Dolphin Releasing OLB Emmanuel Obah
The Dolphins intend to release OLB Emmanuel Ogbah on Friday, according to Adam Schefter.
Miami needs to make space since it is $38,498,203 above the cap heading into the offseason. Through OverTheCap, this transaction will result in $13,708,824 in cap and $4,000,000 in dead money.
Ogbah’s performance has significantly declined since signing his four-year contract, therefore it’s not shocking that he was cut from the team. After being a consistent starter in prior seasons, he ended 2022 on injured reserve and dropped to a rotational edge rusher in the previous campaign.
Ogbah, 30, was the Browns’ 2016 second-round selection. Afterwards, Ogbah was traded by Cleveland to the Chiefs in return for S Eric Murray.
Ogbah completed the last year of a four-year, $6.6 million contract, with a $1,351,314 basic salary in 2019. In 2020, he signed a two-year, $15 million contract with the Dolphins as an unrestricted free agent, with $7.5 million fully guaranteed.
Before re-signing with the Dolphins on a four-year, $65 million contract that includes $32 million guaranteed, he was scheduled to become a free agent in 2022. He is scheduled to get a base salary of $14,925,000 in 2024 and is about to start the third year of his contract.
Ogbah made appearances in 15 games in 2023, tallying 20 tackles, 5.5 sacks, three tackles for loss, one forced fumble, one interception, and two pass defenses.