DeVante Parker sees career at crossroads with Dolphins

DeVante Parker joined the Miami Dolphins organization in 2015 as the 14th overall draft pick. The fan base expects it to eventually become the best target of Ryan Tannehill. Three years later, it seems that the tumultuous period of Parker in Miami is about to end.

Although DeVante Parker has shown promise in the 2016 and 2017 seasons with an average of about 50.0 yards per game for each campaign, the Miami Dolphins have failed to get the value that they have. they were waiting for Parker when they selected them in the first round of the 2015 NFL. Draft.

A combination of injuries and inconsistent games made Parker believe to become the best option in the Dolphins pass attack, which received much more outstanding contributions from Kenny Stills, Albert Wilson and Danny Amendola in 2018.

Parker has caught just two passes for 40 yards this season, and all of those statistics will be featured in the third week against the Oakland Raiders. Although Parker faced his fair share of injuries, his agent issued a statement stating that Parker was in good health, and he blamed head coach Adam Gase for qualifying his client for being inactive. in the loss of the Dolphins 32-21, week 7, by the Lions.

This is a complicated situation and the decision by Parker's agent to defame Gase is a sign that he and his client want to leave Miami as soon as possible. Parker was placed on the trading block by the Dolphins, Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald The & # 39; Fins have spoken to the teams of the wide receiver future, with the Philadelphia Eagles to be the only team explicitly linked to Parker right now.

At 6'3 ", 216, Parker, who is only 25, still has a chance to become a # 2 quality target, able to move the chains for an offensive and defend the defenders in the red zone. The problem is that players with Parker's skills should be consistent and reliable. If Parker was moderately productive for two seasons in Miami, he was completely invisible in 2018.

It will be interesting to see how the teams read this statement from Parker's agent, as this may reduce its market value. The Dolphins must be more desperate to part with the underperforming receiver, especially now that his agent has upset Gase by mistakenly calling him a liar for putting Parker in the dock on the pretext that he was hurt.

The whole situation is probably complicated, but the end result should be simple. Parker will be traded by an organization that clearly does not seem to like it and is willing to part with a player that it might consider a mistake in the first round. Meanwhile, Parker believes in his natural talent and probably wants to change the scenery (and coaches) so he can prove to the rest of the NFL that he can be a star catcher.

With recipients such as Amari Cooper and Demaryius Thomas, rumors are rumored, until the deadline next week, Parker may not be the most attractive option for potential candidates. But he is the cheapest, he is only 25 years old and has a potential of "boom", since the teams can be convinced that he has a high ceiling.

It will be interesting to see how Gase chooses to respond to Parker and his agent, but once again it becomes clear that both sides need to move on as soon as possible.