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Dolphins Trade Ereck Flowers To WFT
April 27th, 2021 at 9:51am CST by Zachary Links
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The Dolphins have agreed to trade Ereck Flowers to the Washington Football Team (Twitter link via NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport). The guard will head to D.C. in a swap of late-round picks.

The deal frees up cap room for the Dolphins, who will have to allocate lots of dollars to their oversized draft class. On Thursday, they’ll start things off with two first-round choices at No. 6 and No. 18 overall.

Meanwhile, Washington gets to reunite with a familiar face. Flowers couldn’t hack it as an offensive tackle in the NFL, but he has reinvented himself as a guard. In 2019, he parlayed a strong showing as Washington’s LG into a three-year, $30MM contract with the Dolphins last year. Flowers stayed on the interior in Miami, serving as their starting LG in all 14 of his games.

Thanks for the heads up buddy...

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skins fan in indiana wrote:The deal frees up cap room for the Dolphins, who will have to allocate lots of dollars to their oversized draft class. On Thursday, they’ll start things off with two first-round choices at No. 6 and No. 18 overall.

I was trying to understand why Miami made this deal, but I guess this part is the explanation.

Good move though, I was surprised and happy to hear it yesterday.

riggofan wrote:

skins fan in indiana wrote:The deal frees up cap room for the Dolphins, who will have to allocate lots of dollars to their oversized draft class. On Thursday, they’ll start things off with two first-round choices at No. 6 and No. 18 overall.

I was trying to understand why Miami made this deal, but I guess this part is the explanation.

Good move though, I was surprised and happy to hear it yesterday.

We're spending a lot on guards now compared to almost any other team

I guess we can afford it because we're probably spending what $14m on all three QBs this year??? hahah.

I really like Brandon Scherff. Kind of hate to see that they seem to be preparing to move on from him next year.

riggofan wrote:I guess we can afford it because we're probably spending what $14m on all three QBs this year??? hahah.

I really like Brandon Scherff. Kind of hate to see that they seem to be preparing to move on from him next year.

We kind of have to at least be mindful at this point - with his injury record of late.