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The Miami Dolphins and impending free agent Jared Odrick are closing on a new deal that will keep him from hitting the open market, according to the Palm Beach Post.

 
Odrick, who is only 27 years old, is set to hit the free agent market on March 10, and would be one of the best defensive lineman hitting the market if Miami doesn't re-sign him.
 
The 28th overall in the 2010 NFL Draft by Miami after playing college football at Penn State, Odrick has 129 tackles, 16.5 sacks and 3 forced fumbles over his 65 career games. He was ranked 15th out of 40 defensive tackles who played in at least 50% of their team's snaps, per Pro Football Focus.
 
The fact that the Dolphins appear likely to re-sign Odrick explains why the Miami Herald considers Randy Starks a likely cap casualty.
 
Coming off a down year, the Dolphins could save $5 million in cap room by cutting Starks, who ranked 29th in defensive-tackle rankings after getting 28 tackles and 4.5 sacks a year ago.  Starks signed a 2-year, $10 million contract with Miami a year ago, but they could be forced to cut him just one year into it if they want to keep Odrick.
 
As of now, Miami projects to have just $1,686,058 in cap space this offseason, so someone has to go this offseason. The Bengals need to upgrade the interior of their defensive line, so watch out for Odrick and/or Starks as names to monitor in free agency.
 
Starks has essentially split his snaps between nose tackle and at three technique, so he would ideally be the better Bengals target, since he would come cheaper and could spell both Domata Peko and Geno Atkins.
 
Odrick is more of a true three technique, which means he would take snaps away from Atkins. Then again, using those two exclusively on passing downs and lessening Peko's snaps could make Odrick a good fit.
 
Anything that means less Peko is probably a good idea at this point.