Could Ramsey Be Headed Back to Rams?

Jalen Ramsey seems headed for a divorce with the Miami Dolphins and it might be that the Dolphins make another deal with the Los Angeles Rams.

At the very least, the Rams haven't closed the door on the idea, based on comments from both GM Les Snead and head coach Sean McVay during that team's annual pre-draft press conference this week.

The Rams, fresh off a playoff appearance with a young defense, are in a different spot now than they were in 2023 when they traded Ramsey to the Dolphins because of salary considerations and clearly still view Ramsey in high regard.

Snead and McVay did indicate making a trade with Ramsey isn't foremost on their minds with the draft scheduled to kick off Thursday night.

"There's a lot of nuances to that situation based on all the things that come with a trade, contracts and things like that," Snead said. "So not sure where they're at in the process."

"He's a great player, we know him very well. We know him intimately," McVay said. "You would certainly never rule out the possibility of that, but I think like Les articulated, our focus and concentration is on this week's upcoming draft. There's a lot of layers that would need to be worked out with a player of his magnitude and some of the different things that accompany that, but you would never eliminate the possibility of adding a total stud and a guy that can do a lot of different things, like he's continued to do, like he did here, like he did in Jacksonville and like he's done for the last couple years in Miami."

The Dolphins acquired Ramsey in March 2023 in exchange for a third-round pick in the draft that year along with tight end Hunter Long, who was heading into his third season after himself being a third-round pick in the 2021 draft.

Along with the Rams and Dolphins, Ramsey also has played for the Jacksonville Jaguars, though there has been no suggestion he could be headed back there.

Ramsey does have connections with Atlanta Falcons head coach Raheem Morris and New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Brandon Staley, who both coached him with the Rams.

As we detailed earlier, trading Ramsey won't be simple for the Dolphins.

Complicating the issue is that Ramsey is in a position because of the extension the Dolphins gave him last summer — one in a series of moves that don't look so good in retrospect — to have a say in his next team.

While Ramsey technically doesn't have a no-trade clause in his contract, no team would want to trade for a player with no desire to play for them. And the Dolphins can't threaten to simply cut Ramsey becuase he's got about $25 million guaranteed next season.

As good a player as Ramsey has been, any team looking into acquiring him recognizes his tremendous set of various skills, his physicality, versatility, football acumen, but also will realize he's on the wrong side of 30, he's expensive and he's high maintenance — he was labeled "disgruntled" by NFL.com after he was traded from Jacksonville to the Los Angeles Rams and now this.

Again, anytime a player of Ramsey's caliber is looking at a third trade in less than five years, something is amiss.

And it's why the Dolphins are going to get nowhere near what the Jaguars got for him from the Rams, which was two first-round picks, and might be lucky to get the equivalent of what they gave the Rams.

POSSIBLE DESTINATIONS

Because it's 2025 and speculation drives traffic, expect to see all kinds of trade scenarios being thrown out, some more ridiculous than others.

The most eye-opening one we've seen so far had the Dophins sending Ramsey, the 13th overall pick and a second-round pick in 2026 for wide receiver DeVonta Smith and the 32nd overall pick this year.

There are so many reasons this trade doesn't make sense, but we can start with the fact the Eagles just said goodbye to veteran cornerback Darius Slay, who was wildly popular but deemed too old and expensive but not would bring in Ramsey? And the Dolphins would add more payroll to their already-expensive wide receiver room?

One more thing about Ramsey and the Eagles: Remember his reaction after the Dolphins released Xavien Howard? Check out this tweet and the final comment, which doesn't mention Fangio by name but pretty clearly is about him.