The Miami Dolphins are no longer expected to use the franchise tag on DL Christian Wilkins, per Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano.
Wilkins would have made $20.9 million in 2024 on the one-year contract and it would have given the two sides until mid-July to work out a potential extension.
Instead, Miami has until the start of the league year in March to try and re-sign Wilkins, and the likely outcome is he tests free agency.
Graziano and Fowler note the Texans and Browns are two teams who could be interested in signing Wilkins to a lucrative multi-year deal.
Wilkins, 28, is a former first-round pick of the Dolphins back in 2019 out of Clemson. He signed a four-year, $15,439,100 contract with Miami that included a $9,248,436 signing bonus and played out the deal.
He made a salary of $10,753,000 in 2023 under his fifth-year option.
In 2023, Wilkins appeared in all 17 games and recorded 65 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, and a career-high nine sacks.
We have him included in our Top 100 2024 NFL Free Agents list.
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