{"id":157329,"date":"2026-02-16T17:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/157329\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T17:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:04:08","slug":"miami-dolphins-cut-tyreek-hill-as-2026-salary-cap-moves-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/157329\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Dolphins cut Tyreek Hill as 2026 salary cap moves continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Monday morning started with the news <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thephinsider.com\/general\/115411\/dolphins-agree-to-part-ways-with-edge-rusher-bradley-chubb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Miami Dolphins were releasing linebacker Bradley Chubb<\/a>, a move that brings with it $7.3 million in salary cap savings for 2026. A team that is in desperate need of creating cap space, the move did not come as a surprise as Miami begins the work of resetting the franchise. New general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan has to get the Dolphins\u2019 salary cap under control, and the Chubb move is the first of what should be several releases or extensions made to get Miami back to financial responsibility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The second move did not take long to follow. According to NFL Network\u2019s Tom Pelissero, the Dolphins are also releasing eight-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Tyreek Hill. The 10-year veteran spent four years with the Dolphins following six seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs. He caught 340 passes with the Dolphins, tallying 4,733 yards and 27 touchdowns. He led the league in receiving yards with 1,799 in 2023, also leading the league with 13 touchdown receptions that season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">His 2025 season was cut short, playing in just four games before a devastating knee injury ended his year. Against the New York Jets in Week 4, Hill was hit along the sideline, dislocating his knee. He also sustained multiple torn ligaments in the knee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Hill was scheduled to account for $51.1 million against the Dolphins\u2019 salary cap in 2025. The move creates $22.9 million in cap space for Miami, while moving $28.2 million into the \u201cdead money\u201d column &#8211; essentially money the team has to account for against the salary cap for a player who has been released or traded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Heading into Monday, Miami was projected to be around $17 million over the cap. The release of Hill and Chubb will move the Dolphins to around $13 million under the cap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday morning started with the news the Miami Dolphins were releasing linebacker Bradley Chubb, a move that brings&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,2797,33997,75430,125,124],"class_list":["post-157329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins-news","tag-miami-dolphins-roster","tag-miami-dolphins-salary-cap","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}