The Miami Dolphins veteran wide receiver Greg Jennings has been released from the team. His $ 5.5 Million cap hit seemed to be too much for the Dolphins to accept. In 2015, Jennings only started in five games and recorded 19 receptions, 208 receiving yards, and a touchdown, averaging 10.9 yards per catch.
Jennings spent a couple of seasons with the Minnesota Vikings prior to joining the Dolphins, but his longest stretch with a team came with the Green Bay Packers. The former Packers wide receiver was on the team from 2006 to 2012, and in that time he recorded three separate 1,000-yard seasons. The Packers were the only team Jennings ever hit the 1,000-yard mark with.
Tannehill has only played four seasons with the Dolphins and is only 27, but is already being labeled as the problem in Miami's offense. Tannehill has actually had seasons closer to Eli Manning than Aaron Rodgers but they are still manageable, productive numbers.
Tannehill has a 87:54 touchdown to interception ratio in his career, and has played in every game for the last four easons. That is pretty impressive for a quarterback with a porous offensive line, and to be fair, Jennings hasn't neccessarily had a less-than-spectacular career post Aaron Rodgers, either.
Jennings has not recorded a 1,000-yard season since 2010 and has only had double-digit touchdown receptions twice in his career. The former Packers receiver is 32, so his decline was inevitable, however as Packers receiver turned free agent James Jones proved last season, chemistry is far more important than age.
After having a down year with the Oakland Raiders, Jones exploded in 2015 after being reinserted into the Packers offense. He recorded 890 receiving yards, 8 touchdowns, and averaged 17.8 yards per catch. The Packers seem content at letting him hit free agency once again, however it may be in their best interest to sign both Jennings and Jones as the Packers offense is the only place where they are truly effective.
The Dolphins, by releasing Jennings along with some other contract restructuring, were able to restore almost $20 million in salary cap space. This allows them to be more effective players in free agency as well as gives them some leverage to re-sign some of their own key starters who are about to hit free agency.
