As we head into the summer months of the NFL offseason, there are still a few big storylines and questions that need to be answered before training camps. One of those big questions is where will Super Bowl champion cornerback Jalen Ramsey end up in 2025.<\/p>\n
Ramsey, one of the game\u2019s best corners, is entering his age 31 season and the final year of his three-year, $72 million extension after being traded from the Los Angeles Rams to the Miami Dolphins. The seven-time Pro Bowler and three-time All-Proseems to be at a crossroads for his career and the team he is currently on. After making four consecutive Pro Bowls, Ramsey and the Dolphins<\/a> had a major setback in 2024. Injuries and poor play have brought into question if Miami should sell this offseason and begin to rebuild, while Ramsey could potentially be that piece, if he\u2019s still a star level corner in the NFL.<\/p>\n After the qualifying offer penalty was removed after June 1st, many expected Ramsey would already have been traded, yet here he remains. Both sides have made it clear that they are moving on, so why hasn\u2019t he found a home yet?<\/p>\n Aside from his age, injury, and a 2024 campaign that was below his standards, he also has a massive cap hit for 2025. Entering the final year of his deal. Ramsey is set to make $25 million this year. The Dolphins have already paid his $4 million bonus, so the trading team would need to take on $21 million.<\/p>\n Obviously, this is the biggest driving force as to why he hasn\u2019t been traded yet. Miami has stated they would be willing to take on some money to enable a trade. With the rumors that the Dolphins may also trade star tight end Jonnu Smith, it really feels like Miami is ready to reboot and collect draft picks.<\/p>\n Why the Seattle Seahawks may be interested <\/p>\n So with all this information, you may be asking why Ramsey would even be considered by John Schneider, Mike Macdonald, and the Seattle Seahawks<\/a>? While that is a fair question, I do a path where this makes sense.<\/p>\n Ramsey is a veteran of the NFC West, and has immense experience and knowledge of all the West squads, especially the Rams. So much so, that it appears the Rams are the only team we currently know that is involved in the Ramsey sweepstakes. If Seattle truly wants to get back to playoffs, the door still goes through the Rams and the San Francisco 49ers<\/a> in my opinion. Watching your rival that has kept you out of the postseason by a game the past two years reunited with Ramsey would be a tough pill to swallow.<\/p>\n Jalen has also been on some pretty impressive defensive rosters. From the 2017 \u2018Sacksonville\u2019 Jaguars to the Hall of Fame loaded defense on the Rams Super Bowl<\/a> winning team, Jalen has always been at his best when on playoff and championship caliber rosters. Even at his age and some of the health concerns, this would be one of the more talented defenses he\u2019s been a part of, while also being paired with a defensive mastermind in Macdonald. <\/p>\n Macdonald comes from that Baltimore background, which has historically been aggressive with adding veterans to the defensive side of the ball, like we just saw with the Ravens this week and Jaire Alexander. Maybe Mike could see Ramsey not being asked to do too much, while also adding a veteran presence to Devon Witherspoon and Riq Woolen. You add that type of player, who\u2019s floor is still a serviceable No. 2 CB, and this defense just got better and deeper. Keep in mind that the Seahawks have been on the lookout for cornerback help<\/a>.<\/p>\n Verdict <\/p>\n After pushing to make a case for adding Ramsey to Seattle, I just don\u2019t see how this deal will come together, especially when there are other pieces potentially on the board. John Schneider has never been one to shy away from a deal, but this one would be difficult. You\u2019d essentially need to trade a third-round pick, and then convince Miami to take Noah Fant back with his contract. <\/p>\n Even then, that deal wouldn\u2019t work with the cap, until you signed Ramsey to a contract extension, lowering his cap hit. Seeing as he\u2019ll be 31 this season, I\u2019m interested in Ramsey, but not with a two-year extension being added on top of that.<\/p>\n I really don\u2019t want to watch Jalen back with the Rams, but I don\u2019t think at this point in his career he\u2019s worth the draft and financial capital it\u2019ll take to make a deal work.<\/p>\n Verdict: Sell<\/p>\n Poll
\n Should the Seahawks trade for Jalen Ramsey?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As we head into the summer months of the NFL offseason, there are still a few big storylines…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2081],"tags":[707,7,23,29,708,1294,6,3376,238,237,261,5086,2635,3467,24,102],"class_list":{"0":"post-145564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-seahawks","8":"tag-field","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-for","11":"tag-front-page","12":"tag-gulls","13":"tag-jalen","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-ramsey","16":"tag-seahawks","17":"tag-seattle","18":"tag-seattle-seahawks","19":"tag-seattle-seahawks-game-analysis","20":"tag-seattleseahawks","21":"tag-should","22":"tag-the","23":"tag-trade"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114717154698762458","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145564","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=145564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}