{"id":662664,"date":"2026-03-17T19:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/662664\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T19:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:15:16","slug":"dolphins-trading-wr-jaylen-waddle-to-broncos-for-draft-picks-including-2026-first-rounder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/662664\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins trading WR Jaylen Waddle to Broncos for draft picks, including 2026 first-rounder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paton did so Tuesday, acquiring a receiver he’s had his eye on for some time and adding him to a receiving corps that includes two-time Pro Bowler Courtland Sutton<\/a>, but also lacks proven running mates. Nix’s old running mate at Oregon, 2024 fourth-round pick Troy Franklin<\/a>, finished second in receiving for a Broncos offense that finished 11th in passing yards per game but carried greater potential if better equipped at receiver.<\/p>\n

An offensive expert with decades of experience directing aerial attacks, Payton likely knew this to be true and should be ecstatic to add Waddle to his offense.<\/p>\n

Selected sixth overall in the 2021 draft, Waddle has been a high-volume producer throughout most of his five-year career in Miami, catching 373 passes for 5,039 yards and 26 touchdowns over 78 career regular-season games. Following Waddle’s standout rookie season, the Dolphins made a similarly aggressive move in 2022, acquiring Tyreek Hill<\/a> in an effort to form an exceptionally explosive offense in South Florida.<\/p>\n

It worked initially, helping the Dolphins finish with the NFL’s best offense in offensive yards per game, score the second-most points in the league and win 11 games in 2023. Subsequent inconsistencies at quarterback doomed the Dolphins in the following seasons, though, and with a change in leadership came a concentrated effort on an accelerated rebuild that has seen Sullivan part with nearly every notable name in the interest of accruing forward-facing capital.<\/p>\n

One of the last remaining offensive vestiges from the Mike McDaniel era, Waddle was seen as a cornerstone piece of the Dolphins’ roster under their former coach. With Miami heading in a different direction, now was the time to capitalize on Waddle’s remaining value — which includes a contract that keeps him under team control at a competitive rate through 2028 — by sending him to a contender willing to spend.<\/p>\n

Denver, meanwhile, will hope Waddle becomes the Broncos’ latest star and dazzle the Mile High City in 2026 and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paton did so Tuesday, acquiring a receiver he’s had his eye on for some time and adding him…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":662665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[43574,104,8999,10004,51,29339,9003,50,530,52],"class_list":["post-662664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-breaking-news","tag-denver-broncos","tag-free-agency","tag-headlines","tag-jaylen-waddle","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-news","tag-no-minute","tag-top-stories"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116246120189313799","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}