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The Super Bowl is just four days away William Hayes Jersey , and right now the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams are preparing for the biggest game on the NFL calendar. Meanwhile, your Miami Dolphins continue to prepare for the 2019 league year, with free agency being the most important event on the horizon outside of the NFL draft. The first step in free agency preparation is determining what each club is going to do with their own soon-to-be free agents.In our annual “Retain, Tag, or Walk” series of articles, we here at The Phinsider are giving you a closer look at the Miami Dolphins players with expiring contracts and providing a chance to vote on what you would do with that player. Today, we take a look at the legendary Cameron Wake.Fact CheckPosition: DEAge: 37Experience: Entering 11th seasonHeight/Weight: 6’3”, 263lbsCollege: Penn St.Expiring Contract: 2-year, $16,125,0002018 ReviewLast season, Wake recorded his lowest sack total since his rookie season, but his 6.0 sacks placed second behind only Robert Quinn’s 6.5. No other player on the roster recorded more than three quarterback takedowns. With that in mind, it’s easy to see that Matt Burke’s defensive scheme, as well as the fact that Miami’s defense was forced to stay on the field for so long with the offense failing to sustain drives, were both certainly part of the reason for the ageless Wake’s low sack total.In fact, anyone who watched Miami Dolphins games last season could see that Wake has barely lost a step despite his advanced age. He was routinely pressuring opposing quarterbacks and flushing them out of the pocket. Wake was also Miami’s best run-stopping defensive end once William Hayes was lost for the season with a torn ACL.2019 OutlookWake just turned 37 Akeem Spence Jersey , but there’s no doubt he can still be a force on defense. With the Dolphins needing help at defensive end, there will absolutely be mutual interest between Miami’s front office and Wake’s representatives. The sticking point will be money. With that said, it’s hard to see Wake in another uniform next season, even if it’s not impossible.VerdictThe Dolphins are in rebuild mode. That means the team will bring in as much young and cheap talent as possible. Wake fits neither of those descriptors, but his is a special case. Wake is one of the most well-respected and widely loved players in franchise history. When one person has dedicated their entire career to a single franchise, especially one that’s often been uncompetitive, he deserves a level of respect from the front office. Given Miami’s need for help at pass rusher, I expect the front office to offer Wake a contract that both pays him what he deserves, yet is representative of both his age and production.My vote: Retain DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins receiver Kenny Stills vacationed this offseason in Africa, led several teammates on a training trip to Nebraska and returned to find the NFL’s national anthem debate again at peak volume.“We’ve got to clean up how things are looking,” Stills said following the Dolphins’ first training camp practice Thursday.The sixth-year pro is part of the debate because he kneeled during the anthem the past two seasons and has been vocal discussing social injustice issues that inspired the protest.Stills would prefer the league had no anthem policy so players could do as they wished, and said he’ll wait until a policy is set to decide what he’ll do during the anthem this season.“At some point before the season starts, the league and the players association are going to come to an agreement,” he said. “And at that point I’ll have a better idea what I’ll be doing.”Last week the league and union issued a joint statement saying the two sides are still working on a resolution. Their statement came hours after The Associated Press reported Dolphins players who protest on the field during the anthem could be suspended for up to four games under a team policy issued last week.More Miami Dolphins newsDolphins sign hometown WR Allen Hurns to 1-year contractNew Dolphins coach Brian Flores has his own daily workout at training campDolphins assistant coach Jim Caldwell takes leave of absence to address health issuesTwo-time Pro Bowl safety Reshad Jones rejoins Dolphins after skipping voluntary practicesDolphins QBs Josh Rosen, Ryan Fitzpatrick embrace battle for No. 1 jobThe Dolphins subsequently issued a statement saying all options regarding the team’s policy remain open.On Thursday, coach Adam Gase said he doubted a Miami player would be suspended for protesting during the anthem.“I mean A.J. Derby Jersey , if anybody knew actual rules in the NFL, good luck suspending somebody,” Gase said. “It takes about 5,000 things before anybody can get suspended by a club.”Gase said he doesn’t see anthem issue as potentially divisive for his team.“I think they do a good job of when issues come up, they get together and hammer it out,” Gase said. “These guys aren’t shy about speaking up. They’ve done a good job of making sure, as a group, they talk through things.”Three-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman Jurrell Casey also plans to continue protesting, but wants people to quit seeing this as an anthem issue. The Tennessee Titans lineman said he will continue protesting by raising his fist at the end of the anthem.“The biggest thing that we have right now is the way the justice system is set up for minorities,” said Casey, whose wife is an attorney. “And that’s just what the whole battle is about, trying to bring light to enlighten the things that’s going on around the minority community.”The league hasn’t been able to reach an agreement. On Wednesday, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said he’ll insist his players stand for the anthem.Stills’ reaction to Jones’ comments?“I wouldn’t expect anything different,” Stills said.Stills said he hadn’t spoken much with Dolphins owner Stephen Ross about the issue since last year. Ross didn’t attend the first day of training camp.Stills tuned out the anthem debate this offseason by traveling to Victoria Falls, Kruger National Park and Cape Town, where he learned about African culture, went on safaris and tried bungee jumping. More recently Josh Sitton Jersey , he spent time in Lincoln, Nebraska, with other Dolphins wideouts and a receivers coach he has known since he was in the 10th grade.“The anthem stuff was becoming a really quiet, quiet topic,” Stills said.No more. Defensive end Robert Quinn, who protested during the anthem while with the Rams last year, was asked following his first Dolphins practice what the league should do about a policy.“I’ll just say one thing: It’s called freedom of speech,” he said. “Simple as that.”Quinn, Stills and others have been targets of criticism for their protests, which they believe have been misconstrued as unpatriotic.But Stills was nominated by teammates last year for the NFL’s Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, a reflection of his standing in locker room. His latest community project is with the nationwide OK Program, which mentors young black men.“I think I’ve done a good job of trying to figure out ways to continue to use my voice and platform for the right things,” Stills said, “and put the messaging back in the right direction.”