Miami Dolphins: 2 franchise-altering Xavien Howard trade packages

Packers receive: Xavien Howard, 2022 1st (SF), 2022 2nd, and 2023 1st
Dolphins receive: Aaron Rodgers

This trade idea set Dolphins Twitter on fire when I tweeted it. I think the picture of Aaron Rodgers in a Dolphins jersey made it worse, but wow, I did not expect this tweet to blow up the way it did.

The tweet has over 250,000 impressions, and the reactions are either happy or mad, with no in-between.

You know that the Tua Stans were present, and they were not happy. I still can’t believe there are Dolphins fans that would rather have Tagovailoa instead of Rodgers, but hey, that is their personal opinion. However, that doesn’t mean it’s right, and trust me; it’s not right.

I am a Tagovailoa fan, but if you have a chance to get Rodgers, you get Rodgers. And in this trade scenario, you get to have Tagovailoa sit behind Rodgers for a few years before he would take over.

I think this is a great insurance policy for Miami. They can win now with Rodgers and still have the future secured with Tagovailoa behind him.

And yes, they give up two first-round picks and a second-round pick in 2022. But think logically for a second and not like a video game. Some fans are saying, “you’re giving away the future.”

Stop it.

That 1st round pick will be 25 or higher with Rodgers the next two years, AND Miami has two first-round picks in 2023. So realistically, Miami is giving up their first two picks in 2022.

Is that mortgaging the future? Nah. Not even close!

This trade would be a fantastic trade for the Packers, too, as they can move on from Rodgers and the drama, start 2020 first-round pick Jordan Love and have one of the best secondaries in the entire NFL.

Miami would be instant Super Bowl contenders with Rodgers, and it would be fascinating to see what he could do with the weapons he’d have at his disposal.

This deal will never happen either, but it should happen!