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Dolphins News: Perriman Signs with Miami
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*** DOLPHINS NEWS ***
Oct 09, 1997: -- Perriman Signs with Miami --

The Dolphins have signed wide receiver Brett Perriman to a 1 year contract for an estimated $1 million in potential salary this season. Perriman was released by the Kansas City Chiefs on Tuesday because he has not been productive this year.

His contract is reported by the Herald to be $750,000 in base salary and $250,000 in incentives, which is about the same salary he would have received in Kansas City. However, the Sun-Sentinel is reporting that the Dolphins will only have to pay $425,000 as that is the amount remaining on his contract from the Chiefs.

Perriman injured his hamstring in training camp and was limited in his playing time because of that injury. In 6 games for the Chiefs he has caught 6 passes for 83 yards.

Perriman is a small (5'9", 180 pound) receiver who has a reputation for making lots of tough, possession-type catches in traffic. He is not considered a speed receiver or a particularly dangerous deep threat. His lifetime average per catch is about 12.4 yards.

Perriman played on Jimmy Johnson's 1987 Hurricane team and is a South Florida native as well. He has often remarked that he would like to come back to Miami to play for the Dolphins and according to one report, even called the Dolphins "his team" in the Detroit Lions locker room.

Perriman's best year as a pro was in 1995, when he caught 108 passes for 1488 yards and 9 touchdowns for the Lions and last year he caught 94 passes for 1021 yards and 5 TDs.

According to the Herald, Perriman will be inactive for this weekend's game against the Jets as he has a lot of learning to do for the offense.

My Comments:

I really hope I'm wrong about this, because Perriman could be just the tonic that this offense needs to really explode. However, I think that a million is too much money to pay for him at this point in the season. No matter how good he is as an individual, it is still going to take him a while to learn the offense and figure out how to catch passes from Marino.

That is not an easy feat as many who have tried it before have found out. Typically, it takes new receivers a while to get into sync with Dan and that time is not very productive for the new guy. And with the season nearly one-third over, this is not the time to be introducing new factors into the offense.

Like I said, I hope I'm wrong about this, but it just seems to me that the cap money could be better spent somewhere else.

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