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Reuters
13 hours ago
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- Reuters
Report: Dolphins CB Jalen Ramsey will not attend minicamp
June 8 - Miami Dolphins cornerback Jalen Ramsey does not plan to attend the team's mandatory minicamp this week while the club continues to seek a trade, NFL Network reported on Sunday. Dolphins general manager Chris Grier said prior to the 2025 NFL Draft that Ramsey didn't request a trade, but they came to the joint realization that a potential move makes sense following several conversations about his contract. Ramsey, 30, signed a three-year contract extension in September 2024 and then started all 17 games for Miami. Grier didn't select a cornerback until the 150th pick in April's draft -- Florida's Jason Marshall Jr. Ramsey is guaranteed $25.1 million in 2025, but a new team would owe him $21.1 million since the Dolphins already have paid his $4 million roster bonus. Ramsey came to Miami in March 2023 in a trade with the Los Angeles Rams for a third-round pick and tight end Hunter Long. Ramsey missed the first seven games that season with a knee injury, but he still made the Pro Bowl for the seventh time. --Field Level Media
Yahoo
07-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Who did Dolphins draft? Here are all their 2025 NFL draft picks
The Miami Dolphins were busy in the 2025 NFL draft, though until the final day, it wasn't by making picks. General manager Chris Grier made as many trades as he did picks over the first four rounds of the draft, but he added eight total players to a team with some obvious needs. He started by shoring up the defensive front, taking Michigan nose tackle Kenneth Grant with the No. 13 overall pick. A trade up in the second round addressed one of the biggest needs in guard Jonah Savaiinaea from Arizona. Advertisement The Dolphins went heavy on defense on Day 3, including drafting two more run-stuffing defensive tackles: Jordan Phillips in the fifth round and Zeek Biggers in the seventh. They also helped out the depleted secondary with cornerback Jason Marshall Jr. of Florida and safety Dante Trader Jr. from Maryland. On offense, Miami added a backup quarterback in Texas' Quinn Ewers and power back in Oklahoma State's Ollie Gordon II, who won the 2023 Doak Walker Award as college football's best running back. Here's a look at their 2025 draft class: Miami Dolphins draft picks 2025 This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Who did Dolphins draft? All of Miami's 2025 NFL draft picks
Miami Herald
27-04-2025
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- Miami Herald
Kelly: Dolphins hope 2025 draftees help team shed soft reputation
There's a common thread about the Miami Dolphins' 2025 NFL draft that sews just about every pick together as if it were a quilt being assembled by your grandmother. There's size. There's power. There's a nastiness that most of Miami's eight draft picks possess. 'We wanted physical, tough kids that loved football,' general manager Chris Grier said. The Dolphins added three nose tackles, selecting Michigan's Kenneth Grant in the first-round, Maryland's Jordan Phillip in the fifth round, and Georgia Tech's Zeek Biggers in the seventh round, and collecting 3-4 rush stuffers like they were Infinity stones was aimed at helping Miami own the line of scrimmage. 'I go about my business like a grown man and I'm mature enough to do so,' said Phillip, a 20-year-old who is respected as a hard worker, unlike the former Dolphins nose tackle, who coincidentally shares the same name. 'I'm violent, I'm aggressive.' And that means he fits the theme of what coach Mike McDaniel wanted to achieve in the 2025 NFL draft, transforming the identity of the team he's spent the past three seasons leading. The Dolphins also added one of the draft's beefiest, and toughest offensive guards, trading up in the second round to select Arizona's Jonah Savaiinaea, a 6-foot-4, 324 pound Polynesian, who will become the personal protector for Tua Tagovailoa, the quarterback he grew up idolizing as a child in Hawaii. And in the sixth round the Dolphins selected one of the biggest, and toughest tailbacks, Oklahoma State tailback Ollie Gordon II, who was projected as a fourth round pick during the draft process, but slid deep into the third day, possibly because of a DIU arrest he had last summer. Gordon, the 2023 winner of the Doak Walker Award, which is annually given to the nation's top college tailback, rushed for 2,920 yards in his 537 carries in his three collegiate seasons. He also caught 80 passes and turned them into 585 yards and scored 40 touchdowns during his collegiate career, where he had a reputation for being a hard-nose runner, a physical back who punishes runner. 'They want to get physical,' former NFL tailback turned NFL Network analyst Maurice Jones-Drew said about the Dolphins after Gordon's selection was announced. 'He's a downhill runner who can catch the ball a little. But he's huge.' By huge, Jones-Drew is referring to Gordon's 6-foot-2, 225 pound frame, which makes him an inch taller, and 7 pounds lighter than Dolphins fullback Alec Ingold. 'I'm a bruiser. I'm going to run through you. I'm going to make you not want to tackle me,' said Ollie Gordon, who could potentially help the Dolphins end the three-year streak of being the worst short yardage conversion team in the NFL. 'My mindset is you vs. me and I'm banking on me every time.' That's how dawgs think, talk, and conduct business, and it appears Miami's targeting players who might potentially bite, which would help the Dolphins shed the soft and finesse reputation the team's gained during the McDaniel era. Between Grant, Phillips, Biggers and Savaiinaea, the Dolphins added more than 1,300 pounds of beef in the trenches, and that should help the Dolphins do a better job winning the battle that takes place in the trenches. 'Setting the pocket for protection is something he is very, very skilled at,' McDaniel said about Savaiinaea, whom the Dolphins gave away a valuable 2025 third-round pick to acquire in a trade that moved Miami up 11 spots. 'The idea of adding not only a fierce competitor, but someone who plays with a tonality of violence and aggression, that's something Chris [Grier] and I talked with length about. How many people can fit that bill?' Not every selection made Sunday fit the mold. Maryland safety Dante Trader Jr., one of the nation's top lacrosse player, Florida cornerback Jason Marshall Jr., a former five-star recruit who was an inconsistent starter for the Gators, and Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers addressed other roster voids. And the Dolphins traded away two of the team's better draft picks (a third-round and a fourth-round) to move up for Savaiinaea, and to acquire a 2026 third-round pick from the Houston Texans in a trade Miami dominated according to the trade value chart. But this meat loaf and mashed potatoes of this draft class makes it clear that McDaniel intends on changing this team's soft identity. 'Everything starts up front,' Grant said. 'If you can't get [things going] up front it's going to be a long day.' And a long, and painful season, which nobody in the organization can afford.
