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<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re reading this and a fan of the Miami Dolphins, then you probably went ballistic (a few times) after a 50-YARD Tyreek Hill touchdown reception from one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever wear a Dolphins jersey, Tua Tagovailoa.<\/p>\n
Or maybe it was when that same QB connected with his former college teammate, the penguin, Jaylen Waddle, for a monster reception. Whichever connection you preferred over the last five(ish) years, it\u2019s gone.<\/p>\n
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Dead.<\/p>\n
Buried.<\/p>\n
No more.<\/p>\n
And as a fan of this team \u2013 and for lack of better judgement, the players on this team \u2014 we\u2019ve now watched guys we once thought could be lifers in Miami like Robert Hunt, Christian Wilkins, Minkah Fitzpatrick (x2), Jaelan Phillips, Jevon Holland, Tua Tagovailoa, Tyreek Hill, and now Jaylen Waddle ride off into the sunset.<\/p>\n
(Note: Feel free to add your own in the comment section below! These are just recent players who came to mind.)<\/p>\n
This was after dropping 70 on the Denver Broncos at one point.<\/p>\n
This was after Tua Tagovailoa\u2019s epic second-half comeback vs. the Baltimore Ravens.<\/p>\n
That was after Tyreek Hill was voted the top player in the league\u2019s top-100 and looked damn near unstoppable.<\/p>\n
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Now, it\u2019s all gone.<\/p>\n
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Sure, maybe a lot of those players I named are probably overvalued by myself and other fans alike \u2013 so maybe it won\u2019t really matter in the long term. But when you rush out to buy jerseys or get attached to these players in press conferences and on social media, it sucks to see them go.<\/p>\n
It sucks to know that Waddle could (very likely) be catching touchdown passes from Denver Broncos QB Bo Nix in a playoff game <\/a>\u2013 something the Dolphins haven\u2019t won in 25 years.<\/p>\n It will suck to see Tua Tagovailoa throwing fades to Drake London, while winning the NFC South and a playoff game <\/a>\u2013 something he could never do in Miami\u2026 All the while, being paid a ton of money to LEAVE. (It needed to be done.)<\/p>\n Hell, it will even suck to see Tyreek Hill \u2013 as terrible of a human as he may be \u2013 catching passes for the Kansas City Chiefs or \u201cinsert team\u2019s name here\u201d in a meaningful playoff game, proving to the world that he is still the man they call Cheetah.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n You get what I\u2019m saying.<\/p>\n And yet, after typing all of that, I can\u2019t help but feel at ease \u2014 because the truth is, it had to be done.<\/p>\n Like anything in life, sometimes we need some tough love.<\/p>\n And after inheriting an absolute cluster**** of a cap situation, Miami\u2019s new GM Jon-Eric Sullivan had no choice but to move on from some of these players. He had no choice but to trade away Jaylen Waddle before his cap ballooned in 2027. Just like he may not have a choice \u2014 if the right offer comes calling \u2014 to trade away our beloved De\u2019Von Achane. (Don\u2019t worry, Schefter says everything is fine! <\/a>\/s)<\/p>\n And even still, with all of that said, for the first time in a long time, it seems like the Dolphins have a plan.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n A plan that now sees Miami with seven picks in the top-100 of next month\u2019s NFL Draft. And there\u2019s a very good chance the team isn\u2019t done wheeling and dealing, especially with how star-riddled the 2027 draft class looks on paper.<\/p>\n It\u2019s early, and, like everything with our beloved Miami Dolphins, somehow, someway, we\u2019ll all have egg on our faces.<\/p>\n But when accepting the job, Sully knew exactly what needed to be done. And whether it\u2019s his selective free agency signings or the trades he made along the way, he has my attention. Better yet, I #TrustTheProcess, and that\u2019s not something I\u2019m sure I could ever confidently say under Chris Grier or some of the others who came before.<\/p>\n #InJonEricSullivanWETrust<\/p>\n What are your thoughts on the first few weeks of free agency? How do you feel about the Jaylen Waddle trade? Do you finally feel like the Do<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re reading this and a fan of the Miami Dolphins, then you probably went ballistic (a few…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[117,925,1521,258,217,4130,7,16251,14706,3924,110,216,251,2087,7583,255,6,20330,3454,3452,1089],"class_list":["post-821709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami-dolphins","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-bo-nix","tag-christian-wilkins","tag-denver-broncos","tag-dolphins","tag-drake-london","tag-football","tag-jaelan-phillips","tag-jaylen-waddle","tag-jevon-holland","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-miamidolphins","tag-minkah-fitzpatrick","tag-new-york-jets","tag-nfl","tag-playoff-game","tag-robert-hunt","tag-tua-tagovailoa","tag-tyreek-hill"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116257454316804201","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821709","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=821709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}