Chris Perkins: Dolphins’ De’Von Achane deserves a contract extension, but . . .
MIAMI GARDENS — I had a spirited conversation Tuesday with Omar Kelly of the Miami Herald and Alain Poupart of MiamiDolphinsonSi. com regarding running back De’Von Achane and his contract extension negotiations with the Dolphins . I maintain that Achane’s guaranteed money should be somewhere between the $30 million received by Bills running back James Cook on his four-year, $48 million deal signed in August, and the $29 million that Jets running back Breece Hall got on his three-year, $45.
75 million deal he signed Friday. Kelly and Poupart think Achane will push for more from the Dolphins , and that anticipated contract extensions by Atlanta’s Bijan Robinson and Detroit’s Jahmyr Gibbs will/should impact Achane’s contract extension. They think Achane’s contract should be closer to Robinson and Gibbs.
Robinson is expected to get perhaps $40 million guaranteed on a three-year, $60 million deal and Gibbs is expected to be in that same neighborhood. Poupart and Kelly are wrong and I’m right (it’s cool; we’re friends, and both of them are woefully incorrect on this topic, evidenced by the fact that one of them invoked the phrase, “The market is what the market is,” a philosophy that led to the ill-fated Tua Tagovailoa contract extension). Allow me to add to this: good luck to Dolphins general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan in contract talks with Achane.
I doubt that things get ugly, but I have a feeling the term “hold in” might surface in relation to Achane’s training camp participation. Due to Achane’s contract situation, I’m not expecting him to show up with the rest of the veteran players during voluntary OTAs (organized team activities), which started last week and continue through May. He’s required to show up during the mandatory minicamp in early June.
For the record, Achane probably can’t sign a contract extension until June 2, at the earliest, when the Dolphins get money from releasing edge rusher Bradley Chubb, who was designated as a June 1 cut. OK, let’s delve deeper into the Achane debate. I’m a huge Achane fan.
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