Miami Dolphins Named LOSERS Of Jalen Ramsey Trade! Is This Accurate?

[Music] Are the Miami Dolphins losers in the Jaylen Ramsay trade of the Pittsburgh Steelers? NFL Network put out an article that went through the winners and losers of that trade specifically, like players, coaches, and the Dolphin side of it was predominantly losers. And I want to discuss this because I don’t know if I firmly believe this and agree with NFL Network. Now, let’s revisit the actual trade so we remember what the full details are. Miami set Jaylen Ramsay, John Smith, and a 2027 seventh round pick to Pittsburgh in return for Minka Fitzpatrick and a fifthround pick. So, they jump up two rounds, get Minka Fitzpatrick for Jaylen Ramsey and Johnny Smith. And to me, having a strong feeling on if the Dolphins won or lost this trade is a moot point in my book because we knew Jaylen Ramsay was going to be traded. So, it’s just like how bad could it have been for the Miami Dolphins if we knew for two plus months that Ramsay wasn’t going to be on this roster come the fall anyway? Kind of my thoughts on the matter, but we’ll dive into it more here. But I want to be in the know on what your thoughts are. Be the judge. Did the Dolphins win or lose the Jaylen Ramsay trade? Go down in the comments and type W for win. Or if you think they lost, type L for lose. It’s the pin comment on today’s show. We’ll start with a winner. We’ll go positive first. The only person that was mentioned as a winner in part of this trade is Minka Fitzpatrick. They actually had the top five winners and then they had the bottom three losers. The fourth winner is Minka. NFL Network on Fitzpatrick rejoined the Dolphins, saying perhaps this is a full circle moment for Fitzpatrick. Over the past few years, he hasn’t seemed to make quite as many game-changing plays as he once did, and he was shoehorned into more of a nickel duty in Pittsburgh. He’ll have a lot on his plate in Miami, and the Super Bowl might be farther away than it was for him with the Steelers. Now, are they correct about the Dolphins being farther away from a Super Bowl than the Steelers? I’ll say maybe on that point. Like Pittsburgh has a one-year window and credit to them. They went all in. They traded for Jonnu. They traded for Jaylen. They signed Aaron Rogers to a one-year. They traded for DK Metaf. But this is the final year of Aaron Rogers. And sure, they have an okay roster around them, but it’s old. And if they don’t win it with Aaron Rogers, like I don’t see them winning a Super Bowl. But back to the Miami part of things. I think Mob Fatpatrick will be fantastic in a Dolphins uniform. Once again, he was obviously superb as a rookie in halfway through his second year, which is why the Dolphins got a pretty hefty return for him when they traded him to Pittsburgh. But then we’ve seen him become a multi-time Pro Bowler for the Steelers. And although he has declined over the past couple years in terms of his ability to cover, he is still one of the best safeties in the National Football League in terms of wrapping up in the run game and not allowing big plays. Ma Fitzpatrick has been under 10% in terms of his missed tackle percentage in each of the last three seasons. And if you do look at the coverage stats, as I mentioned, it went down a little bit the last couple of years. But I think he will be revitalized in a Dolphins uniform. I really do because he was, as it was mentioned earlier, Ben asked to be the nickel and I’m sure he’ll play the nickel at times here for the Dolphins, but this roster in terms of its secondary already has an elite nickel corner in Kater Coo. He’s a top 10 nickel corner in the entire NFL. Miami desperately needs an outside corner and then backline communicators. Minka Fitzpatrick will play more backline free safety than anything. And then you’ll have a rotation of Ashton Davis, of Elijah Campbell, of um Eatatu Melofanu play more in that strong safety or maybe they bounce around as well. Maybe they line up in the box. Maybe they line up in nickel. But to me, in this Anthony Weaver scheme and system, which looked really, really good for the first year in Miami last season, I would expect him to use Fitzpatrick in a similar way to how Baltimore used their top end safeties like they’ve had. And Gino Stone a couple years ago be before he joined the Steel uh the Bengals, excuse me. Um Kyle Hamilton, he bounces around. Like I just think Minka Fitzpatrick will get back to Miami, feel rejuvenized, revitalized in a new system and a new scheme and I think he will play extremely extremely well. I’m very excited for Micah Fitzpatrick rejoining this Dolphins group. Let’s transition to the losers now. NFL Network named Tua Tong of Aloa as the number one loser in the Jaylen Ramsay trade to the Pittsburgh Steelers. And I understand it. Johnny Smith was a Pro Bowl level tight end last season who set single season franchise records and receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns at the position, but I think it’s a little bit harsh. NFL Network on it saying that the trade for Johnny Smith removed one of the QB’s major weapons from the equation. In weeks 8 through 16, Smith saw nearly as much action as Tyreek Hill’s targets. And with Hill now being 31 years old, coming off his arguable worst season to date, his future is been a little bit clouded with the team. And I mean, I want to push back on this thought just slightly. I think the Janu Smith hype has gotten a little bit out of control. Was John Smith really good last year for the Dolphins? No doubt about it. Yes, he was. He had over 80 catches, over 800 yards, and had eight touchdowns. But let’s not act like Tua had a really good 2024 season because Janu Smith was with the roster for the first time. Like Tua has not had a lot of production with the first two years he played under Mike McDaniel using tight ends whatsoever. Like if you look at the two years before John Smith at the tight end position, 2023 the top tight end was Durham Spike. He had 35 catches for 366 yards and zero touchdowns. In 2022, Mike Gaseki was still on the roster. He had 32 catches for 362 yards and five touchdowns. So 2024 was really the first season that to a tongue of Aloa utilized the tight end at a high rate with Mike McDaniels the play caller and the head coach. So I do not want to sit here and act like John Smith in this tight end position is one of the most premier positions on this scheme on this roster with Mike McDaniel and Tua Tongaloa. I think that is wildly irresponsible to assume that this offense in Tua will decline with no Janu Smith. Like I am not sold on a downfield whatsoever. And if you actually go back and look at what made Janu Smith so productive last season for Miami, it’s part of it because Tua was out for six games and you had backup quarterbacks like Tyler Huntley, Skyler Thompson, Tim Bole filling in, utilizing the check down to the tight end within five yards of the line of scrimmage. It was Mike McDaniel calling an unbelievable amount of tight end screens. Like John Smith did a lot of his damage after the catch, catching it near the line of scrimmage and in screen plays. And is that going to hurt a little bit? Yeah, sure. But it’s not like this guy is a guaranteed I’m going to get open over the middle of the field on third and eight, third and 10. He did a lot of his work after the catch at the line of scrimmage. And yeah, Miami will miss that, but it’s not like Tua is going to have some unbelievable downfall and decline in production because Jonnu Smith wasn’t there. Let’s not forget that this was the best season of Janu’s career and it came six, seven seasons into his career. Yeah, I’m not sold on Janu being the one that made it happen for Miami. I’m more or less buying that Tua and Mike McDaniel made it happen for Jonnu Smith. Make sure you do subscribe to the channel for daily Dolphins coverage. If you’re watching this on Tuesday, we will be live later today in the afternoon to talk more about the Miami Dolphins as we approach training camp. Subscribe for weekly live shows every Tuesday as well as daily content during the offseason. The second loser NFL Network mentioned was the Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel. And I understand why they mentioned it, but once again, like Tua, I think it’s a little aggressive. Flaming McDaniel. NFL Network saying the lack of death at certain spots has to really worry McDaniel, but this is about as a tough spot as McDaniel’s been in since taking over the job. McDaniel is no longer the new kid. He is now a man who must return his team to success after it gutted a lot of talent. And I think there is no question Mike McDaniel needs to produce this upcoming season. He made the playoffs in the first two seasons of his career as head coach. Missed it last year, but he still has an overall winning record as a Dolphins head coach going nine and eight, eight and nine, and 10 and seven, which is fine. But the way that the seasons kind of tailed off, getting off to a hot start in 2022 and then finishing weak and then losing in the playoffs. Granted, no Tua in that playoff game, but then 2023 being the best team in football for October and September and then tailing off in November and December and ultimately losing embarrassing fashion to the Kansas City Chiefs on their road in a playoff game. And then this past season was so up and down with injuries. But the point is this, Mike McDaniel has not put a full season together. He has put two months together in multiple seasons, but been a little bit shaky everywhere else. And it’s a maybe an unfair thing, maybe not. But if we don’t see improvement in terms of the physicality, the mental toughness of not only McDaniel, but this Dolphins football team, there is a chance that he could be on the outs sooner rather than later. I am not declaring