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Adam Gase ‘hates free agency’ and doesn’t care who knows it

The Dolphins could lose Kenny Stills and sometimes that makes Adam Gase “feel like crap.”

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Adam Gase has been the head coach of the Miami Dolphins for a year now, and he’s settled in to the role. But if there’s one thing he doesn’t care for, it’s free agency.

During a press conference before the 2017 NFL Combine, Gase spoke to reporters and was very honest about his thoughts on free agency — which is set to begin next week on March 9 — and the Dolphins’ chances at retaining wide receiver Kenny Stills who is set to hit the market in a week.

Stills, 24, had 42 receptions for 726 yards during the 2016 season, but his upside could mean he’s likely to soon become one of the highest-paid wide receivers in the NFL. According to Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald, the market for Stills is already in the range of $12 million per year.

Antonio Brown set the top of the market in February with a new four-year contract that pays him $17 million per year, but there are only five other receivers in the league who makes at least $12 million per season.

Free agency could cost the Dolphins one of their bright, young receivers and that makes Gase feel like crap.

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