{"id":136662,"date":"2025-06-17T09:39:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T09:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/136662\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T09:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T09:39:14","slug":"jonnu-smith-situation-still-fluid-miami-dolphins-news-6-17-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/136662\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonnu Smith situation \u2018still fluid\u2019 &#8211; Miami Dolphins News 6\/17\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\"   alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" data-upload-width=\"800\" width=\"800\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/new_splash_zone.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"vJgIaR\">No one is quite sure where TE Jonnu Smith will be playing this upcoming season, but it seems like he and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thephinsider.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Dolphins<\/a> are still in the process of working it out. Smith would like a long term deal after setting franchise records in his first season with the Dolphins and Mike McDaniel really doesn\u2019t want to lose a key offensive piece. With a month until training camp, there is still time for the Dolphins and Smith to get this sorted out.<\/p>\n<p id=\"nNLj1v\">You can check out that story here, and the rest of the day\u2019s round-up below.<\/p>\n<p id=\"hZFMXa\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/drew-rosenhaus-jonnu-smiths-situation-with-dolphins-still-fluid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Rosenhaus: Jonnu Smith\u2019s situation with Dolphins \u201cstill fluid\u201d &#8211; NBC Sports<\/a><br \/>Jonnu Smith did not attend the Dolphins\u2019 mandatory minicamp last week, but that doesn\u2019t mean the tight end will definitely be playing elsewhere this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Dolphins Running Backs<\/p>\n<p id=\"4ofskc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/nfl\/miami-dolphins-news\/miami-dolphins-news-2025-fantasy-football-rankings-dolphins-devon-achane-fifth-rb-in-espn-mock-draft\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN experts put faith into Miami Dolphins RB De&#8217;Von Achane being on a lot of people&#8217;s TV, computer, and iPhone screens this fall<\/a><br \/>Achane had a big year despite a forgettable season by the Dolphins in 2024<\/p>\n<p>Dolphins Tight Ends<\/p>\n<p id=\"2odQfo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/nfl\/miami-dolphins-news\/jonnu-smith-dolphins-trade-rumors-recent-tight-end-trades-nfl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jonnu Smith wants more from the Dolphins \u2014 could Miami really trade him? A look at recent TE deals hints at an answer fans won\u2019t love<\/a><br \/>Let&#8217;s make one thing abundantly clear: the Miami Dolphins and tight end Jonnu Smith are a great fit together on the field.  The Dolphins endured a bunch of soft<\/p>\n<p>Dolphins Offensive Line<\/p>\n<p id=\"0AenCq\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/dolphins\/news\/dolphins-veteran-guard-has-high-praise-for-rookie-lineman-01jxna0f54m5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dolphins Veteran Guard Has High Praise For Rookie Lineman<\/a><br \/>Miami Dolphins guard James Daniels has nothing but good things to say about rookie guard Jonah Savaiinaea and the development he is making.<\/p>\n<p>Dolphins Offseason<\/p>\n<p id=\"IrpTQh\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/miami-dolphins-2025-nfl-season-120200090.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Dolphins 2025 NFL Season Preview &#8211; Yahoo Sports<\/a><br \/>Does Mike McDaniel need to win a playoff game to save his job?<\/p>\n<p>Phinsider News You May Have Missed<\/p>\n<p id=\"DUBYrR\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thephinsider.com\/the-splash-zone-miami-dolphins-news\/2025\/6\/16\/24447935\/what-nick-westbrook-ikhine-brings-to-miami-dolphins-offense-the-splash-zone-6-16-25-jalen-ramsey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What Nick Westbrook-Ikhine brings to Dolphins offense &#8211; Miami Dolphins News 6\/16\/25 &#8211; The Phinsider<\/a><br \/>Welcome to the Splash Zone, the quickest way to get your day started off right. We bring you a rundown of Miami Dolphins news from the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ULjNPl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thephinsider.com\/2025\/6\/16\/24450246\/is-tua-tagovailoa-the-miami-dolphins-make-or-break-player\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Is Tua Tagovailoa the Miami Dolphins\u2019 \u2018make or break\u2019 player? &#8211; The Phinsider<\/a><br \/>Pro Football Focus released a video on X this morning taking a look at the 2025 &#8220;make or break&#8221; player for each NFL team. When it came to the Miami Dolphins, the focus fell squarely on quarterback&#8230;<\/p>\n<p id=\"W60fcd\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thephinsider.com\/2025\/6\/16\/24450259\/tua-tagovailoa-one-of-nfls-deadliest-deep-ball-passers-miami-dolphins-criticism-tyreek-waddle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tua Tagovailoa one of NFL\u2019s deadliest deep ball passers &#8211; The Phinsider<\/a><br \/>According to Pro Football Focus, Tagovailoa of the Miami Dolphins is third highest graded quarterback on throws 20+ yards down the field in the last three seasons.<\/p>\n<p id=\"H9ZFeb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thephinsider.com\/2025\/6\/16\/24450237\/dolphins-fans-sound-off-on-mike-mcdaniel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dolphins Fans Sound Off On Mike McDaniel &#8211; The Phinsider<\/a><br \/>Fans of the Miami Dolphins share their views on head coach Mike McDaniel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No one is quite sure where TE Jonnu Smith will be playing this upcoming season, but it seems&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[3663,217,32185,7,29,16236,216,251,2087,88,6,2732,10026,2383,4290,24,7416],"class_list":{"0":"post-136662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-dolphins","8":"tag-category-daily-links","9":"tag-dolphins","10":"tag-fluid","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-front-page","13":"tag-jonnu","14":"tag-miami","15":"tag-miami-dolphins","16":"tag-miamidolphins","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-phinsider","20":"tag-situation","21":"tag-smith","22":"tag-still","23":"tag-the","24":"tag-the-splash-zone-miami-dolphins-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114698044574888763","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}