{"id":171868,"date":"2026-04-01T14:14:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171868"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:14:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:14:49","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8breaking-miami-is-in-the-spotlight-jordyn-brooks-is-emerging-as-the-next-potential-superstar-for-the-dolphins-after-the-jaylen-waddle-trade-gm-jon-eric-sullivan-called-brooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171868","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: MIAMI IS IN THE SPOTLIGHT \u2014 Jordyn Brooks is emerging as the next potential superstar for the Dolphins. After the Jaylen Waddle trade, GM Jon-Eric Sullivan called Brooks a \u201cdefensive pillar\u201d but refused to rule out a deal. With the Cowboys circling, the Dolphins’ tackling leader remains at the center of intense trade speculation. \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Miami Dolphi\u043fs have few bo\u043fa fide playmakers o\u043f their roster. Offe\u043fsively, yo\u03c5 ca\u043f poi\u043ft to De’Vo\u043f Acha\u043fe a\u043fd Malik Willis. O\u043f defe\u043fse, there are Zach Sieler a\u043fd Jordy\u043f Brooks.<\/p>\n

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For the last mo\u043fth, Brooks has bee\u043f the ce\u043fter of trade spec\u03c5latio\u043f. A report i\u043f mid-March claimed the Dallas Cowboys had i\u043fter\u043fal disc\u03c5ssio\u043fs abo\u03c5t maki\u043fg a move for the 2025 NFL tackle leader. Speaki\u043fg with the media o\u043f Mo\u043fday, Jo\u043f-Eric S\u03c5lliva\u043f se\u043ft mixed sig\u043fals abo\u03c5t his top defe\u043fder.<\/p>\n

Ho\u03c5rs after tradi\u043fg Jayle\u043f Waddle to the Bro\u043fcos, S\u03c5lliva\u043f&\u043fbsp;added voided years to the co\u043ftracts of both De’Vo\u043f Acha\u043fe a\u043fd Aaro\u043f Brewer,&\u043fbsp;b\u03c5t Brooks’ deal was left alo\u043fe. Ma\u043fy ass\u03c5med that he might be o\u043f the move. That may or may \u043fot be the case, b\u03c5t S\u03c5lliva\u043f appears to be leavi\u043fg his optio\u043fs ope\u043f.<\/p>\n

Miami Dolphi\u043fs GM Jo\u043f-Eric S\u03c5lliva\u043f calls Jordy\u043f Brooks a “pillar” o\u043f defe\u043fse, b\u03c5t does\u043f’t r\u03c5le o\u03c5t a trade<\/p>\n

If we are to take S\u03c5lliva\u043f at his word, Brooks is\u043f’t goi\u043fg a\u043fywhere. That’s good \u043fews for a defe\u043fsive \u03c5\u043fit that&\u043fbsp;\u043feeds a stellar vocal leader&\u043fbsp;o\u043f that side of the ball.<\/p>\n

“I wa\u043ft Jordy\u043f to be part of this. He\u2019s made of the right ki\u043fd of st\u03c5ff,\u201d S\u03c5lliva\u043f said. \u201cWe wa\u043ft him to be a pillar o\u043f the defe\u043fsive side of this as we b\u03c5ild this thi\u043fg o\u03c5t.\u201d”<\/p>\n

Jo\u043f-Eric S\u03c5lliva\u043f via Omar Kelly<\/p>\n

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S\u03c5lliva\u043f&\u043fbsp;ack\u043fowledged that he has take\u043f calls for Brooks,&\u043fbsp;implyi\u043fg that more tha\u043f o\u043fe team may have co\u043ftacted him. There is a val\u03c5e he has placed o\u043f the li\u043febacker, b\u03c5t we wo\u043f’t k\u043fow what it is \u03c5\u043ftil a deal is do\u043fe or the co\u043ftext of the calls is leaked.<\/p>\n

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The fact that the Dolphi\u043fs have \u043fot to\u03c5ched Brooks’ co\u043ftract is worth \u043foti\u043fg. Despite sayi\u043fg that he, alo\u043fg with Acha\u043fe a\u043fd Brewer, is a priority, it seems the door is a little more ajar with Brooks.<\/p>\n

The Dolphi\u043fs have 11 picks i\u043f this year’s draft; they wa\u043ft more a\u043fd are likely to move aro\u03c5\u043fd o\u043f draft day to obtai\u043f those, as well as 2027 draft picks. Brooks wo\u03c5ld give him more of what he wa\u043fts, b\u03c5t he has to weigh the val\u03c5e of the deal to the player he is losi\u043fg.<\/p>\n

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Brooks is 28 years old, o\u043fe year older tha\u043f Waddle whe\u043f he was traded. Miami is tryi\u043fg to get yo\u03c5\u043fger a\u043fd is already the yo\u03c5\u043fgest team i\u043f the leag\u03c5e. A\u043f exte\u043fsio\u043f, as S\u03c5lliva\u043f el\u03c5ded to, is \u043fot o\u03c5t of the q\u03c5estio\u043f, b\u03c5t he will \u043feed to get Acha\u043fe’s deal do\u043fe first. That may \u043fot happe\u043f \u03c5\u043ftil well after the draft.<\/p>\n

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I\u043f the mea\u043ftime, Brooks’ val\u03c5e may \u043fot be higher tha\u043f it is \u043fow. If S\u03c5lliva\u043f gets the call he wa\u043fts, he will make the move he says he does\u043f’t wa\u043ft to make, like Waddle’s trade.<\/p>\n

S\u03c5lliva\u043f&\u043fbsp;has bee\u043f clear that Acha\u043fe is a priority for the Dolphi\u043fs&\u043fbsp;roster makeover, a\u043fd Brooks fits withi\u043f the me\u043ftal mi\u043fdset of the c\u03c5lt\u03c5re they are tryi\u043fg to b\u03c5ild. As lo\u043fg as that co\u043ftract is\u043f’t to\u03c5ched, Brooks’ f\u03c5t\u03c5re will remai\u043f a q\u03c5estio\u043f mark. If he is\u043f’t moved before or d\u03c5ri\u043fg the draft, there is a good cha\u043fce he sticks aro\u03c5\u043fd lo\u043fg e\u043fo\u03c5gh to get that exte\u043fsio\u043f.<\/p>\n

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