Veteran cornerback Jalen Ramsey of the Miami Dolphins is predicted to be traded within the coming weeks forward of the beginning of coaching camps within the NFL, and the Pittsburgh Steelers are one crew that reportedly checked in on his availability lately.
Based on NFL Insider Adam Schefter, throughout an look on ESPN Radio’s UnSportsmanLike Tuesday, the Steelers “checked in” with the Dolphins on Ramsey to seek out out what the fee could be. Nonetheless, Schefter said that the Steelers are unlikely to be the crew that makes the commerce for the previous All-Professional cornerback getting into his age 31 season.
“I feel Pittsburgh checked in. I’m not so certain that Pittsburgh’s gonna be the vacation spot. In actual fact, if I needed to guess, I might say Pittsburgh wouldn’t be the doubtless vacation spot,” Schefter stated relating to the Steelers and Ramsey, in response to audio through ESPN Radio. “I feel once you’re attempting to determine a house for Jalen Ramsey, two groups that make sense and we’ll see the way it performs out, would each be in Los Angeles, be it the Chargers or the Rams. I do know individuals have introduced up the Rams, and the Rams simply proceed to drift round on the market. It must work financially for each side.
“And I feel that’s a risk nonetheless, however I feel the Chargers could be a risk. I feel LA, usually, is a risk, so we’ll see how that works out. However yeah, I might assume sooner or later we’ll get motion by the point coaching camp opens.”
Final week throughout an look on the Pat McAfee Present, Schefter said that a Ramsey commerce is inevitable earlier than the beginning of coaching camp because the Dolphins proceed to have commerce talks with the previous star cornerback. These commerce talks have dated again April because the Dolphins have shopped Ramsey — who’s underneath contract by means of 2028.
The hangup with any Ramsey commerce is the cash tied to him, to not point out his age at this level in his profession.
For the Steelers, checking in makes some sense because the long-term future at cornerback is up within the air. There’s lots using on Joey Porter Jr. getting into 12 months 3 as a participant that should step up and progress in his improvement on the place. Veteran Darius Slay is about to play on a one-year deal in his age 34 season, too, whereas younger items like Cory Trice Jr., Beanie Bishop Jr., and rookie Donte Kent are all growing underneath first-year secondary coach Gerald Alexander.
Regardless of being a giant identify on the place, the play doesn’t match up with the funds tied to him, which is why the Dolphins are seemingly set to maneuver on from him only one yr after handing him a giant contract.
Final season, Ramsey performed 1,027 snaps for the Dolphins and earned a grade of 76.9 total from Professional Soccer Focus. Ramsey allowed a career-worst receiving proportion at 70.8% of targets going for catches, permitting 46 receptions for 546 yards and two touchdowns, and recorded simply 5 cross breakups and two interceptions on the yr.
Although he had some struggles and the manufacturing has declined in recent times, Ramsey ought to have some suitors. Schefter speculating concerning the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers matches up with feedback from final week on the Pat McAfee Present, the place he said he believes Ramsey desires to go to the West Coast in a commerce, limiting his choices.
The Steelers, clearly, usually are not on the West Coast, however related issues have been reported about WR DK Metcalf eager to be West Coast solely earlier than he was traded to the Steelers.
Financially, the Steelers may swing the commerce for Ramsey — a transfer that longtime Steelers’ reporter Gerry Dulac dismissed as a risk, however they’re in the midst of T.J. Watt contract talks and will need to focus there, reasonably than including one other big-money wage from the surface through commerce.
