Was This Dolphins-Steelers Trade a Genius Move or a Gamble?

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00:00welcome back to the official review presented by Athlon Sports and we have a big NFL trade

00:13today to talk about the Miami Dolphins have finally traded Jalen Ramsey to the Pittsburgh

00:18Steelers with another piece that had been long in conversation Jonu Smith in exchange the Steelers

00:24are sending back Minka Fitzpatrick in a late round pick so a rare player for player swap here I know

00:31Steve you're hearing this for the first time what's your takeaway here um I love that the

00:37Dolphins got Minka Fitzpatrick back he was absolutely amazing in Miami I think it was I think his first

00:42team all pros their safety I know him and Brian Flores didn't really get along because Flores

00:47wanted to move around a lot and he kind of just wanted to be like the main safety so I do like

00:52that the Dolphins got him back I don't love that they got rid of Jonu Smith I've never I'm a Patriots

00:58fan so I saw Jonu Smith on the pats he didn't do anything last year Miami he was one of the best

01:03receiving tight ends in the league clearly that system with Mike McDaniel really worked so I don't

01:09necessarily love it but as I'm thinking it in real time I'm thinking Johnny's gone but what I do think

01:15here is like maybe the Dolphins are like look we turned Jonu Smith who was kind of nothing into a lot

01:20maybe we can turn a new tight end into something so Johnny just catching you up I'm thinking

01:26the Dolphins are maybe thinking like look what we did with Jonu Smith he was pretty terrible before

01:31we got him on the pats we made him at a great year our system helps tight ends be good or we know the

01:37type of tight end that can be good so maybe the Dolphins are like look sell high on Jonu Smith

01:42Galen Ramsey was already gonna leave bring Minka back I don't know who their backup tight end is or who

01:47their future starting tight end is but maybe he's just someone who's gonna really benefit from being

01:52in that system yeah I think the big thing with Jonu is that he was expensive for them and they fell as a

01:58marginal upgrade over what else they could have their tight end depth isn't great Julian Hell is next on the

02:05depth chart he had 19 catches last year for 100 yards so nothing too great I don't know if they made any

02:13other deals this offseason but according to their depth chart he is up next Julian Hill

02:18so and then in terms of the swap with Jalen Ramsey and Mika Fitzpatrick obviously Fitzpatrick was

02:25drafted by the Steelers by the Dolphins traded one year into his career to the Steelers for the reasons

02:31you mentioned I think that's a good move for them they get younger at a key position Jalen Ramsey is

02:37still very good but his age is getting up there uh I I think this proves that the Steelers are truly in

02:42win now mode obviously Aaron Rodgers proves that as much as any he says he's got one year left you

02:49know getting older by I mean is Pickens older than yeah right DK's older than Pickens I would guess so

02:55yeah so getting older on receiver with DK you know getting a more veteran receiver they're just getting

03:02older everywhere it seems like every move they made is just let's bring in veteran experience let's go

03:07all in for this one year and we'll see I mean it's a strategy it's it's a plan I feel like if this year

03:15doesn't go well they're gonna clear house I feel like Tomlin's gone I feel like this is it this is

03:20the make or break year for the Steelers so we'll see I mean this is certainly fits in their offseason

03:26game plan so far who do we think is better Jalen Ramsey or Mika Fitzpatrick I know they're different

03:31positions but you know they're both defensive backs I think I mean I think as Pete Ramsey was

03:36better than Fitzpatrick but I'd say right now I'd probably take Fitzpatrick over Jalen it's kind of

03:43hard to compare it but like I I think I like the Dolphins decision making with this one you know

03:50moving off some big contracts that they've been trying to move all offseason getting a little bit

03:54younger getting a more draft capital not not much but a little bit more when you're in this weird spot

03:59the Dolphins are in they're kind of also in this weird weird win now stage too where a lot of their

04:05things they went all in are in on like Tyreek you know Tua kind of I mean they've invested a lot of

04:11money into Tua but he's not getting any younger or healthier it just feels like they're at this

04:16precipice of things could go one way or another for them really fast so it's a kind of a reshuffling of

04:23deck chairs for the Dolphins but again a decision I understand they made I feel like for the Steelers

04:29it's almost kind of refreshing that they are doing something to win now instead of kind of like

04:37floating around this weird team that had various quarterbacks and you know they're kind of competitive

04:45but also not really and it's like at least they're kind of making a big bet on this team right now right

04:51here you know obviously if it doesn't work out then you're kind of screwed but might as well put

04:56all your chips in no more Kenny Pickett purgatory and they could truly hit the reset button after

05:01this year because like Rogers basically kind of confirmed that this might be a one-year thing with

05:05them so it's like I agree I'd rather go all in and find out in one year that we're not good enough

05:12to win rather than being like kind of where the Dolphins are where it's like we could stretch this in

05:17the three years but like we don't really know so at least the Steelers like they know after this year

05:22they know exactly which direction they're going in so for that I kind of like it was a Super Bowl

05:27winning move probably not but I I don't mind it at all I don't mind it at all

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