The financial implications for the Dolphins are a net break even against the salary cap — the Dolphins will pay McKinney $7.2M in 2021 for his services while taking on a $2.67M dead cap hit for the trade of Lawson, equalling nearly to the exact dollar amount the $9.83M cap hit that Lawson was scheduled to bring on in 2021. And, with a breakeven dollar amount, the Dolphins are able to check one of their critical boxes on the defensive side of the football: a between the tackles run stuffer that the team has been sorely lacking.

Miami filled the void left behind by the trade of Raekwon McMillan last summer with veteran linebacker Elandon Roberts, but Roberts was limited in coverage, struggled in space and suffered an injury to end his season prematurely. To boot, Roberts is an unrestricted free agent.

In McKinney, the Dolphins secure a player that they will have three years of contractual obligations from — and no guaranteed signing bonus figures that would lock the team into a cap commitment that they’re uncomfortable with.

Officially signed. Barry Jackson has a nice article on what we can expect from him. He could be the missing piece in the middle if he gets back to 100%.

https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt- ... 30793.html

That is profiling! It's 2021 man, get it together. You can't say stuff like that!

Yes I can. It's 2021. You can't be racist against white people lol....

I was just asking Dave because that white dude is not the new linebacker we just traded for.

It's the Punter.......