NFL Insider Jonathan Jones of CBS reports that teams like the Falcons and Raiders will have interest in Jalen Ramsey if the price is right regarding trade compensation.
Per Jonathan Jones: “One league source said they were aware of Miami’s interest in moving Ramsey as early as the NFL Scouting Combine in February. Another source believes the Dolphins going public is an effort to gin up a market for Ramsey that just isn’t there right now. Teams like the Falcons and Raiders should have some level of interest if the price is right.
The three-time first-team All-Pro cornerback is entering his age-31 season and due $21.1 million in guaranteed money for 2025. The Dolphins are prepared to take on the $29.2 million cap hit to trade Ramsey next week (or before June 1), but sources say teams are balking at being on the hook for all of Ramsey’s 2025 salary.
It seems if Miami wants to get a deal done during the draft weekend, the Dolphins will need to pay some of Ramsey’s salary as well to facilitate the trade. Otherwise, Miami can just wait until June 1 when it can split his cap charge over two seasons and then deal Ramsey. If a team is still willing to pay his full salary, of course.”
A trade has Miami eating $25.8 million of dead cap this season, and it costs Miami $8.5 million of salary cap space. If a trade happens post-June 1st the numbers change, but still are not good for the Dolphins from a financial standpoint.
From a contract perspective, this trade has no upside, and it is still unclear why Miami is trading Ramsey. There is a lot of rumor and innuendo out there as to why, but nothing official.
The Dolphins’ secondary will be in shambles, with Miami losing all four starters from last season if/when Ramsey is traded. This offseason, they have added Ifeatu Melifonwu and Ashtyn Davis at the safety position. They have yet to add a cornerback and will now depend on Cam Smith, Storm Duck, and Kader Kohou as well as any rookies they add at that position.
When Ramsey is moved, the cornerback position is up there with the defensive line as the biggest need on this team right now, heading into the 2025 season. I would expect Miami to look to add an unsigned veteran cornerback on the open market still.
Rasul Douglas, Asante Samuel Jr., Stephon Gilmore, Mike Hilton, and CJ Henderson are still available players on the market whom Miami may target.
This move would also signal the end of the failed rebuild that began in 2019, which Stephen Ross and Chris Grier began. It was a rebuild that did get the Dolphins back into the playoffs but resulted in no real results in regard to playoff wins or division titles.
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“This move would also signal the end of the failed rebuild that began in 2019, which Stephen Ross and Chris Grier began. It was a rebuild that did get the Dolphins back into the playoffs but resulted in no real results in regard to playoff wins or division titles”.
Says Who? You?
We have our franchise quarterback Tua Tagovailoa who ways drafted in 2020, along with our starting RT Austin Jackson also draft in 2020.
We also have a #1 WR Jalen Waddle who’s playing second fiddle to arguably the best receiver in the NFL (problem child Tyreek)
we also have a TE Jonnu Smith who had his career best last season in Miami
we have De’Von Achane one of the most dynamic RBs in the league. Other than LG Miami’s offense is set!
Unfortunately, there are some challenges on defense, but we still have some very good quality defensive players that can help the young rookie class that we draft develop and mature hopefully by seasons end playing some of their best ball. Under Anthony Weaver, who coached his butt off last year with less talent.
On defense we have players like: Zach Sieler, Bradley Chubb, Jalen Phillips, Chop Robinson, Tyrel Dodson, Jordyn Brooks, Kader Kohou
With money to add veteran street free agents waiting to sign before training camp or make a trade for a player no one is aware of!
Was frustrating to me is you so-called dolphin fans living in your glass houses throwing rocks and stones at a team that is not even 1/3 through the off-season additions!
Why not wait until after the draft after free agency part two and whatever moves that none of you might not be aware of that the Dolphins have plans of doing.
Save your gloom and doom until the end of August!
You must work for Miami to write a comment like this. You can’t really believe the stuff you just wrote. Tua is a franchise QB? $200+M and he is not even viewed as a team leader on a team with NO leaders! Guy is a poster child for the injured list. The lasting image of him end of season is on the road huddled up in his parka on the bench by a heater trying to get warm! That is your leader fired up wanting to win?? Waddle is a #1? That is beyond laughable – he cannot create space and drops way too many passes. A #1 WR has to be able to take over a game – make the big plays. Nobody thinks of Waddle doing that – and that is with other teams doubling up Hill. I like Achane but he is not a power back – he cannot get the 1 or 2 short yards that are needed at times. He is a 3rd down back they are forcing into an every down role and that killed them last year on offense.
