Miami Trades Veteran OL Ereck Flowers to Washington in Day 3 Draft Pick Swap

By: Hussam Patel

As we initially predicted, Ereck Flowers is no longer a Miami Dolphin, per the official report from Ian Rapoport.” The Dolphins and the Washington Football Team are in agreement on a trade where they will swap Day 3 picks. We have said that Flowers remained a cap casualty heading into this season and Grier certainly knows that.

The #Dolphins and Washington Football Team are in agreement on a trade to send guard Ereck Flowers to WFT in a deal involving a swap of late-round picks, sources say. The deal is being finalized. Frees up some money for Miami, while giving Washington an OL to compete to start.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 27, 2021

The Dolphins 5 Highest Paid Players Heading into 2021 and their cap figure

1- Byron Jones: 16M
2- Xavien Howard: 13.5M
3- DeVante Parker: 11.9M
4- Ereck Flowers: 10M
5- Shaq Lawson: 9.8M

I can't see these 5 contracts being exactly the same and/or all retained this way for 2021

— Jason Sarney (@Jason_Sarney) March 12, 2021

Miami gets $9M back into their books in 2021. Per Jeremy Fowler's reporting, the Dolphins have thought about moving Robert Hunt to Right Guard. This signals that Solomon Kindley will move back to his initial spot of left guard and DJ Fluker as the current right tackle.

The Dolphins are indeed moving Robert Hunt to right guard and Penei Sewell is a possibility at pick 6, source tells the Miami Herald.

— Adam Beasley (@AdamHBeasley) April 27, 2021

With Fluker being signed, that makes Flowers very expendable, but that contract.

I wouldn’t be shocked if a weird deal is pulled. Essentially a salary dump. Say for a 2022 6th. pic.twitter.com/FrK7teuh8R

— Jason Sarney (@Jason_Sarney) April 20, 2021