Report: Miami Dolphins looking to trade up to No. 3 ... but not to draft Tua Tagovailoa
The Miami Dolphins are expected to be 1 of the teams interested in drafting Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa in Round 1 of the 2020 NFL Draft on Thursday night.
However, as Lee Corso likes to say: “Not so fast, my friend.”
According to a report from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport on Wednesday afternoon, the Dolphins are exploring moving up to the No. 3 pick, but not to take Tua.
Per Rapoport, the Dolphins would potentially take an offensive lineman in that spot:
Sources: The #Dolphins have called the teams in front of them for a possible trade up from No. 5 and are gauging the price to come up to No. 3 to potentially take an offensive tackle. We could see a run on tackles in the Top 10 like never before.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 22, 2020
Guys like Alabama’s Jedrick Wills Jr., Georgia’s Andrew Thomas and Iowa’s Tristan Wirfs are linemen that could be in the mix that early.
Would it be a mistake to pass on Tua to take a lineman? We’ll find out what happens on Thursday.
Sounds like a good plan to take a tackle in the first round this year and still suck and “tank” to get maybe Trevor Lawrence next year. Or maybe still trade up for a tackle and find a QB in later round? Who knows.
I’m not much of an NFL fan (like the Panthers) but I’m ready for SOMETHING sports related so I’ll be tuning into the draft.
I could see them trading in their two late 1st round picks for the #3 spot for an OT, and Tua will most likely still be available at #5. The Dolphins have so many holes to fill and a QB running for his life isn’t going to help.
I think they’ll take a tackle at #5 or #3 and then Jordan Love at #18.
Obviously the Dolphins might have a higher grade on some of these tackles then others, but this seems a bit odd that they’d give up draft picks to take a tackle at #3 vs. one of the highly ranked tackles that will still be there at #5.
Of course, trying to make sense of the Dolphins personnel decisions gives one a headache pretty quick, so…
Might be trying to keep #5 and get #3. I believe they have the Texans first round pick next year after the Tunsil trade. Trade their own first round for next year plus #18 and #26 of this years. But like you said it is the Dolphins personnel..
That’s a very good point, it’s not a given that the #5 pick is involved in a trade as they have two other first round picks. But with the draft trade value chart being so skewed, it just feels wild a team would give up that much for a not-QB.
The only given with the Fins is if they draft position X, they’ll trade said player within 2 years in exchange for draft picks to select another position X. It’s just what they do, for some reason.
Lol true. Might take tackle (Willis) at #3 and take Tua at #5. Willis played RT tackle and that’s Tua’s blindside so that could be a possibility. You a dolphins fan?
Why? If Wills or Thomas go in the top 4 then you can just get the other one without trading.
they don’t need to trade up unless they like one of wirfs, wills, or thomas better than the other. the giants should be the only team above them that would take one, and they may take simmons. Dolphins should sit tight unless they can trade up without giving up their 5th overall pick.
My strategy would be to draft Tua then go back in time and not trade Tunsil.