The Dolphins are in an interesting spot with their longest-tenured player. DeVante Parker would represent a quality supporting-caster at wide receiver for the Dolphins, but the team’s moves at receiver do not leave a clear role for the seven-year veteran.
Chris Grier said he will listen to offers for Parker, who came up in trade rumors last week in the wake of the Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill acquisition. While the Miami GM added that he expects Parker to be with the team next season, via Adam Beasley of ProFootballNetwork.com (Twitter link), that stance certainly does not preclude a trade. Calls have come in, per the Miami Herald’s Barry Jackson. The Dolphins have been active at wide receiver this offseason, and Parker was drafted multiple regimes ago.
Chosen in the 2015 first round, when Dennis Hickey was Miami’s GM and Joe Philbin the team’s head coach, Parker received an extension during Grier’s first year in charge. But the veteran wideout ran into injury trouble last year, missing seven games. The Maryland product has also not come especially close to replicating his 1,200-yard season from 2019, when the Dolphins gave him a three-year, $30.5MM extension.
Miami drafted Jaylen Waddle in the 2021 first round, trading up for the Alabama speedster, and signed Cedrick Wilson this offseason. Along with Hill, there might not be room for Parker, though his 2022 salary ($5.65MM) is not prohibitive for a team with a starting quarterback on a rookie deal. The Eagles remain on the Parker radar, per Jackson, who adds the Colts and Packers loom as other possible destinations.
Devante Parker went to Louisville and has no connections to the state of Maryland. I hate to be that guy, but I’m pretty sure that the last article about him said he went to Maryland too.
It did.
The article tells one all they need to know about the dysfunction in Miami: a seventh year player drafted multiple regimes ago.
Sam Robinson is obsessed with Maryland
The Packers should make a play for Parker. Rodgers could turn him into a stud receiver.
I just wonder who is going to be the possession receiver in Miami, outside of TE. They signed and drafted a good WR corps, but I think his role is clear. None of their wideouts are particularly big, Parker included, but he has more size than the others at the position. I may be wrong, but he seems like he’ll have a job going across the middle or medium length routes in Miami.
They have Preston Williams who they just resigned at 6’5.. But also injuries and drops have been an issue.
Ah yes, I forgot about Williams. Still, he’s not starting with those signings. Cedric Wilson, while a good receiver, seemed unnecessary to me. For that money, he is going to start and it pushes Parker and Williams out of the lineup and leaves no one to act as a bigger receiver.
Devante Parker didn’t go to Maryland.