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Contract Restructure for Chubb; Tua Trademarks

The Miami Dolphins saved more than $14 million against the cap by restructuring the contract of linebacker Bradley Chubb
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Contract Restructure for Chubb; Tua Trademarks
Contract Restructure for Chubb; Tua Trademarks

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The Miami Dolphins continue their work to clear up cap space, the latest move involving the restructuring of linebacker Bradley Chubb's contract.

The move, reported Thursday morning by multiple national outlets, will save the Dolphins more than $14 million of cap space as we approach the start of the new league year March 15.

Every NFL team will have to be under the cap with their top 51 players by that date, and the Chubb would put the Dolphins less than $1 million, meaning more moves are coming in the next week.

Chubb was scheduled to have a 2023 cap number of $22.3 million based mostly on his guaranteed $19.4 million base salary, but some of that money will be turned into a bonus instead and spread over the life of the contract.

After being acquired in a trade with the Denver Broncos last November, Chubb signed a five-year extension with the Dolphins worth $110 million in new money with $33.4 million guaranteed at signing and a total of $63.2 million in guarantees, according to overthecap.com.

Before the restructure, Chubb had the second-highest cap number for the Dolphins in 2023 behind only Tyreek Hill, who was a bit north of $31 million.

The Dolphins already have informed cornerback Byron Jones that he'll be released March 15 with a post-June 1 designation, which will clear $13.6 million of cap space, though that space won't be available until June.

TUA FILES TRADEMARK APPLICATION

We should be on the lookout for assorted Tua Tagovailoa football and sporting goods products before too long.

That's the logical conclusion from the report of Tua filing a trademark application for his own name, as reported by trademark attorney Josh Gerben.

Per the application, filed last Friday, the plan is to sell Tua clothing, football, under-eye grease, and football gloves, among other items.

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Alain Poupart
ALAIN POUPART

Alain Poupart is the publisher/editor of Miami Dolphins On SI and 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.

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