Ndamukong Suh can visit whoever he wants. The Miami Dolphins still are confident he'll be theirs in 2015.
The Miami Herald is reporting that the Dolphins on Saturday will present the Detroit Lions free agent defensive tackle with a six-year contract worth in the neighborhood of $102 million.
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The deal, according to the Herald, would have to include $30 million-$32 million in guaranteed money with $20 million-$25 million in additional guarantees.
"I'm told the Dolphins are confident they're going to put a great offer on the table for Suh," the Herald's Armando Salguero reports. "They are confident they can get him. They are not certain because, obviously, this is a still a competition."
Meanwhile, Profootballtalk.com's Mike Florio says Suh will pick either the Lions or Dolphins.
"My understanding is it's the Dolphins or the Lions and the other teams are just leverage for whatever package agent Jimmy Sexton ultimately can negotiate with the Dolphins," Florio said on the Joe Rose Show on WQAM Friday morning. "And I've heard $15 million a year is the likely ending point."
The Herald report comes just a couple of days after a tweet from Sun-Sentinel reporter Omar Kelly saying that NFL teams believe that Suh signing a contract with the Dolphins is a certainty.
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The Dolphins' biggest rival for Suh's services, according to the Herald, is a team that has not been mentioned much in public - the Jacksonville Jaguars.
"I would say Jacksonville is Miami's biggest rival because it is in the same state and that means the Suh camp will be able to compare financial apples to apples in that there is no state tax in Florida," Salguero reported. "An offer from Oakland, in liberal-leaning California where there is a 13.3 state tax (highest in the nation), means the Raiders would have to make up between $8-$10 million that Suh would lose to taxes to merely match an offer from Miami or Jacksonville.
"That's not politics. That's simply the math imposed on California residents by legislators.
"The Dolphins are obviously aware of their advantage over Oakland and, indeed, any team in a state with a state tax. But, again, there is no such advantage over Jacksonville."
Then again, if the Raiders move to Los Angeles, more financial opportunities figure to open up to Suh.
The four-time Pro-Bowler and three-time first-team All-Pro has 241 total tackles, according to Pro-football-reference.com. He has one interception and one fumble return for a touchdown.
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