Miami Herald
24-04-2025
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- Miami Herald
Miami Dolphins poll: Who do you want the Dolphins to draft with their first round pick?
The moment you have waited for is officially here. Over the next 72 hours, the Miami Dolphins 2025 roster will begin to take shape as the NFL Draft gets underway at 8 p.m. Thursday. The needs are clear — cornerback, offensive guard and defensive tackle — and the Dolphins top brass has indicated on several occasion that they intend to use their 10 picks to find 'NFL-ready' talent. 'We're going to need NFL-ready players,' general manager Chris Grier said April 15. 'There's no like, 'Hey, let's hope this guy is ready.' These guys are going to be forced into play, and that's a good thing. So we just have to be right on the person and the character of the guys that we bring in here, that they're going to do that' Barring any trades, the Dolphins selections include one in the first round (13), another in the second (48), one more in the third (98), two in the fourth (116 and 135), two in the firth (150 and 155) and three in seventh (224, 231 and 253). Only one question, however, truly matters: who do YOU want the Dolphins to select with their first round pick?
CBS News
18-04-2025
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- CBS News
After frugal free agency approach, Miami Dolphins have a lot of holes to fill in NFL draft
Dolphins general manager Chris Grier took a conservative approach to free agency this year. With limited salary cap space, Grier doled out modest, team-friendly contracts to a few complementary players the Dolphins hope can contribute to a swift turnaround in 2025. That leaves a lot of heavy lifting needing to be done with the Dolphins' 10 picks in the NFL draft. They have the No. 13 overall pick, second and third-rounders, and they'll make seven selections on the final day of the draft. "We're going to need NFL-ready players," Grier said. "There's no 'Hey, let's hope this guy's ready.' These guys are going to be forced in to play. We have to be right on the person and character of the guys that we bring here." The Dolphins fell way short of expectations in 2024, going 8-9 and missing the playoffs, and their offense took a noticeable step back from their 2023 group that led the NFL in yards. Many of Miami's offensive inefficiencies were because of its offensive line, which Grier has addressed in free agency but will need to bolster in the draft. Behind-the-scenes culture problems such as player tardiness were also an issue. Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said that will be addressed among the players on the roster, and the goal in the draft is to bring in players to fit a new culture of accountability he's trying to institute. "We're trying to get the right guys to develop as professionals," McDaniel said, "and their core value has to be team football, football-winning and they really have to get joy out of that. That was a component that was consistent among the different personalities we drafted last year; all of these guys were living and breathing football." Cornerback has swiftly become one of Miami's biggest areas of need after Grier said the team is exploring trade options for All-Pro Jalen Ramsey . If Ramsey departs, that would leave Miami needing to fill two starting cornerback slots after releasing Kendall Fuller, who started 11 games in 2024. On the offensive line, Miami signed James Daniels in March to start at one of its guard spots, but needs a starter on the other side. Defensive tackle Calais Campbell, who played on a one-year contract in Miami last season, signed with the Cardinals this month, so the Dolphins will likely use one of their early picks to add a capable starter to pair with veteran Zach Sieler. The Dolphins selected a running back in each of the past two drafts, so it would be a surprise if they take one again this year with so many other holes. Their primary backs in 2025 will be De'Von Achane and Jaylen Wright, and they also signed veteran Alexander Mattison last month. Despite a series of off-the-field issues involving Tyreek Hill, Grier said the Dolphins have no plans to trade him. Grier would be open to a trade "if someone wants to come and give me two first-round picks," but no team has called him about the star wide receiver. Earlier this month, Hill and his wife were involved in a domestic dispute at their South Florida high-rise condominium, though no charges were filed, according to a police report. Receiver isn't necessarily a draft need, but Miami may consider it if a trade for Hill materializes, though Grier said his understanding is that Hill wants to stay in Miami. If the Dolphins move on from Hill, Jaylen Waddle would take over as Tua Tagovailoa's No. 1 receiver, with Malik Washington and free agent signing Nick Westbrook-Ikhine after him. This position was one that the Dolphins had to address this offseason. Miami was forced to shuffle three backups in and out of the starting lineup last season for the injured Tagovailoa, with little success. After Grier emphasized that the backup quarterback position would be a focus, the Dolphins got their No. 2 quarterback pretty early in free agency, signing former New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson . The Dolphins still need a No. 3 quarterback, but with so many other pressing roster needs, they likely won't go for a quarterback until the later rounds.
