Russell Wilson’s divorce from the Broncos as the highest ever, costing then $85 million unfold over the 2022 and 2023 seasons.
Other contributors to the huge hit to the Dolphins’ pockets were Tyreek Hill, who was launched in February and is costing the team $28.2 million, Jalen Ramsey ($20.9 million), Minkah Fitzpatrick ($13 million), Bradley Chubb ($10.9 million), Terron Armstead $10.7 million), James Daniels ($4.8 million) and Zach Wilson ($3.8 million) are also included.
Dolphins large receiver Jaylen Waddle (17) scores a landing during the first quarter in the Jets and Miami Dolphins recreation in East Rutherford, NJ. Bill Kostroun/New York Post
If there is any optimistic to take from this for the Dolphins, Denver made the playoffs in 2024 for the first time since 2015.
Additionally, out of the 5 groups with the greatest lifeless cash bother in 2023, 4 made the playoffs, per The Athletic.
The Dolphins are now one of 5 groups with two picks in the first spherical of this 12 months’s draft (Nos. 11 and 30). They join the Jets (Nos. 2, 16), Browns (6, 24), Chiefs (9, 29) and Cowboys (12, 20).
In whole, Miami has 11 picks in next month’s draft.
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