On Wednesday, Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel had nothing to add regarding a relationship that went sour in the six months or so after Miami made cornerback Jalen Ramsey the highest-paid player at his position. Ramsey, on Wednesday night, posted this on Twitter: “For the record btw, i’ve loved every city i’ve played in & the fans who supported! the anger is very misplaced at times but sometimes valid too but real ones kno the intentions always solid! … a new chapter awaits.” He also said this: “I’m grateful for each & every chapter so far! every part brought me to a greater version of myself! Regardless of how things ‘ended’, the journey has been LOVE!” Ramsey, a first-round pick in 2016, has been traded twice before, by the Jaguars to the Rams during the 2019 season and by the Rams to the Dolphins in 2023. Given the cap ramifications, it always made sense for the Dolphins to wait until after June 1 to trade Ramsey. It’s possible that a deal is already in place, with the understanding that it will happen as of Monday, when his dead money will apply over two years, not one. It’s still not an easy trade. Ramsey is owed more than $20 million this year, with every penny guaranteed. The Dolphins (who already paid him $4 million in March) may have to pay some of the rest in order to get better compensation for his contract. Regardless, it’s clear Ramsey won’t be playing for the Dolphins in 2025. That will keep the Dolphins from geting the best possible deal — unless multiple teams will be jostling for Ramsey’s services and in turn driving up the price.
Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said Wednesday that “zero has changed” in regards to a potential trade of cornerback Jalen Ramsey. That’s essentially the same answer Rams coach Sean McVay gave later in the day when asked about a possible reunion with Ramsey. “Yeah, we would never close out those opportunities,” McVay said. Ramsey’s contract becomes less prohibitive to trade after June 1, when a $25.213 million cap charge would drop by $18.468 million. It’s a date about which Ramsey has cryptically tweeted this week. “You and I both know that’s not a real date,” McVay said when asked about that being the next checkpoint on Ramsey’s future. The Rams have left the door open for a possible Ramsey return, but it seems unlikely given the compensation the team would have to forgo in draft picks and money. “There’s not a whole lot that I have to offer,” McVay said. “There’s a lot of layers with something of that magnitude when you’re talking about the caliber of the player; the compensation that they’re looking for in return. What does that look like? . . . Obviously, we love Jalen. We love Jalen intimately. There would be some things that we would need to be able to do if that was going to be a direction that we went. We certainly haven’t closed the door on that, but there hasn’t been any meaningful, tangible dialogue as of late. But that can always change pretty quickly, as you know.” Ramsey, 30 hasn’t made All-Pro since 2021, but he was a Pro Bowler as recently as 2023 despite playing only 10 games that season. In 2024, he totaled 60 tackles, two interceptions, a sack and 11 passes defensed in 17 games.
I'll be glad when this is resolved. If he wants out, I don't want him. Hopefully, we can get a contributing player back as part of the compensation. I have a feeling we'll have an addition-by-subtraction effect on the team's chemistry.
Can somebody remind me again why we made this guy the highest paid cornerback in the NFL when there was no need to?
Put him on the practice squad and call it a day. Tired of these babies getting their way every time they make some waves. Set precedent now that if you sign a contract with the Dolphins you shut your mouth and play hard or you'll be rotting on the practice squad wasting your career. We've been through this one too many times with these entitled b!tches.
If I remember correctly he faked an injury as divine intervention made him healed the next day after his new contract.
Ramsey is so soft. He really wants out because our coach was disrespectful to him ? Seriously, our coach? Mike Mcdaniel?? What did he say ‘ Dude I love you, but could we like maybe not play video games at this exact moment while we are trying to review game film’.
Rumor is Ramsey brought McDaniel his PS5 controller because he had to hit the X button 3 - 4 times before it would work. He kept trying to hike the ball playing Madden and was getting flagged left and right for delay of game. So McDaniel looks at him in front of a bunch of players and coaches and says duuuude just because I look like I work for Geek Squad doesn't mean I can fix this nahhh mean? Everyone laughed except for Ramsey of course and he just can't get over the disrespect.
