The Denver Broncos have reportedly traded for Miami Dolphins receiver Jaylen Waddle, a transfer that will add offensive firepower to a workforce that fell one win short of the Super Bowl final season.
ESPN reports that the Broncos will send first-, third- and fourth-round picks in this 12 months’s draft to the Dolphins in return for Waddle. The Broncos will even obtain Miami’s fourth-round pick as a part of the deal. If the deal is confirmed, the Dolphins will personal the eleventh and thirtieth picks in the primary spherical of this 12 months’s draft as they try to construct round newly acquired quarterback Malik Willis.
The Dolphins chosen Waddle with the sixth total pick in the 2021 draft, reuniting him together with his school quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who was launched by the Dolphins earlier this month. Waddle handed 1,000 receiving yards in every of his first three seasons – and led the league in common yards per catch in 2022 – however has additionally struggled with accidents. Last season he caught 64 passes for 910 yards. He has but to be named to a Pro Bowl or All-Pro workforce throughout his 5 seasons in the NFL.
The 27-year-old is owed $68.6m over the three remaining years of his contract. The Broncos had been the No 1 seed in the AFC final season and narrowly misplaced to the New England Patriots in the convention’s championship recreation. They will hope the addition of Waddle, alongside their highly effective protection, might be sufficient to see them go additional this upcoming season.
