The Miami Dolphins entered the 2025 offseason needing to stabilize a shaky foundation. Pressure on general manager Chris Grier has only intensified as the team continued to don the thorny crown of the longest active playoff win drought. With major holes to patch, a bloated salary cap, and growing discontent from the fan base, this offseason was supposed to be a course correction.
Instead, it raised more questions than answers. From questionable quarterback depth behind Tua Tagovailoa to key veterans walking out the door, Miami’s front office decisions failed to inspire much optimism.
The drama surrounding Jalen Ramsey is one of the most significant issues plaguing the Dolphins this offseason. The All-Pro has spent the last two years with Miami but now wants out. PFSN’s Jacob Infante predicts that a trade is inevitable and lists it as the biggest storyline to watch in Miami ahead of the minicamp.
Jalen Ramsey’s Potential Trade Looms Over Dolphins’ Minicamp
Ramsey was the fifth overall pick of the 2016 NFL Draft and spent the first four years of his career with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was a first-team All-Pro in his second season after totaling 63 tackles, 17 pass breakups, and four interceptions. The Jaguars made the AFC Championship Game, and Ramsey’s future in Jacksonville looked bright.
He made the Pro Bowl in 2018 but got off to a bad start the following year when he got into a sideline altercation with Jacksonville head coach Doug Marrone in Week 2. The cornerback requested a trade and was eventually dealt to the Los Angeles Rams, where he was named first-team All-Pro in 2020 and 2021 en route to a Super Bowl 56 victory.
Ramsey shockingly wasn’t an All-Pro in 2022 after posting 88 tackles, 18 pass breakups, and four interceptions. That was the best statistical year of his career, but Los Angeles traded him to Miami the following offseason.
However, his time in Miami hasn’t been great, as he tore his meniscus in training camp ahead of the 2023 season. He returned to play 10 games and recorded three interceptions that season. Ramsey played all 17 games in 2024; he had only two picks and mutually decided with the Dolphins to move on.
Peter Schrager on @PatMcAfeeShow on a potential Jalen Ramsey reunion in L.A.:
“The issue is he’s making $20M a year… I don’t get the feeling the Rams are banging down the door to trade for him.”
Do YOU want to see Ramsey back in horns? #RamsHouse pic.twitter.com/7JgMeQkRet
— LAFB Network (@LAFBNetwork) May 28, 2025
While no trade has happened so far, and any possibility of the Rams taking him back appears bleak, Infante believes it will eventually happen as we get closer to the minicamp, which would also give a look into the Dolphins’ post-Ramsey secondary.
“It feels like a matter of when, not if, the Miami Dolphins trade Jalen Ramsey,” Infante wrote. “The Pro Bowl corner appears on his way out, but Miami still needs to find a deal and a dance partner.
“Minicamp won’t just shape their secondary; it may also give insight into life after Ramsey.”
The Dolphins have been linked to top free agent corners such as Asante Samuel Jr. and Rasul Douglas, among others, but with just over $13 million in salary cap space, any signing is unlikely unless Ramsey is traded.
The team drafted Jason Marshall Jr. in the fifth round of the NFL Draft to help with the secondary. With the Dolphins playing three cornerbacks in their starting defense, they currently have Ramsey, Storm Duck, and Kader Kohou as their starting corners if the season were to begin today.
Ethan Bonner, Isaiah Johnson, Cam Smith, and rookie free agents B.J. Adams and Ethan Robinson round out the Dolphins’ cornerback room.