When you talk about the OL please be serious. There is not 1 starter that would start for the eagles OL as an example. Paul at LT is a disaster waiting to happen. I hope i am wrong and he is great but speed rushers blew by him last yr. Thier ONLY pickup so far is an avg guard coming off an achilles injury. And this is after the GM & HC said it was time to invest in the OL – really?? I don’t care what Brewer is listed at he looks like he is 250lbs and gets picked up and carried back into the pocket constantly. He is way too small to push the pocket on short yardage. How many times did Miami try to run it up the middle on 3rd or 4th and 1? He is not moving anyone off the ball. Jonnu was a great pickup and if the GM had a clue he would have a 4 yr extension sitting in front of him cause like Van Ginkel did last year he is going to walk after next season.
Don’t start on D where this teams secondary was not that great last yr and now you will have 4 new starters. And the safeties they brought in have not been and are not legit starters. Call it what it is please. Is this throwing rocks and stones – if so then oh well its the truth. If you seriously believe this team is better than 4th place right in the division you are drinking the Grier kool aid. Easily the worst GM in football – the extensions he gave out last yr to Tua, Hill, Ramsey, and Mickey D were a joke and completely unnecessary and they will haunt this team into a rebuild! Tua and Hill are untradeable at their current salaries and performances.
YES SAYS ME BECAUSE I WROTE THE ARTICLE!
I will share my doom and gloom when I want. There is no rookie or 2nd or 3rd tier free agent who Miami can add that will save the day.
If you want to live in a world where you “THINK” that can happen, great. The rest of us live in reality!
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As for you Mike I know this is your site and you have a right to say what you want, but since you open it up for public comments, you should be more than willing to take some feedback from your opinion, especially when I find them so offensive as a dolphin fan
It’s not just you. It’s a whole negative spirit. That is just depressing to see so many fans like blind, cheap being influence by people like you who are so negative.
Like I said we’re not even 1/3 through the off-season changes that the team will make we still have a draft for agency potential trades a host of things did you might not have no clue they still can’t unfold
That’s why I suggest you reserve your criticism until after everything is done if you’re not happy then that would make more sense than to sit here complaining about work that’s only 1/3 complete.
And for Vince I suggest you look at the 2023 season look at Jalen waddle’s first three years and mind you he’s playing along side Tyreek Hill if he were not here while those numbers might even be better, but the fact that he had 1000 yards, his first three season playing second fiddle who else has done that in the league?
Another thing name me a better quarterback that the Dolphins have had other than Dan Marino in the history of the team than Tua
Yes, he has his flaws but when he’s playing at the top level, he’s almost 2nd to none look at 2023 where he led the league in passing.
So if you don’t ban me for having an opposing view like others have in the past because they’re too immature to handle criticism. I’ll be around because I’m taking notes and I’ll be the first to admit if I am wrong.
I never said we were relying on rookies. I also mentioned that there are possible trades coming down the line that none of you have a clue who or what that will be.
Unless you have a Time machine I’ll just keep living in my Unrealistic world!
To illustrate the cake is in the oven instruction says cook for 30 to 45 minutes at 350°
You cook the cake for 15 minutes and complain that it don’t taste good
That’s what so many of you are doing to my favorite team not your favorite team because you’ve given up on them
If any of you think that the Dolphins are going to be 4th in the division then you are hopeless, clueless, and need to turn in your card!
I’m keeping receipts and will call you out or be the first to admit that I’m wrong
Only time will tell!
Chalk it up to the “Dave Wanstead’s Guide on Player Personnel Decisions”. Most of Chris Grier’s picks have ended up on the side of milk cartons. Why Stephen Ross has placed so much faith in this person is beyond me. You draft a quarterback with a history of injuries, and what do you do? You concentrate on everything but keeping the man healthy. By not drafting linemen who’ll keep Tua healthy, you throw big money at (not so) skilled players. Now, Coach McDaniel isn’t off the hook either. How can a player get sharp by only playing two series of downs during scrimage season? If Coach McDaniel’s gets fired, Eric Bienemy would be a perfect no-nonsense replacement.
Eric Bienemy? Seriously.