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Ramsey Trade Becoming Problematic?

Blake the great said:
We better not be trying to accommodate Ramsey's demands of being traded to a "contender". Screw him, send him to whoever offers us a 5th round pick for him.

Although it makes sense that only a real contender would be more interested in him anyways.
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If you are not eating his salary you are going to have to send a 5th round pick for a team to take him not get anything or he would have been gone June 2
 
lurking said:
Question for those in the know, why can’t the dolphins get some of if not a majority of his contract nullified for refusing to play and demanding a trade. as far as I’m concerned, that’s on him not the Dolphins.🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️
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First of all, it's not a question of "refusing to play and demanding a trade." Both parties are mutually seeking a trade. Miami wants to trade him as much as he wants to be traded. Second - if it was the case that Miami wanted to retain a player who was "refusing to play" (which, again, they don't) - as has been said, Ramsey could claim injury and get paid regardless. He has done this before. Teams can file a grievance in such a case, but have virtually no recourse, as injury/illness is difficult to disprove by existing protocols. It's almost assured that if Ramsey remained on the roster, the team would be on the hook for his salary.

Which is undoubtedly a main factor in wanting to trade him. There's no upside whatsoever in keeping him on the roster just to send a message. All you'd be doing is wasting a roster spot and millions of dollars. At least a trade gets you something, even if it's just a late round pick and a little bit of cap relief. Something is still better than nothing, which is what you'd get by retaining him against his will. Less than nothing in fact, since you're actively shooting yourself in the foot by holding him hostage.

As for the premise of this post - I haven't been here long, but I gather that the OP is widely regarded as somewhat of a troll, so I won't give it too much credence. But I will say that I don't think holding off on a trade is problematic. There's no rush to trade him, since draft picks are useless until May 2026. There are no doubt offers on the table for Ramsey, but Grier apparently just thinks he can do better by waiting to see if training camp creates a bigger need for a team at CB. Is this somewhat of a gamble? Probably. Should we take whatever is the best offer on the table right now just to finally rid ourselves of this headache? In my opinion, yes. But I also don't pretend to be smarter than the guys calling the shots, and they obviously have a lot more information than any of us do. So whatever. I'm not gonna lose sleep over it. Worst case, we wind up making a trade in August that's more or less the same as what we could have gotten now, after nobody softens to give us a better deal. Oh well. No harm done.
 
riorebel said:
Why not make him stay and play. If he refuses, dock his pay. Can that be done?
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No. It can't. The NFLPA has openly told players to fake injuries to gain leverage in contract disputes. Why have they said this openly? Because it works, and because there's virtually nothing teams can do about it.
 
Whether or not Ramsey is traded or not, one thing is for certain; the team seems in a better frame of mind, without him. He appearently was a locker room problem. I'd keep him off the team, even if he's not traded. Find away to keep this malcontent attitude away from these young kids.
 
I would hang on to him until Training Camps start.

Wait for a team to lose a starting CB to injury and the market will improve.

But they are not going to get better than a 5th for him would be my prediction.

I could see a deal where they send Ramsey and a 7th to get a 5th or maybe even Ramsey and a 6th for a 5th.

Or they eat some of his cash and maybe get a 5th for him straight up.
 
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