Suh's cap #'s are ridiculous

2015 will count $9.7 million for Detroit & $6.1 million for Miami
2016 will count $28.6 million (18.8% of the 'phins total cap space)
2017 will count $15.1 million
2018 will count $22.1 million
2019 will count $24.1 million

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In other words, Suh's contract after the 2015 season is mostly for show and will almost certainly look different before the 2016 season starts. The same thing will likely happen again down the road, either before the 2017 season or the 2018 season.

Eventually, the Dolphins are going to have to pay the piper and the cap hit is going to become too big and there won't be enough years left to fix it. On top of that, only the first three seasons of the contract come with guaranteed salaries.

The good news for Suh is that the way salary cap figures work, the Dolphins almost certainly can't cut him before the 2018 season, especially with a restructured contract. The savings, cap-wise, would be minimal. But things start to change in 2019 and 2020.

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