The Dolphins are going to have to make some tough decisions in the coming weeks as free agency starts, and today’s Miami Herald talks about the team possibly dumping a major player on their roster – DT Vonnie Holliday. Here is the report from today’s edition:

In the coming weeks, the Dolphins will settle the futures of as many as eight players. The players whose immediate futures might be decided include offensive tackle Vernon Carey, linebacker Channing Crowder, cornerback Jason Allen, receiver Ernest Wilford, defensive tackle Vonnie Holliday and three-fourths of the starting secondary — cornerback Andre’ Goodman and safeties Yeremiah Bell and Renaldo Hill. Holliday, 33, is scheduled to make a $1.5 million roster bonus March 3 that comes in addition to the $2.8 million salary he is scheduled to make in 2009.