Phins Follies with Joey Porter

The Miami Dolphins were forced to void the release of LB Joey Porter last week because it violated the Salary Cap rules. Porter has been pretty much telling everyone who will listen, that he wants out of Miami and generally making a nuisance of himself (not a great surprise) so the Dolphins apparently were more than willing to accommodate his wishes. What someone in the Dolphins’ Front Office failed to remember – or didn’t know – is that the “league year” runs from March to February, so for the NFL’s purposes, we are still in 2009 as of this writing.

Consequently, all of the dead money caused by Porter’s release would count in 2009 and the Dolphins didn’t have enough remaining 2009 Cap space to take on that amount. As such, the Dolphins were forced to admit their error and void Porter’s release, thereby reinstating him to their roster (at least until March 5th, when they can release him for good).

Now, Porter has lost the advantage of essentially being one of the only decent FAs presently on the market, and will have to wait and become a FA on March 5th (along with all of the other UFAs).

Couldn’t have happened to a better guy………