Dolphins Eye Draft Capital, Trade Jaylen Wright to Chiefs in Proposed Deal
The Miami Dolphins’ hopes of turning around the 2025 season took a significant hit against the Carolina Panthers and could therefore make the Dolphins potential sellers at the Nov. 4 trade deadline.
Miami (1-4) has two options at running back to trade — De’Von Achane and Jaylen Wright. Bleacher Report’s Alex Kay broke down why Wright would make the most sense, and Kay proposed that the Dolphins pick up some draft capital by sending him to the Kansas City Chiefs.
In Kay’s proposed trade, the Dolphins receive a 2026 sixth-round pick and only part ways with a running back in Wright, who hasn’t logged many touches in his young career. The price is also right for trade suitors when it comes to a young back on his rookie deal of a four-year, $4.78 million deal.
“While star running back De’Von Achane may be the real prize in Miami’s backfield, his affordable contract, youth and production will likely make him too costly for contenders to land,” Kay wrote. “Backup Jaylen Wright is far more likely to be moved, as he’s fallen out of favor in the backfield and hasn’t lived up to his immense potential since being drafted in Round 4 last year.”
“At his best, Wright is a dynamic playmaker who can make good things happen with the ball in his hands,” Kay added. “He profiles as an equally competent rusher and receiver, a versatile back who could jump-start a flailing ground game for a team that needs some athleticism.”
A Potential Win-Win Trade
Miami could add talent for 2026 with the trade, and the Chiefs get immediate help in the backfield.
While the Dolphins haven’t landed a big-time steal in the sixth round in decades, the team could still find a serviceable player. As for the Chiefs, Wright would add talent to the mix in a running game that’s looking for answers.
“Starter Isiah Pacheco is having a pedestrian campaign, rushing for 127 yards and zero touchdowns on his 32 carries. Backup Kareem Hunt looks washed again following a resurgent 2024 season, averaging just 3.2 yards per carry and finding the end zone just once in 2025,” Kay wrote. “With quarterback Patrick Mahomes leading the team in rushing, Kansas City clearly needs to find a backfield spark.”
“While the cash-strapped contender won’t be able to splurge on a high-profile back, taking a chance on someone like Wright could result in this squad finally getting its rushing attack figured out and help drive yet another Super Bowl run,” Kay concluded.
De’Von Achne Could Still Get Traded Instead
While Wright would be less of a hit to the offense, the Dolphins could get more for Achne and therefore swing a trade with him instead.
The Texas native and former Texas A&M star has been productive since the Dolphins took him with a third-round pick in 2023. He has a career total of 1,969 yards rushing and 15 touchdowns amid an average of 5.4 yards per carry. Achne also has 130 catches for 962 yards and 12 touchdowns for his career.
This season, Achne has 262 yards rushing and a touchdown on 60 carries, and he has 25 receptions for 173 yards and three touchdowns.
Jake Ferguson Makes NFL History with Record-Breaking Start to 2025 Season
To most of the football viewing public, how Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson played in 2024 made it seem like his breakout 2023 season was something of a mirage.
Apparently, that part of the football viewing public did not include Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who invested heavily in Ferguson this offseason with a 4-year, $50 million contract extension.
Ferguson has gone about not just silencing the doubters through the first 5 games of the 2025 regular season, but has made NFL history in the process.
“Through the first five games of any season in NFL history, no tight end has had more than the 41 receptions Jake Ferguson has for the Dallas Cowboys,” ESPN’s Todd Archer wrote on October 9. “Two others had 41: Eric Johnson with the San Francisco 49ers in 2004 and Zach Ertz with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2018. Ferguson has had at least five catches in each of the first five games. The only other tight end to do that in Cowboys history is Jason Witten, a first-time finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, who did so in 2008.”
Ferguson, who has 41 receptions for 272 yards and 3 touchdowns, is second in the NFL behind just Rams’ wide receiver Puka Nacua with 52 receptions.
Cowboys Ignored Lackluster Season by Ferguson
In signing Ferguson to his big payday, the Cowboys showed they were willing to look past the 2024 season — one in which he had 59 receptions for 494 yards and no touchdowns and missed 3 games due to injuries. He also struggled holding onto the ball with 4 fumbles.
He also was missing his starting quarterback for most of the year after Dak Prescott missed the last 9 games of the season due to a hamstring injury.
Ferguson was a Pro Bowler in 2023 and one of the NFL’s top tight ends with 71 receptions for 761 yards and 5 touchdowns as the Cowboys went 12-5.
Selected in the fourth round (No. 129 overall) by the Cowboys in the 2022 NFL draft, Ferguson was headed into the final season of his 4-year, $4.36 million rookie contract in 2025.
“(Ferguson) all but vanished last year — less than 500 receiving yards and (zero) touchdowns in an injury-marred third NFL season,” Bleacher Report’s Gary Davenport wrote on June 26. ” … There’s no question CeeDee Lamb is top dog in the Dallas passing attack — he was sixth in the NFL in targets last year after leading the league in 2023. Dallas also traded for wideout George Pickens in the offseason. But Ferguson topped 100 targets two years back, and it’s not that difficult to imagine him doing so again. Given all the questions at running back, the Cowboys could easily be among the NFL’s most pass-heavy teams in 2025.”
Ferguson’s Famous — His Fiance’s More Famous
NFL players like to be the center of attention when it comes to the personal lives — outsized egos and the quest for fame can be an ugly mix.
We can safely assume Ferguson has no such problems in his own personal life, if only because he is engaged to be married to someone who is much, much more famous than the Cowboys tight end will likely ever be.
Ferguson has been in a relationship with former college basketball player and social media influencer Haley Cavinder since 2023 and the sporty couple got engaged in April 2025. Cavinder and her twin sister, Hanna, are 2 of the most well known social media influencers in the United Stats.
