Trade deadline - Ryan Kerrigan?

Ryan Kerrigan
WAS • LB • 91


This is something that should seriously intrigue head coach Brian Flores.

Being a former linebackers coach, Flores knows how important it is to have guys who can get after the opposing quarterback. The problem for Miami is they don't have enough players who can actually do in on a play-to-play basis. Kerrigan certainly can, and adding him to the roster would be a strong boost to a pass rush that normally sees only Emmanuel Ogbah putting hands on the opposing signal-caller (five sacks through six games). The Washington Football Team is one of the few clubs who have an embarrassment of riches on arguably the best defensive line in the NFL, having not been ravaged by injury as other teams have.

That allows them the ability to move on from Kerrigan and see what they can land in exchange, and the Dolphins should note he still has plenty of fuel left in his tank, as evidenced by his four sacks on the year with only one start. With the addition of first-overall pick Chase Young, Kerrigan's reps in Washington have been scaled back in a major way, but that wouldn't be the case for the 32-year-old if he's moved to South Florida.

A former first-round pick himself (2011), Kerrigan has perennially been one of the most dominant pass rushers in Washington, his four Pro Bowl nods and the fact he's the franchise's all-time sack leader simply driving home that point. It's a ready-made pass rush boost for a Dolphins team still in position to shock the world and and take the AFC East, so make this trade happen.







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