If available, the Giants are the favorites to acquire Jaylen Waddle in a trade.

If available, the Giants are the favorites to acquire Jaylen Waddle in a trade.

Jaylen Waddle, a talented wide receiver, may not be a target for trade for the Miami Dolphins. New York Giants are the favorites to sign him, though, if the Dolphins—who are short for cap space—decide they must.

Waddle, 25, would undoubtedly suit the Giants’ needs as their top wide receiver. After being selected by Miami with the sixth overall choice in the 2021 NFL Draft, Waddle has amassed over 1,000 receiving yards in each of the last three seasons. In those three years, he has 251 career receptions.

In the event that the Dolphins do determine they must deal Waddle, Bookies.com projects the Giants (+400) to have a 20% probability of winning him.

Why would Miami let Waddle go? The Dolphins are currently $29.069 million over the $255.4 million salary ceiling for 2024, even with the generous cap. By trading Waddle, they would be able to avoid paying an expensive long-term contract and save $4.353 million against the cap.

At No. 6, wide receiver for the Giants is a major focus of mock drafts. The Giants would then have the elite receiver they require.

Brian Daboll has long coveted Waddle’s run after the catch ability; in the last two seasons, he averaged 6.8 and 5.8 yards after the catch. At just 5-foot-10 and 185 pounds, Waddle spends much of his time outside playing football. Waddle played 523 snaps that were aligned wide and only 121 in the end, per Pro Football Focus.

Tyreek Hill, another talented receiver for the Dolphins, recently attacked the notion of Miami selling his running companion.

On X, the social media site that was once known as Twitter, Hill posted on Wednesday, saying, “I’m all the way in Greece right now and I get on Twitter to see people talking crazy about dolphin football.”

Hill went on, “My boy Waddle is the future.” “It is absurd that people in this fan base would want to trade him; he is better than I was at this point in his career.”

“Him and Tua were special before me and will be special after I leave,” Hill continued.

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