Free safety Antrel Rolle says Dolphins low-balled him, now Ryan Clark

(Update: Turns out it was about the money for Ryan Clark , too.) The Dolphins have had a shot at two free safeties and came up empty. Both Antrel Rolle and Ryan Clark say the money wasn’t right. Speaking to The Joe Rose Show on WQAM , Rolle said the Dolphins’ offer wasn’t up to snuff. “The budget that they were willing to spend on a saftey was a little bit lower than what I was looking for,” Rolle, a South Florida native and former UM star, told Rose. “Miami would have been nice just for the fact that it’s home. But I don’t think anyone would sell themselves short just to stay in their hometown, especially when you have someone like the Giants making such a great offer and giving me such a great opportunity.” The Giants offered Rolle a king’s ransom, $37 million over five seasons, including $15 million guaranteed. Rolle is now the highest-paid safety in the NFL, a crown he could find a bit heavy in New York unless he plays beyond the level he’s shown during most of his five NFL seasons. Meanwhile, Clark told Josina Anderson of Denver Fox31, “it came down to was the inability for us to agree on a

deal. (The Dolphins) offered what they thought was fair, but in the end I didn’t agree.” When Clark decided to return to the Steelers, agent Joel Turner called the decision was “one of the first deals in NFL history that wasn’t about the money.” In the end, the Dolphins made their free-agent splash with one of Rolle’s former teammates in Arizona, inside linebacker Karlos Dansby. Rolle said the Dolphins “got one hell of a football player.” “I think he’s one of the most underrated linebackers in the league,” Rolle said. “I never think he gets the credit that he deserves. He’s an all-around linebacker. There’s times that we dropped him back at safety and I even went to linebacker and we didn’t miss a beat. “That alone tells a lot about a guy. Most of all, he’s an upstanding guy. He’s going to bring to the table exactly what the Dolphins are looking for – and more.” The Dolphins could have broken the bank and signed both, but instead the search for a safety continues during the coming days – or weeks if the team decides to wait until the draft.

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Free safety Antrel Rolle says Dolphins low-balled him, now Ryan Clark

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