Dolphins left tackle Terron Armstead retired as a practical matter in April. The team made it official today.
The Dolphins have announced that they placed Armstead on the reserve-retired list.
It’s no coincidence that it happened today. The move spreads the cap consequences over two years.
The total dead money is $18.548 million. Processing the move after June 1 pushes $10.732 million of the amount into 2026.
The Dolphins also will be permitted under the CBA to recover more than $7 million in unearned signing-bonus payments previously made to Armstead. If/when cash is recovered, they will be entitled to a cap credit.
The Dolphins may have agreed to waive some or all of the repayment obligation when Armstead slashed his 2025 base salary from $13.3 million to $1.255 million, which allowed the Dolphins to carry a much lower cap number for Armstead while waiting until after June 1 to put him on the reserve-retired list. If he had refused, the Dolphins could have dumped the $13.3 million only by cutting him — and thereby triggering the full $18.548 million cap charge for 2025.
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