I am not shocked but they need a starting corner now; what they have isn't good enough.
I suppose that Jalen Ramsey can enter the conversation now. I'm not for it as it just seems to add a problem right after subtracting a problem. But there is no question that Ramsey can still play, is likely better than a healthy Alexander and has averaged 14.67 games played over the last 3 years (missed 7 games in 2023, started all 17 games in 2024).
Overthecap has Ramsey's cap number at 16.661 million, but the Dolphins are on the hook for the pro-rated part of his signing bonus and have already paid his roster bonus, so the new team would only pay him 5.816 million this year and not be on the hook for any money past this season. So at a salary cap figure of less than 6 million, even a Ramsey detractor (like me) cannot find any fault with the money aspect.
Gutekunst likely held onto Alexander this long thinking he could actually get something for him on the trade market, which wasn't the smartest thing considering his contract and the missed playing time. No doubt the Dolphins would probably start by asking for something like a third and fourth round pick for Ramsey. When all is said and done I think the max they get out of him is a fifth but it's probably just as likely they either get a sixth OR they end up taking a pick swap...something like getting a 5th in 2026 and then giving back a 7th in 2027. One thing that helps is that it sound like the most interested party in Ramsey was the Rams, and the national media (who admittedly, has been wrong about just about everything this off-season) is now talking about the Rams being the likely landing spot for Alexander. So if there was any competition to get Ramsey, having Alexander out there probably removes one team from that list.
Again, I'm not in favor of Ramsey, but if a Ramsey fan would argue that you bring him in and deal with the attitude for one year...at the price-tag of under 6 million and either give up something like a 6th round pick, I don't think I could argue that it's a bad move.