Fins make Sieler their highest-paid defensive player

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- The Miami Dolphins and antiaircraft tackle Zach Sieler agreed to a three-year hold Sunday, his agents told ESPN's Adam Schefter, that makes him the team's highest-paid antiaircraft player.

The hold is worthy up to $67.75 million, $44 cardinal of which is guaranteed; the $22.5 cardinal mean yearly worth much than doubles his existent AAV.

Sieler signed a three-year, $30 cardinal hold successful the summertime of 2023, and has recorded back-to-back 10-sack seasons for the Dolphins. However, helium was the NFL's 29th highest-paid antiaircraft tackle successful presumption of mean yearly value, conscionable up of Cleveland Browns rookie Mason Graham.

Sieler missed the team's voluntary OTA practices but was an progressive subordinate successful some mandatory minicamp and the archetypal 10 days of grooming camp. A squad captain, Sieler said that portion a caller declaration was important to him, truthful was being connected the tract with his teammates.

"Everyone's their ain human. They tin grip things however they want," Sieler said past month. "This is however I take to grip it, but I anticipation the connection that puts retired determination is that, astatine extremity of the day, we're present to play football. Now evidently that stuff's precise important to maine -- the respect and the wealth that my household gets and makes from this game. We springiness it each connected the enactment each azygous time and I'm going to proceed to bash that each day.

"But to beryllium capable to spell retired determination and enactment contempt everything, I deliberation I'm trying to amusement that you tin spell retired determination and play your champion shot and inactive enactment done worldly without having to compartmentalize things."

Dolphins manager Mike McDaniel lauded Sieler for continuing to amusement up done his declaration negotiations.

As the squad attempts to reestablish a civilization of accountability, helium said Sielers' efforts person not gone unnoticed.

"I deliberation you specify yourself by your actions, astir of each successful life," McDaniel said connected July 25. "I'm precise alert that each players person a prime successful what they bash connected a day-to-day basis, specifically with Zach, and his actions talk -- and I deliberation his teammates precise overmuch admit however Zach Sieler plays shot and contributes to the gathering each day. And I deliberation Zach has a imaginativeness of a squad that I stock and helium understands arsenic a leader, he's trying to amusement guys however helium wants teammates to play shot and I'm excited each clip I spot Zach Sieler."

A erstwhile Ferris State walk-on, Sieler was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens successful the seventh circular successful 2018, but was waived the pursuing year; the Dolphins claimed him the adjacent day.

After signaling 9 sacks successful his archetypal 3 seasons successful Miami, Sieler has led the Dolphins successful sacks with 10 each of the past 2 seasons.

Since the commencement of the 2023 season, lone Nnamdi Madubuike has much backmost hits than Sieler's 41.