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The problem isn't necessarily spending money but doing so wisely. Dead cap money—funds owed to players no longer on the team—crushes the team's financial flexibility. With approximately $99 million in dead cap looming at the end of the year, any hope of a quick rebuild or improvement in roster quality becomes bleak. These financial constraints, coupled with poor talent evaluation and failure to develop or acquire reliable quarterbacks, have plagued the Dolphins for a quarter-century.