Dolphins C Aaron Brewer Seeking New Contract

But Miami has also been focused on keeping the best parts of their team intact. They already signed De’Von Achane to a four-year, $64MM extension with rumored interest in new contracts for All-Pros Jordyn Brooks and Aaron Brewer.

There has been little news on the Brooks front, but Brewer has expressed his desire for a raise via an extension, per NFL Network’s Cameron Wolfe. The 28-year-old was not present at OTAs last week due to a family obligation, but he was present at mandatory minicamp on Tuesday. He participated in practice, indicating he is not staging a ‘hold-in’ to force movement on his contract.

Still, Brewer made it clear that he believes he should be paid significantly more than his current three-year, $21MM deal. The former Titan is in the final year of that contract, which will pay him just under $7MM after a restructure earlier this offseason. That amount is understandably unacceptable for Brewer, who is coming off an second-team All-Pro season and just saw Tyler Linderbaum take the center market to $27MM per year in March.

Brewer is still the 10th-highest-paid center in the NFL, but the gap between him and a top-five deal at $12MM per year or more was already substantial. Linderbaum’s contract has created a chasm in the market, and Brewer intends to capitalize on the rising center tide to lift his boat. Similarly-aged and -accomplished veterans like Connor McGovern, Luke Wattenberg, and Tyler Biadasz all received $10MM AAVs or higher within the last year, giving Brewer a solid floor for an extension.

The Dolphins scheduled their minicamp between their second and third sets of OTAs, so Brewer’s attendance next week could be indicative of progress on a deal (or lack thereof).