'Fins give DB Mincah Fitzpatrick permission to seek trade

iggy14 · September 15, 2019, 3:43am

Dallas will probably trade for him.

wesleysh21 · September 15, 2019, 4:17am

redwing777:

wesleysh21:

While I understand what you are saying, if Miami was looking for players they wouldn’t be trading away all of their players. They are tanking and looking to collect picks like the Browns did. I realize you don’t like Coleman “for his contract,” but he’s a perfectly good player overall. Have you ever seen a Lions team with too many good defensive backs?

I’m just looking at Coleman’s contract and the quick math says he comes in at $18m over the next two years. Minkah and Trent Williams combined something like $25m.

Sure it would cost a lot of draft capital, but Stafford’s window is getting shorter and the structure of his contract is such that he’s here at least a couple more years.

We’d have give up some high picks to get the best LT and slot (and super versatile DB) in football for a few years, but I’d be fine with losing Coleman and playing Melvin and developing Oruwariye.

I see two players that could be available that would really lift the talent level on this team and have no compunction saying goodbye to Coleman and some juicy picks to do it.

I think we are too far apart on how we view both situations and the players involved.

Yooperlion · September 15, 2019, 8:48am

Decker is dealing with a back injury. But, I wouldn’t look down on the Williams trade. I think we made our secondary moves…but, how do we lose on Williams?

Snags · September 15, 2019, 4:28pm

Sources: Fins want 1st-rounder for DB Fitzpatrick

5:13 AM ET

Adam SchefterESPN Senior Writer

As much as the Dolphins would prefer to hold on to Minkah Fitzpatrick and not trade him, other teams in contact with them said Miami has asked for “a firm” first-round draft pick and “something else” in order to pry loose the 22-year-old defensive back, sources tell ESPN.

ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported this past week that the Dolphins have granted permission to Fitzpatrick’s agent, Joel Segal, to discuss a trade with other teams.

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At least five teams have expressed interest, sources tell ESPN, but other teams don’t believe the Dolphins will be able to recoup a first-round pick and something else for Fitzpatrick, despite the fact that he is under contract through 2021 and has a fifth-year option, and that his highest remaining base salary is $2.27 million.

Then again, other teams didn’t think the Dolphins would land two first-round picks and a second-round pick for offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil – and they did, in a blockbuster trade earlier this month with the Texans.

The Dolphins also will need Fitzpatrick to play better than he did last Sunday, when he was lit up in Miami’s 59-10 loss to the Ravens – and other teams that have been tracking him noticed it.

“His tape from last Sunday is not good,” one general manager told ESPN about Fitzpatrick.

Fitzpatrick, the 11th overall pick in the 2018 draft out of Alabama, is unhappy about playing multiple positions and has been for several weeks, sources told Mortensen.

But Fitzpatrick declined to discuss the trade talks with reporters Friday, saying that he is focusing on his role in Miami’s game Sunday against Tom Brady and the reigning Super Bowl champion Patriots.