It didn’t make a ton of sense at the time.
It still doesn’t make much sense now.
Why did the Miami Dolphins trade Jonnu Smith to the Pittsburgh Steelers?
It can’t be simply because they could “replace him” with a back-from-retirement Darren Waller (who has been too injured to play at all so far).
And while they got draft ammunition in return, that doesn’t seem a great reason, either. The Dolphins have invested heavily in QB Tua Tagovailoa, and they still have star WRs Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle. Smith does them more good on the team than on someone else’s roster.
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Yet this is where Miami finds itself.
ESPN’s Ben Solak couldn’t quite believe it when he posted about it on X on Thursday:
“Watching the Dolphins offense and I think the Jonnu Smith trade might have been the single worst decision of the offseason. (This is probably an overreaction but it sure feels this way!)”
It’s important to note that Solak posted that at 2:24 p.m. on Thursday, well before Thursday Night Football, when the Dolphins still could’ve really used Smith to make some plays with the ball in his hands after the catch.
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Instead, the Miami offense felt one player short, and they came up 10 points short to the powerful Buffalo Bills.
Surely, Smith could’ve made up some of that difference.
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