One of the perks of shedding veterans and rebuilding, as the Dolphins are doing, is the likelihood of high draft picks.
But here’s the other: the inevitability of considerable cap space, which should raise hopes that Miami’s rebuilding project doesn’t need to go on for many years if Miami nails clearly more draft picks than it flubs.
The Dolphins might not be good until 2021 or 2022 or who knows when. But the flexibility is there to field a competitive team in 2020 if Miami makes sound personnel moves.
The Dolphins are positioned to have more than $120 million in 2020 cap space in one scenario.