There has been some speculation over the past two years that quarterback Lamar Jackson may want to leave the Ravens and join his hometown Dolphins. Now that we know Jackson asked the Ravens to trade him, half of that equation is in place.
The other half won’t be.
Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel made it clear that Miami will not make a game for Jackson.
When asked if the recent exercise of Tua Tagovailoa’s fifth-year option takes the team out of the mix for Lamar or other starting quarterbacks, McDaniel said, “Absolutely.”
“That’s why you’re getting a fifth-year option,” McDaniel said of the Palm Beach Post’s Joe Schad. “That’s why you do it, that’s how you do it. Therefore, choose the option as soon as you know you are going to do it. So, to speak as opposed to letting an action speak, to really quell all that, unnecessary direction or unnecessary chatter.
That sounds familiar.
The Dolphins have been prevented from negotiating with Jackson before the 2023 draft because they don’t have a first-round pick in the upcoming selection process. Under the draft, the Dolphins could (theoretically) talk to Jackson while they still have first-round picks in 2024 and 2025.
If the Ravens were willing to trade Jackson, the Dolphins could have gotten involved. And it could have been as simple as sending Tua plus other players and/or picks to Baltimore. McDaniel made it clear that that just doesn’t happen.
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