Should the Miami Dolphins listen to trades for Jaylen Waddle and DeVon Achane?

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With the NFL trade deadline just around the corner, we look at who the Dolphins will likely receive offers for and who they should consider moving on from.

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00:18experience amazing at your lexus dealer so espn did a list of the top 25 players who could be

00:28traded who could be on the move before tuesday's trade deadline and it's in order of talent

00:36available right you want to guess who the number one they think available player will be it's tough

00:43i'm terrible at this we've done this before it's trey hendrickson of the bangles oh it makes sense

00:49yeah it's somebody with an expiring contract that the team might not bring but it's a lot of crap

00:53there's a lot of crap that goes into it especially if a team is no good and just needs to load up um

01:01but number two number two available talent according to espn someone they think might be traded

01:08just because you said devon so many times jalen phillips jalen waddle really they have jalen waddle

01:17at number two they're right this is a similar situation to hendrickson the team does not plan

01:21to trade the player but interest is there it's like what i said i mean their their ears are going

01:28to be open while miami could be tempted to trade players due to its record waddle is a building block

01:35on offense he's due 36.1 million dollars in cash over 2025 2026 reasonable for a high-end receiver these

01:43days multiple league execs expect the dolphins no trade stance to stand barring a surprise

01:51everything's for sale i mean there's always like they put predicted chance of him getting traded 10

01:57yeah but you'd be crazy not to listen and right and the players won't be upset you think waddle's mad

02:05if a contending team trades for him no i don't think he would even jalen phillips even anybody we bring

02:13up bradley chubb the players are going to be it's bad to say they'll probably be excited because that

02:17means the team is making moves because they're doing well and think you can push them over the top

02:22number eight on the espn list is jalen phillips that one makes all the sense in the world to me

02:29unfortunately we all love jp not that he's had the best year but um are you going to pay him

02:36next season like that that that conversation has to be coming up because you're you're entering another

02:42christian wilkins type situation where he's obviously going to garner a lot of interest

02:47people are going to want to pay him money he's going to want to get paid and i don't know two

02:51major injuries last two seasons hasn't been available and if you are going into a reset or

02:57rebuild whatever the hell you want to call it i don't know i don't think you i can make a case either

03:02way and but either team if it's on the dolphins or on the team that trades for him he's nowhere close

03:07to get it the miles garrett no micah parsons tj watt stuff because he can't stay healthy

03:12so where does he land because they will get what they're 40 million a year those top three because

03:17they were racing for 41 i think tj got 41 after miles and micah signed where does he go what does

03:24he do what what are you getting for jalen phillips i don't think you get a one for him he's been hurt two

03:29years in a row they do not have devon hn on the espn list so i'm guessing that means that they do not

03:36think he would be made available under any circumstance they do have some interesting

03:40ones they have kirk cousins at number 21 they have russell wilson at number 19 i mean obviously

03:48the giants would love to get rid of him i don't know what the looking at what they said bangles

03:55had a clear opening two weeks ago opted for joe flacco giants could slide james wilson james

04:01winston into the number two quarterback spot if they aggressively pursue a trade of wilson

04:06at this stage of wilson's career compensation would not be steep his days as a productive starter

04:12appear to be over he has a trade friendly base salary of two million dollars they can't just sit

04:18around who the hell wants them that's what i'm saying with winston behind him they got to move one

04:22why sit around with all three of those quarterbacks when jackson dart literally has to be hurt not to be

04:27starter moving forward yeah i'm telling you i'm just telling you dolphins fans because we're coming

04:31off a win now so it feels different this conversation one week out from the trade deadline would feel

04:36totally different if you had just put up the cleveland game than it does after the atlanta game i'm just

04:41saying steal yourselves for something that may not feel good when you hear it do you think they should

04:47move on from h and or waddle not a chance for me h and man that guy's shot he's the offense

04:53like that's that's it and we talked about this before because we were talking about moving him

04:59you were like hey you're rebuilding your team you start with a running back which i'm with you got

05:03to have a quarterback but you look at the top teams out there right now bringing up the lions and who

05:07else the eagles the pack all of them have dog running backs you got to have them i don't i don't

05:12know where you you're comfortable prior to prioritizing him in your pay scale but you got to have a dog

05:17running back yeah because i had said that last week or two weeks ago where i said hey why not trade

05:22devon h and only from i love devon h and it's h and or bust right now but only from the standpoint

05:26of if you are going to rebuild your team hey devon h and is going to be up for a contract whether next

05:32season or the following do you really want to pay a running back that much money when there's value in

05:38not paying a running back that much money and spreading out literally be stripping the cupboards

05:44there correct yeah and and you know um alf arteaga who does the three three yards per carry podcast i

