Dolphins trade proposal replaces Jaylen Waddle with young Packers receiver

Miami—In a dramatic reshuffle that underscores just how quickly the Dolphins’ offensive identity has changed, a new trade proposal would send Green Bay second-year wideout Dontayvion Wicks to South Florida while effectively closing the book on the Jaylen Waddle era.

The framework, floated by A-to-Z Sports’ Craig Smith, has Miami receiving Wicks plus a 2025 third-round selection in exchange for the Dolphins’ own third- and fifth-round picks. No players are listed as outgoing in the mock deal, but the premise is clear: Wicks would slide into a receiver room that has been stripped of the star power it boasted only 12 months ago.

Once headlined by Tyreek Hill and Waddle, Miami’s wide-receiver depth chart now ranks among the league’s thinnest. The offseason additions of veterans Tutu Atwell and Jalen Tolbert have done little to quell concerns about both productivity and ceiling. “The ceiling isn’t high for either,” Smith noted in his proposal, arguing that the Dolphins’ new front office must keep scouring the bargain bin—either via trade or free agency—for viable targets around new quarterback Malik Willis.

Wicks, a 2023 fifth-round pick out of Virginia, caught 24 passes for 315 yards and two touchdowns as a rookie operating behind Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs, and Jayden Reed in Green Bay. While those numbers are modest, the 24-year-old’s 16.1-yard average per reception hints at the vertical element Miami currently lacks. Equally important, the proposed move would reunite Wicks with both Willis and several former Packers assistants now populating Miami’s staff, potentially shortening an on-field learning curve.

Smith points to the front-office exodus from Green Bay to Miami as another factor that could grease the skids. “They’ve added multiple front-office personnel and a head coach from the Packers,” he wrote. “With Willis also coming from Green Bay, they should have some familiarity together.”

For the Packers, the hypothetical swap would net them a small jump of two rounds—from the fifth back into the third—while clearing a path for their younger receivers to compete for snaps behind the entrenched starters. For Miami, the transaction would represent the latest teardown of the previous regime’s offensive foundation, following the trades of Hill earlier this offseason and, if this deal were executed, the presumed departure of Waddle.

Neither the Dolphins nor the Packers have commented on the proposal, and no formal offer is known to be on the table. Still, the mere suggestion illustrates how aggressively Miami’s new brain trust is expected to hunt for low-cost, high-upside talent after purging two of the NFL’s most explosive weapons in the span of a single year.