if the Dolphins miss the playoffs, he will be fired. But I am certainly going to tell you, his seat is a little bit warm going into the year and if he misses the playoffs yet again, that seat could potentially be so hot where he is no longer coaching this football team. When it comes to Chris Greer, by the way, Dolphins don’t make the playoffs. He should be gone, which will probably mean McDaniel’s gone as well. So, it’s kind of a domino chain event. All right, we’re going to finish up the show here in a second, but I got to let you guys know about this massive deal. Insane hoodie sale. This sweatshirt’s usually $69. Right now, it’s $29. I’m not kidding. That’s real prices. Go to chatsports.com/miahoodie. Links in description and comments of today’s video. And when you click on that link or type in that link, you’ll see 69 to 29. Grab yours today before sizes run out. The final loser we’ll discuss in this trade from NFL Network, the third exterior defense Dolphins. So, they have the Dol no losers part of the Steelers organization in this trade. Find that a little bit biased, but I digress. NFL Network on the new Dolphins secondary. Megan Fitzpatrick should help fill a major void at secondary, but he has the ability to patch holes at multiple spots. He’s also two years younger than Jaylen Ramsay. he figures to be a day one leader for this team and has a golden chance to rewrite his story with the franchise. But who is starting alongside him? Nickel corner Kater Coo is the only other sure thing right now. Storm Duck and Cam Smith got some experience a year ago and fifth round corner Jason Marshall Jr. is in the mix, but Miami almost has to seek some outside help. And like the Dolphins are clearly going to add another corner, right? Like when I’m reading this, this is like they’re obviously signing one of Asante Samuel Jr. Rousul Douglas, Mike Hilton, Stefan Gilmore, or James Bradberry. They’re doing that. So, it’s like, sure, is that boundary cornerback room going to be good? It’s still going to have some major questions even after the Dolphins inevitably add one from free agency, but like I just think that we are a little bit jumping the shark in terms of why this is bad. And this is like the final thoughts I have. Did it hurt to get rid of John Smith in this trade? Yes, it does. But the fact that you’re able to get a top 10 safety in the NFL and a starting caliber player and a good leader in Mika Fitzpatrick plus a earlyish day three NFL draft pick in the fifth round when you knew you were trading Jaylen Ramsay, that is a win. The entire world knew you were getting rid of Ramsay. So, the value you were able to return on him was probably not going to be that high. Let’s just say that alone for Ramsay was a fifth round pick because everybody knew you were trying to trade him. Well, that means if you take away the fifth round pick you got and the Ramsay part of it, well, then you essentially traded John Smith and a seventh for Ma Fitzpatrick. And I don’t think there’s many people out there would that would debate you. That in its own move is a solid deal. So, what if the Dolphins made a deal last Monday that was Ramsay to the Steelers for a fifth and then today traded John Smith in a seventh for Ma Fitzpatrick and it was two separate deals. Well, I think a lot of people would look at it and be like, “All right, they got the best they probably could for Ramsay, but then they turned John Smith on a seventh into a starting caliber safety to replace Ramsay. That’s a really good deal.” But just because it’s lumped into one big trade and people see, oh, they traded Janu and Jaylen to get Minka. Like that’s where people I think are just a little bit too tunnel vision. Am I going to sit up here and say it’s the best trade of all time? No. But the people at the NFL Network and NFL.com trying to say the Dolphins are losers in this trade, it’s a bit ridiculous to me. It’s a bit forced and it feels like a little bit of bias and hate towards Miami. This was as good as the Dolphins could have possibly done with what they had going on with John Smith and Jaylen Ramsay in the disgruntled fashion between the front office coaching staff and the players. Just a bit ridiculous. 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Miami Dolphins GM Chris Grier traded Jalen Ramsey and Jonnu Smith to the Pittsburgh Steelers for Minkah Fitzpatrick and a 5th round pick a week ago. On today’s Miami Dolphins YouTube video, Dolphins Today host Nic Rohloff revisits the Jalen Ramsey trade. NFL Network named the Dolphins losers following the Ramsey trade for where it left the Dolphins roster. Nic examines what is said about the Miami Dolphins roster, and disagrees with the notion that Miami lost the Jalen Ramsey trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers. This Dolphins YouTube video features discussions on Tua Tagovailoa, Jalen Ramsey, Minkah Fitzpatrick, and Mike McDaniel.