05:52think is what it's called he had uh tweeted me he's like what a dumb take because now you're just trying

05:58to hope you find another devon h which is true like you're trading a guy that you love because you're

06:04saying hey we'll find another one but what if you don't like you have him here already i the only

06:09the question is how does it play out right so does stephen ross talk to someone who he respects

06:16football wise and say you know i'm probably gonna make a change at the end of this season barring

06:23something dramatic i'm going to make a change what would you suggest and if the person he's speaking with

06:30says tell chris greer get rid of everyone good return but you gotta mr ross you've gotta build this

06:42thing from the bottom up whoever you're gonna bring in listen is it possible he's talking to a gm

06:49who he thinks is going to be the next gm what would you do if i were to hire you would you like a whole

06:57bunch of draft picks or would you like jalen waddle and devon hn as your starting points like

07:03that i don't think it can just be chris greer's decision i think this comes from higher up and the

07:13direction is given to him by stephen ross because i think it would be folly the other way i hope

07:19stephen it's been folly with these draft picks and these acquisitions i hope stephen ross is looking

07:25for higher counsel so even higher than stephen ross right yeah well i let me go talk to somebody

07:30else football outside of this building devon hn you're not going to find another von hn that easily

07:36yeah you don't i think you waddle is not a 30 million dollar one but he to be fair 30 million

07:44dollar two and that's too much i i did look up to be fair i looked up the right now the highest paid

07:50wide receivers in the nfl he's not in that range of jamar chase justin jefferson cd lamb dk metcalf

07:56he's not he's more in the t higgins dj more devontae smith range which i think is where he should be

08:04valued at so whether or not the dolphins gave him that money he was going to get that money elsewhere

08:09from another team because crowder i mean that's that's where that's where he falls right he's debo

08:13samuel he's devontae smith like that's who he is the names you just said t higgins devontae smith dj

08:21more they're better than waddle but they're number two options very very elite number two options

08:27and bro jaylen waddle has been balling man he had one he had a bad game in cleveland the cleveland

08:34game was a bad game but that was an outlier but we're not caught i don't think any of us are blaming

08:38on galen waddle he couldn't see him yeah he's too little yeah where's our clothing

08:44tj more is a big guy too we might be able to see his little helmet pop this all goes back to what

08:50you have been saying for two years which is are they close with the building blocks in place

08:54obviously some guys go because you have to make smart moves and and add capital for the upcoming

08:59couple drafts but are they close with some of the building blocks there's blueprints the

09:04commanders we could go down the list of guys they don't completely tank for two three seasons like

09:10the dolphins tried to do they just change regimes you bring in a a a new coach and you start

09:17filling in the gaps you find that quarterback which is what happened to washington yes like they found

09:22jayden daniels the broncos too right the broncos didn't tank for two seasons bo nix has been

09:27unbelievable no one thought bo nix was being 30 points in a quarter no one but the team has been

09:33good and they didn't gut it they just made smart moves to build a better team and now two seasons

09:40later after getting blown out giving up 70 points they're gonna be play a playoff contender i think

09:46that's the key here and it's the thing about what so to that not the total teardown let's just we're

09:51just knocking the house down and restarting the broncos had a hell of a defense they draft pass rusher

09:57they have the best defensive player pastor tan junior like they had a good defense they had to find an

10:02offensive threat and a quarterback to our point about the dolphins identity what are we set on

10:07and what are we rebuilding yeah i don't know i don't know if we know anymore because it seems to

10:11be a fluid situation we need some we we need some corners hawk we we had but what about the line

10:18okay let's get the line right and now we can't cover anybody there's just so many holes what are we

10:23going to hold on to where it's not a total uh let's do headlines with solana brought to you by

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10:33there was a change in the nfl tyler shuck will start over spencer rattler that was the big qb news

10:40in the nfl today rather bad bad he was just slinging it to the other team the saints stink man yeah

10:50how about this i know we talked about the chiefs but how about this stat that i heard on the broadcast

10:56yesterday they beat the commanders 28 to 7 there was a point where i don't know if it was kareem hunt

11:01maybe rasheed rice somebody fumbled the ball recovered it right away and the broadcast said

11:05the chiefs have fumbled eight times this season they've recovered all eight fumbles they're great

11:12and i was marveling at how anytime they need a third and short fourth down conversion they get it

11:18like every time but also the bounces tend to bounce their way it's nice when things go your way that's when

11:24you know you're in store for a good season that lasts when everything just seems to go your way

11:29so it's quick to have opened their way it's nice you're raising up all the way it's in your focus

11:30you're planning to're going to have a good season to go the right yet it actually

11:41so you've really got one push what theeties you got coming soon all the way up right now before you

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