Overview
- ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports Miami proposed four first-round picks for the 2020 No. 1 selection to take Joe Burrow, and Cincinnati immediately shut down talks.
- Miami could make such an offer because it held three first-rounders in 2020 and two more in 2021 from prior trades.
- The Dolphins have benched Tagovailoa for rookie Quinn Ewers and, per Schefter, are prepared to part ways despite a potential $99 million dead-cap hit if released and $54 million guaranteed due in 2026.
- Cincinnati kept the pick and drafted Burrow, who led a Super Bowl run and an AFC title game appearance before injuries and a poor 2025 campaign left the team out of contention.
- Burrow is signed to a five-year, $275 million extension agreed in 2023, and reporting indicates he expects to remain with the Bengals.