{"id":191995,"date":"2025-07-08T22:30:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T22:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/191995\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T22:30:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T22:30:17","slug":"series-of-internal-headaches-miami-sports-columnist-says-jalen-ramsey-was-constantly-late-to-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/191995\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Series Of Internal Headaches:’ Miami Sports Columnist Says Jalen Ramsey Was ‘Constantly’ Late To Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pittsburgh Steelers acquired CB Jalen Ramsey in an attempt to bolster their secondary, but the seven-time Pro Bowler brings another big personality for head coach Mike Tomlin to manage. Breaking down the trade that sent Ramsey and Jonnu Smith to Pittsburgh in exchange for Minkah Fitzpatrick, South Florida Sun Sentinel columnist Dave Hyde believes<\/a> the Dolphins won\u2019t miss the \u201cheadaches\u201d that Ramsey caused in Miami.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey won\u2019t miss him regularly showing up for practice as the rest of the team was in the middle of stretching. They won\u2019t miss how he constantly undermined defensive coordinator Vic Fangio two years ago and coach Mike McDaniel last season in a manner that spread like a bad odor through the larger team,\u201d Hyde wrote. \u201cHe became a symbol of the Dolphins just collecting talent rather than building a team. Ramsey and Tyreek Hill were constantly late for practices or meetings in a manner that set the culture of last year\u2019s Dolphins.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that Miami was \u201cforewarned\u201d about attitude issues with Ramsey from his prior teams.<\/p>\n

\u201c[GM Chris] Grier still sent a third-round pick to the Los Angeles Rams in 2023 and paid $52 million for Ramsey\u2019s 27 starts, five interceptions, one Pro Bowl season and series of internal headaches right up to Monday\u2019s trade.\u201d<\/p>\n

When it comes to setting a culture and keeping issues in-house, Tomlin is one of the best at both. He\u2019s also a well-respected coach who players have talked about wanting to play for, and a change of scenery could eliminate some of Ramsey\u2019s supposed issues.<\/p>\n

Not that it\u2019s great to hear Jalen Ramsey has the potential to be a cancer in the locker room. One of Pittsburgh\u2019s biggest issues with WR George Pickens was repeated tardiness, and he was sent to the Dallas Cowboys in May. If Ramsey starts showing up late to practice in practice, it sets a bad example and won\u2019t sit well with his new teammates.<\/p>\n

What the Steelers also have besides Tomlin that the Dolphins lack is proven defensive leaders. Cameron Heyward and T.J. Watt are already established as leaders on Pittsburgh\u2019s defense, and Patrick Queen can grow in that role. Ramsey isn\u2019t walking into the room as the best player on defense, and he more than likely won\u2019t be able to get away with some of the issues he had in Miami if he tries to pull the same things.<\/p>\n

The Dolphins struggled to an 8-9 record last season after making the playoffs in 2023, and Ramsey\u2019s unhappiness with the team\u2019s performance and the direction it was heading could\u2019ve factored into his attitude. He seems excited to be with the Steelers \u2014 he has already connected with<\/a> Hall of Fame safety Troy Polamalu \u2014 and the Steelers seem to believe whatever issues he had in the locker room will stay in Miami. If they continue into his Pittsburgh tenure, the Steelers may have a problem on their hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers acquired CB Jalen Ramsey in an attempt to bolster their secondary, but the seven-time Pro…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[41585,7,1815,6,41586,691],"class_list":{"0":"post-191995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-dave-hyde","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jalen-ramsey","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-south-florida-sun-sentinel","13":"tag-trending"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114819984887156319","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191995","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=191995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}