Miami Dolphins are not in the hunt for Antonio Brown

On Wednesday there was a social media tweet that had the Miami Dolphins listed as one of the likely landing spots for Antonio Brown. Just stop.

The Miami Dolphins are now linked if by nothing more than a mainstream media tweet saying the team will be one of the interested parties in a trade for Antonio Brown. This is nonsense and if you got excited about the prospect, don’t. It’s not happening.

Here are five reasons why this is not something the Dolphins will do.

1: Salary cap – the Dolphins are going to clear a lot of cap space this year and would have more than enough to fit Brown but after trades for receivers like Brandon Marshall and Mike Wallace the Dolphins have learned that “diva” receivers have no place on the team. Yes, in years past this would have had Mike Tannenbaum’s name written all over it. Not anymore.

2: Locker room – the Dolphins under Brian Flores are trying to build a roster and a team that has a team first line of thinking. Nothing about what Brown has done in Pittsburgh since his tiff with Ben Roethlisberger has been about anyone but himself. Brown has basically made sure that the Steelers won’t receiver the type of compensation they would want because of his continued me-first attitude. This is not someone who Brian Flores would want to control in his first job as an NFL head coach.

3: Re-building – Yes the Miami Dolphins are re-building and as such spending big on a player that fits a need on paper doesn’t make any sense. If the Dolphins wanted to trade for Brown it would undermine the process that Stephen Ross said was being implemented.

4: Quarterback situation – if Brown was miffed about a future HoF QB then he will not be thrilled in Miami where there isn’t a quarterback at all. While Brown can’t block a trade to any team he can make it a miserable and difficult process. The Dolphins should not be thinking WR when they have to be thinking QB. Especially as it relates to making a trade.

5: Compensation – the Steelers are hoping to get more than a 1st round draft pick for the leagues’ top wr but Brown is doing his best to drive that price lower. Despite his efforts the compensation will still be high and the Dolphins can’t afford to pay any draft picks for a single player.

Chances are whoever posted the idea of Brown landing in Miami was likely thinking about the hole that is being left by DeVante Parker without actually realizing that Parker being gone doesn’t create a hole. There has been a hole there since he was drafted.