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The 2022 NFL regular season is coming to an end, with just a week left to play.
This seems like a great time to look back at the job that Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier has done to manage the salary cap, specifically minimizing dead cap space.
In total, the Dolphins have just $18.36 million in dead cap for the year – the sixth-lowest mark in the league, behind the Indianapolis Colts ($15.96 million), Cincinnati Bengals ($15.77 million), Kansas City Chiefs ($15.1 million), New York Jets ($13 million) and Los Angeles Chargers ($10.98 million), according to Spotrac.
That $18.36 million has come from these 46 contracts:
WR DeVante Parker
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/01/USATSI_17479962.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $5.4 million
RB Chase Edmonds
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/10/1433887302.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $4.39 million
WR Jakeem Grant
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2019/11/usatsi_13585128.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $1.37 million
OT Jesse Davis
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/01/USATSI_17324496.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $1 million
RB Sony Michel
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/08/2ae0f5eb1d5844f28f3bf7a7b86fdb41.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $850,000
LB Brennan Scarlett
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/09/767e983137de488eb8b239b475bb52a0.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $527,000
WR Allen Hurns
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2019/11/usatsi_13651185.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $433,000
LB Calvin Munson
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2021/08/USATSI_15312951.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $328,000
S Verone McKinley III
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/08/1414705217.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $299,000
WR Preston Williams
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2020/09/d769deb715ec4a6e9ff65ffb08ccd169.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $275,000
WR River Cracraft
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/10/1433885255.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $274,000
WR Freddie Swain
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/08/USATSI_17480577.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $260,000
WR Braylon Sanders
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/12/USATSI_18903618.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $248,000
OT Larnel Coleman
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/10/97d95e0aba09442baf8c7dec42b68925.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $227,000
DL Ben Stille
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/07/USATSI_18414904.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $208,000
OT Kendall Lamm
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2023/01/USATSI_17072145.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $204,000
OL Solomon Kindley
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/01/USATSI_15204349.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $196,000
OT Brandon Shell
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/11/USATSI_19513475.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $192,000
DE Jason Strowbridge
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2021/10/USATSI_16606256.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $163,000
CB Kalon Barnes
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/08/6ce6a1d6d8224b38ba76cf7197b34bb8.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $161,000
OT Kellen Diesch
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/08/USATSI_18822916.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $127,000
S Sheldrick Redwine
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/07/2f7f35c8475447a4b5deacae0cb4ea6b.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $125,000
OT Kion Smith
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/08/ff0a53e58359447b8d2221db0d9977f6.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $118,000
DE Markaviest Bryant
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/08/1242626221.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $104,000
RB Gerrid Doaks
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2021/08/USATSI_16650365.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $97,000
RB Zaquandre White
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/08/1416127858.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $92,000
OL Lamont Gaillard
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/11/be67e8b31bce478688eb040f1c32314f.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $81,000
OL Grant Hermanns
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2023/01/d9e4ce92d06b4406ac795ef330b13963.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $58,000
WR Calvin Jackson
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/05/USATSI_16924205.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $58,000
CB Chris Steele
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2023/01/USATSI_18904358.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $58,000
OT Blaise Andries
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/07/3b2a16d08f3e4747b89d3d52c028e90d.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $52,000
WR DaeSean Hamilton
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/12/1188980945.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $46,000
QB Reid Sinnett
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2021/08/USATSI_16650821.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $46,000
DL Josiah Bronson
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2023/01/USATSI_18766791.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $46,000
DL Jordan Williams
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/06/USATSI_18414909.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $42,000
OL James Empey
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/04/2308656d6a354ae7970720c2ad95504f.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $39,000
WR/RB Malcolm Perry
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2021/08/USATSI_16574858.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $38,000
DE Owen Carney
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/08/641e095e8b2840bdb96e40d0f9b5d324.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $33,000
LB Cameron Goode
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/08/79ea18f57c69488cac336bdffbb75921.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $28,000
DL Christopher Hinton
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2023/01/USATSI_18752411.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $23,000
DB Elijah Hamilton
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/08/baa3302d2fce449db0f30e6e26caa012.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $18,000
DE DeAndre Johnson
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/08/USATSI_18868318.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $18,000
DL Jerome Johnson
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2023/01/e39480d1dc134af698b3510ac300e80c.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $7,000
P Tommy Heatherly
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/07/8b42c800ab11482aa5eb2a75065ee13d.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $6,000
FB Carl Tucker
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2021/05/USATSI_13393644.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $2,000
CB Jaytlin Askew
![](https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2023/01/a6eabaf4f26b4fe48f78435336fe2b9d.jpg)
2022 dead cap hit: $2,000