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The 2023 Miami Dolphins won 11 games and were the best passing attack in the NFL. Their vape-dependent head coach, Mike McDaniel, was labeled a genius for somehow devising the master plan to get the ball in the hands of Jaylen Waddle and Tyreek Hill—two of the fastest players in the sport.
Genius.
Then the playoffs started and the Dolphins left their air-conditioned homes to a BLIZZARD in Kansas City, Missouri, where the offense froze to the turf. The Chiefs won 26-7 and Miami looked like a great regular season team but not properly built for postseason ball when it’s time to travel to Buffalo of Kansas City or even Baltimore.
This just in: Miami and WR Jaylen Waddle reached agreement today on a three-year, $84.75 million contract extension that includes $76 million guaranteed, per sources. The deal makes Waddle one of the league’s top five highest-paid receivers.
WME Football negotiated and confirmed… pic.twitter.com/ePTd2j0Z50
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 30, 2024
By signing Jaylen Waddle to a 3-year $84 million extension, the Dolphins are sticking to their original plan: run teams out of the gym.
So many organizations would get embarrassed like Miami did against the Chiefs, and learn the worst lessons from the experience. Teams would trick themselves into splitting up Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle to save money or acquire someone like Derrick Henry who doesn’t fit their offensive gameplan at all but instead, they’re locking in Waddle and running it back again.
And they should.
The New England Patriots will continue the vibes at Tom Brady’s roast as they prepare to be a laughingstock this season. The Metlife Stadium grounds crew lathers every blade of (artificial) grass with KY so Aaron Rodgers is one misstep away from riding around in a Hawkings-esque wheelchair to amplify his false sense of intellectual superiority. Buffalo’s credit card bills are due as repo men carry out their foosball machines and Tre’Davious White.
The Miami Dolphins have a chance to win the division this year. Now is not the time to panic about losing to the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs have won back-to-back Super Bowls. Everyone has lost to them.
You know the best way to avoid road playoff games? Go get the 1 seed. Let’s fucking go.
What does Jaylen Waddle bring to the Miami Dolphins?
Waddle was drafted no. 6 in the 2021 Draft. He’s recorded at least 1,000 receiving yards in each of his 3 first NFL seasons. He ranks 13th with 3,385 receiving yards since 2021 and he’s racked those numbers up playing across from Tyreek Hill the last two years.
Jaylen Waddle highlights for your TL on the day of his extension.pic.twitter.com/BuYzCk4vTU https://t.co/rGvJQbCeaP
— David Furones (@DavidFurones_) May 30, 2024
Waddle now has the 4th highest annual salary amongst wide receivers behind AJ Brown, Amon-Ra St. Brown and his teammate.
This may sound crazy but when you get one of the best players in your building, you should do everything in your power to keep them there. Especially a guy like Waddle who is unique in how little he speaks. Whenever I open my phone, I have to scroll past a video of Tyreek Hill announcing another stray child he’s sired. I don’t know anything about Waddle which is the goal for a star player.
Clock in. Get buckets. Go home.
Dolphins in 4.
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