Following the news from Saturday night that the Falcons will designate DTย Paul Soliai as a post-June 1 release at the start of the 2016 league year, Armando Salguero mentions that Soliaiย would like to return to the Miami Dolphins.
The Dolphins used a fourth-round pick on Soliai back in 2007 and he wound up spending seven years in Miami before signing on with the Falcons as a free agent a few years ago.
Last year, Soliai’s role in Dan Quinn’s 4-3 offense wasย reduced, which madeย it easier ย for the team to take the cap savings and look for a better fit in free agency and/or the draft.
Miami may have a tough time being active in free agency, especially if they’re able to keep DE Olivier Vernon, so they would likely be shopping for value if they were to consider bringing Soliai back.
Soliai, 32, wasย in theย third year of his five-year, $32 million contract that includedย $14 million guaranteed. He would have madeย a base salary ofย $5 million for the 2016 season.
According toย OverTheCap.com,ย releasing Soliai after June 1 willย free up $5,437,500 in available cap space while creating $1.4 million in dead money.
In 2015, Soliai appeared inย 14 games and recorded 22 tackles, no sacks, and a fumble recovery for the Falcons.ย Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 57 interior defensive linemanย out of 123 qualifying players.
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not sure he’s any better than Earl Mitchell at his age.
im down.. as long as he is cheap. would look good next to Suh.