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– Did the Dolphins win or lose the trade? Type ‘W’ for Win or ‘L’ for Lose

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NFL Network on Minkah Fitzpatrick:
“Perhaps this is a full-circle moment for Fitzpatrick. Over the past few years, he hasn’t seemed to make quite as many game-changing plays as he once did, and he was shoehorned into more nickel duty in Pittsburgh. He’ll have a lot on his plate in Miami, and the Super Bowl might be farther away than it was for him with the Steelers.”

Minkah Fitzpatrick stats the past 4 seasons:
2024: 96 TKL, 4 PBU, 1 INT, 1 FF
2023: 64 TKL, 3 PBU, 0 INT, 0 FF
2022: 96 TKL, 11 PBU, 6 INT, 0 FF
2021: 124 TKL, 7 PBU, 2 INT, 1 FF

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NFL Network on Tua Tagovailoa:
“Now, the trade of Jonnu Smith removed one of the QB’s major weapons from the equation. In Weeks 8-16, Smith (67 targets) saw nearly as much action as Tyreek Hill (69 targets). Hill, now 31 years old, is coming off arguably his worst season to date, and his own future with the team has looked cloudy lately.”

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Dolphins offensive starters:
QB: Tua Tagovailoa
RB: De’Von Achane
WR: Tyreek Hill
WR: Jaylen Waddle
WR: Nick Westbrook-Ikhine
TE: Darren Waller
LT: Patrick Paul
LG: James Daniels
C: Aaron Brewer
RG: Jonah Savaiinaea
RT: Austin Jackson

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NFL Network on Mike McDaniel:
“But the lack of depth at certain spots has to really worry McDaniel. But this is about as tough a spot as McDaniel’s been in since taking over the job. McDaniel is no longer the new kid. He’s now a man who must return his team to success after it was gutted of some talent.”

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45 comments

  6. W. Look at what we traded for Ramsey and then look at what we got when we traded him away. Did we lose the most talent? Yes. Did we improve our lockeroom and culture? IDK probably. Did we get out from under a bad contract? Yes. In reality both teams won.

  7. W All you said plus Steelers took Ramsey salery. Also, Smith was too old for an Allstar contract Miami couldn't afford.

  11. The real truth is that all of Jonnu's production will still exist without him. it will simply go to a variety of other players….. The offense will be better in 2025!

  13. Here’s what bothers me why automatically say who is the loser of the trade when it hasn’t even played out. I just feel like sometimes we need to reserve judgment and give our thoughts after the fact

  16. For the losers: 3. Exterior defense: they are the just because they can’t pick someone Rogers, firmoothe or the other tight end lost because you don’t know how they’re gonna use Janu in Pittsburgh they picked our exterior defense because of the fact that we went from having an elite corner, just needing a one year five mil for Justin Simmons, and we be good to having a pretty good safety, but we have no corner room at all and even if we sign Samuel Junior or Douglas Gilmore items trust that that is going to help against Josh Allen‘s arm or drake mayes quick thinking.

    Pt 2: McDaniel: I get that it’s a tough thing to pick him but at what point would you say that McDaniel has no other excuses as for each year it’s pinned on tuas injury or other things rather then inability to not be September merchants, they can play when it matters and he lost due to lack of leadership I bet you that if McDaniel has better leadership Ramsey would not leave Miami and bark insults at us.

    Loser 1: tua: your right that tua doesn’t implement tes as much as other QBs but just like our cb room our te room is flag merchant Julian hill, pharaoh brown, and tanner conner absolute trash and now his te 1 is Darren Waller. Basic nobodies after having a decent te in smith

    So McDaniel is to light exter defense is harsh but tua is just right

  20. W. Because Ramsey was a cancer from the rumors, but Miami will suck still. This is not a serious franchise. Bad GM, and horrible non serious coach. Dolphins need to clean house at the top. Bad decisions all over the place, bad culture.

  24. He didn't want to be here. Non brainer. Also, Smith wanted more money. Yeah, he did his best, but because of the scheme (Hill, Waddle). Waller will do just as good, watch and see.

  34. The Fins have been losers since Don Shula retired. Cant put a consistent winning team together. Too much hype and drama every friggin year. Organizational issues cripple this franchise. They were great once but no more. I rode this train since 1970. I'm tired of the BS. Just put a monster team on the field with a great coach. Stop playing games

  41. I think Pittsburgh is in a "win now" situation, one that we were in for the 2022-2023 season. Now that we're going toward younger / cheaper players the deal worked for both of us, although the results will be seen immediately for the Steelers.

  44. If the owner of a company doesn’t know the product . How can he know that he is getting good advice on who should be running his business 😂 I mean real product knowledge not just marketing numbers image addiction .do you know what what your product needs to be taken seriously or just make money and oh well maybe next year but keep giving me support so we can look good 👍 problem is in the roots .btw
    Still haven’t even been close to replacing Marino . Forget about the rest please stop it . Been watching this clown show since 85 😂 and yes it’s a clown show .

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