Did the Dolphins Screw Up the Trade Deadline?
Did the Dolphins Screw Up the Trade Deadline?
One trade?
ONE TRADE?!
That’s it, Miami made one stinking trade at the deadline?
The team is 2-7, they just fired their general manager, and they only made one trade?
Make it make sense.
What were the Dolphins thinking?
I’m not saying they should have traded Jaylen Waddle, but guys like Bradley Chubb, Rasul Douglas, and even Minkah Fitzpatrick should not be on this football team this morning.
Adam Schefter reported that Miami got calls on numerous players, including Waddle and Chubb, but decided against making any moves.
Again, I get it on Waddle, but the rest?
What is the long-play here, to try and win 4 or 5 more games and end the season at 6-11, and then cut all of the players who didn’tSet featured image trade (because that is what is going to happen if you look at their contracts).
Bradley Chubb is going to count $31 million against the salary cap next season in 2026, with no guaranteed money due to him. Miami will cut him in March.
Minkah Fitzpatrick is going to count $15.6 million against the salary cap next season in 2026, with no guaranteed money due to him. Miami will probably cut him in March.
Rasul Douglas is on a one-year deal and will be 32 years old. Miami, embarking on a rebuild, will cut him and pivot to a youth movement.
Miami decided to hold onto them instead of getting draft compensation in return. ANY DRAFT COMPENSATION!
Why?
The team is 2-7 and just fired their general manager.
The season is over! Embrace it like the Jets, Titans, and numerous other teams have, and sell off as many parts as you can as you now look to the future.
It’s always mixed messaging with the Dolphins.
David Hyde of the Sun Sentinel recently stated: “The only surprise was what I was told why it happened, which was (team owner) Steve Ross wanted some answers of what they were going to do at the trade deadline, and Chris (Grier) hadn’t made calls, and his idea was “let people call him”. And I think, at 2-7, Ross wanted someone to be a little more proactive in there. And so that was the final straw, that obviously wasn’t the reason he was fired. It was the last thing that happened to push Ross over the edge.”
So, the final straw that led to Chris Grier’s firing was that he wasn’t going to be proactive at the trade deadline.
Miami fires him.
Then, they aren’t proactive at the trade deadline.
I’m so confused!
I know in the big picture of the Dolphins organization, what happened on Tuesday is small potatoes.
Miami has to get the new GM hire right; they have to fire Mike McDaniel to have any hope of a turnaround. They also need to figure out what to do with Tua and his contract, and then they must start hitting on draft picks in April’s draft.
I get it, the lack of action at the trade deadline will be long forgotten in about two to three months, but Miami fumbled on Tuesday.
They had a ground ball to run off some of these guys, who they are now going to just cut anyway in March and get any form of draft pick in return for them.
Miami wasn’t in a position of leverage to play hardball in any trade talks, get what you can, and move on.
They didn’t.
And many Dolphins fans are frustrated and confused.
Refs Under Fire for Controversial Decisions in Chiefs-Jaguars Game
The Chiefs' slow start to their season continued Monday night as they lost to Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars, 31-28, in Jacksonville. Kansas City is now 2-3 and still trying to find their way while often not looking like the team that has dominated the AFC in recent years.
Head coach Andy Reid wasn't happy after the loss about all the penalties the Chiefs got called for in the loss and he seemed to take a subtle shot at the refs over some of the calls.
"We had 13 penalties, to their four," Reid said in his postgame press conference. "Whether I agree with them or don't agree with them, it doesn't matter. They called them. So, you have that many penalties, you give up field position, you can out stat them to death, but that doesn't matter. It's the score that matters."
While the Chiefs did get penalized much more than the Jaguars, they did benefit from a controversial decision by the refs on their first touchdown of the game when the officials decided to pick up of a flag near the goal line on what many people thought should have been an offensive pass interference call.
Then early in the fourth quarter the refs missed what looked like should have been an easy defensive pass interference call on the Chiefs during a play in which they intercepted a Trevor Lawrence pass deep in Jaguars territory.
Reid can be mad at his team for playing sloppy football but when it comes to decisions made by the refs, it doesn't feel like the Chiefs should be the ones complaining about calls that didn't go their way.
Things won't get any easier for the Chiefs in Week 6 as they will host the red-hot Lions on Sunday Night Football.
