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Former Dolphins RB Blasts Miami for Trading Jalen Ramsey, Jonnu Smith to Steelers
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Former Miami Dolphins running back and current Las Vegas Raider Raheem Mostert ripped the Dolphins for their treatment of All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey and Pro Bowl tight end Jonnu Smith . He hopes both players shine with the Pittsburgh Steelers and prove to Miami that they made a massive mistake.
"Hot take: Be a Pro-bowler on the Dolphins, get treated like sh**. Happy for my guys though! GO BALL OUT!!" Mostert wrote on X.
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The landed Steelers Ramsey and Smith with the blockbuster trade on Monday. The deal will go down as one of the biggest in team history, with All-Pro safety Minkah Fitzpatrick going the other direction. The Steelers also acquired a 2027 seventh-round draft pick and the Dolphins got a 2027 fifth-round draft pick in the trade.
The Steelers are also giving Ramsey a raise in 2025, increasing his salary to $26.6 million, and giving Smith a one-year contract extension worth $12 million. Ramsey is under contract through 2028. The extension will keep Smith in Pittsburgh through the end of the 2026 season.
Pittsburgh will incur a $15.5 million dead cap hit thanks to trading Fitzpatrick, and will net $6.855 million in cap savings from trading him away. The full salary cap implications of the trade won't be able to be determined until the details of new deals for Ramsey and Smith are reported.
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Ramsey, 30, has been one of the best cornerbacks in the NFL over the last decade. He is a three-time first-team All-Pro in 2017, 2020 and 2021, and a seven-time Pro Bowler from 2017-23. He won Super Bowl LVI with the Los Angeles Rams after the 2021 season.
Initially drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft out of Florida State, Ramsey has now been traded three times, first to the Rams in 2019, then to the Dolphins in 2023 and now to the Steelers.
Ramsey was traded to the Dolphins in 2023, and signed a three-year contact extension with the team in September 2024, but this spring both Ramsey and the team mutually agreed to part ways. The Dolphins needed to wait until after June 1 to make a trade.
Smith had been subject to trade talks since it was reported that he wanted a new deal coming off the best season of his eight-year NFL career. In 2024, he recorded a career-high 88 catches for 884 yards and eight touchdowns.
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The 29-year-old was scheduled to make just $4.8 million this season, but the Steelers are giving him a one-year, $12 million extension as part of the trade.
The news comes as a bit of a surprise since the Pittsburgh already made Pat Freiermuth one of the highest-paid tight ends in the league last offseason with a four-year, $48.4 million contract extension . The team also has tight ends Darnell Washington and Connor Heyward on the roster.
Smith also has a connection with offensive coordinator Arthur Smith. The two spent time together with the Tennessee Titans from 2017-20 and then most recently with the Atlanta Falcons (2023).
Smith began his NFL career as a third-round pick (No. 100 overall) by the Titans in the 2017 NFL Draft. He spent four seasons in Tennessee before joining the New England Patriots for the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
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The 6-foot-3, 248-pound tight end then signed with the Falcons to reunite with Smith in Atlanta before heading to the Dolphins last year.
Smith has 307 receptions for 3,307 yards and 28 touchdowns in his professional career.
Alan Saunders and Aaron Becker provided reporting for this story.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now : Former Dolphins RB Blasts Miami for Trading Jalen Ramsey, Jonnu Smith to Steelers
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