Damien Williams has yet to sign his restricted free agent tender and there’s a reason for that. The running back is trying to pressure the Dolphins into giving him more money, as Armando Salguero of The Miami Herald writes. 
This offseason, Williams only drew interest from the Patriots as an RFA. Ultimately, the Pats inked Mike Gillislee to an offer sheet rather than Williams and the deadline passed without any other team stepping up. Williams wants more than the one-year, $1.8MM tender, but he has no real leverage at this stage of the offseason. If Williams wants to play in the NFL in 2017, it’s Dolphins or bust.
“So we have his rights,” said Dolphins executive vice president Mike Tannenbaum. “He hasn’t signed his tender. He is a restricted free agent and our tender is still out there.”
With Jay Ajayi entrenched as the No. 1 ball carrier, Williams is slated to share backup duties with rising sophomore Kenyan Drake. He may choose to stay away from the team for a bit this offseason, but it’s hard to see him winning this battle.
This guy is a 3rd stringer. What is he thinking? Maybe he is trying to force his way out. Maybe he wants to move up to 2nd string somewhere?
He must be trying to get released from his tender because his career numbers are hardly worth $1.8 million. If he’s really insistent on getting more money, the Dolphins are better off cutting him and signing another backup for half that price.
Who? This guy is a dime a dozen.. there is some guy fresh from some small school out there hungry for a job right now and I hope he takes this bums…
gotta agree! He’s done nothing thus far to earn that paycheck.
I’ll play devil’s advocate here. I’m not a Dolphin fan really, but every time I see one of their games, I’m pretty impressed by Williams. He’s not Ajayi or anything, but I think he could be a decent RB1 for some team in the future. That said, he’s kinda SOL on this one, maybe he’ll drum up more interest next year