Dolphins Making Another Cap-Related Cut

Special teams standout Keion Crossen missed the entire 2023 season with an injury
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The Miami Dolphins have made another move toward getting under the salary cap limit, and it was another move that was expected.

The team will be releasing cornerback Keion Crossen, according to NFL writer Aaron Wilson, after he missed the entire 2023 season with a shoulder injury.

Crossen signed a three-year contract with the Dolphins as an unrestricted free agent from the New York Giants in 2022 and played 16 games with two starts in his first two seasons in Miami.

DOLPHINS SALARY CAP SAVINGS

Releasing Crossen, who had no guaranteed money coming in 2024, will save the Dolphins almost $3 million of cap space.

They came into the day a little less than $32 million over the cap limit of $255.4 million, with which each teams must be in compliance by the start of the new league year, March 13 at 4 p.m. Eastern time.

Because he had no guarantees left on his contract, Crossen always projected as a player from whom the Dolphins would move on in the process of shedding cap commitments.

Crossen becomes the third identified Dolphins player who the team will be letting go, joining cornerback Xavien Howard and defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah.

Crossen seemed to acknowledge the move on social media.

The move with Howard has yet to become official and will come with a post-June 1 designation.

Other Dolphins players without any guaranteed salary in 2024, per overthecap.com, include Jerome Baker, David Long Jr., Mike White, Alec Ingold, Jason Sanders, Jevon Holland, Liam Eichenberg, Jeff Wilson Jr., Raheem Mostert, Duke Riley, Channing Tindall, De'Von Achane, Eric Ezukanma and Lester Cotton.

Based on role and potential cap savings, the players most likely to become cap casualties would include Wilson (role) and Baker (cap savings).

Dolphins Have Two Weeks to Clear $37.6 Million in Cap Space


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Alain Poupart
ALAIN POUPART

Alain Poupart is the publisher/editor of Miami Dolphins On SI and co-host of the All Dolphins Podcast. Alain has covered the Miami Dolphins on a full-time basis since 1989 for various publications and media outlets, including Dolphin Digest, The Associated Press and the Dolphins team website. In addition to being a credentialed member of the Miami Dolphins press corps, Alain has covered three Super Bowls (for NFL.com, Football News and the Montreal Gazette), the annual NFL draft, the Senior Bowl, and the NFL Scouting Combine. During his almost 40 years in journalism, which began at the now-defunct Miami News, Alain has covered practically every sport at one time or another, from tennis to golf, baseball, basketball and everything in between. The career also included time as a copy editor, including work on several books, such as "Still Perfect," an inside look at the Miami Dolphins' 1972 perfect season. A native of Montreal, Canada, whose first language is French, Alain grew up a huge hockey fan but soon developed a love for all sports, including NFL football. He has lived in South Florida since the 1980s.