The Facts:
The Dolphins have tendered Brown, a restricted free agent, at 110 percent of his 2009 salary. The tender is worth $3.97 million and the Dolphins would be due a first-round pick if another team signs Brown and they don't match.
Reported by the Miami Herald
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
Although there was an option year on Brown's contract, Herald staffer Armando Salguero notes the Dolphins opted not to exercise the option for obvious reasons. They have a running back coming off a significant foot injury who is not yet able to run and cut at the start of free agency. Why would they elect to pay a $5 million contract when they can use the tender and save themselves approximately $1 million? And in the unlikely even another team would be willing to give up a first round pick for Brown given his current condition, that would leave the Dolphins on the enviable position of either keeping Brown by matching the offer or getting a first-round pick for him. Salguero's bottom line? Brown will almost definitely be with Miami in 2010.
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