Miami Dolphins not likely to trade out of six now that Carolina has a QB

The Miami Dolphins may be content to stay at six but they won’t have a trade partner with the Carolina Panthers who are trading for Sam Darnold.

If there was any questions about where the New York Jets were headed with their first pick in this months draft there shouldn’t be anymore. The Jets are drafting a quarterback and the era of Sam Darnold in New York is over.

According to reports, the Jets are sending Darnold to the Panthers for a 6th round draft pick this year and 2nd and 4th round picks in 2022. The move now eliminates this year’s need for a quarterback and will pit Darnold and Teddy Bridgewater for the starting job in Carolina.

For the Miami Dolphins, this eliminates a trade with Carolina to the 8th spot and may have also eliminated any potential trade with the Denver Broncos at pick number 9. With Carolina now out of the QB market, the Broncos have no need to trade up ahead of them and any team wanting to jump ahead of Denver will now likely target Carolina’s spot as a potential spot.

There hasn’t been any concrete evidence that the Dolphins were looking to trade the 6th pick and it has been more fan driven speculation and some media speculation but this trade should put an end to that speculation now.

Miami will still have plenty of options at six which is why they are there but had they possibly waited to move out of the three spot, they may have been able to get more for the shuffle. The good news is that Chris Grier moved back up to six. Had he stayed at 12 Carolina would now be a top spot for landing a non-QB prospect, potentially one the Dolphins were targeting.

Miami will watch as potentially four quarterbacks come off the board with the first four picks. The Falcons may or may not be targeting a QB in the draft and now seem more likely to draft Kyle Pitts who would fit in well with Calvin Ridley on the outside.