Miami, Florida (PSF) - After acquiring All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey in a trade with the Los Angeles Rams this past week, one thing is for certain regarding the future of the Miami Dolphins: They are going all in.

Coincidentally, Ramsey’s previous squad in the Rams was the first team in the league to adopt and use the strategy of trading premium draft picks and capital to land proven superstars in order to increase your chances of winning a Super Bowl or at the very least increasing your Super Bowl window timetable. For example, trading for quarterback Matthew Stafford, linebacker Von Miller, and previously Ramsey from the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Over the past two years, the Dolphins are now the newest team in the league to implement and use the philosophy that the Rams did in their own quest of a third Super Bowl title much like how the Rams won their second championship two seasons ago after the several big time trades that they made as mentioned earlier.

The first trade that the Dolphins made to jump start their aggressiveness was the decision to trade for All-Pro wide receiver Tyreek Hill from the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for a 2022 first round pick, 2022 second round pick, 2022 fourth round pick, a 2023 fourth round pick, and a 2023 fourth round pick to give quarterback Tua Tagovailoa a legit, bonafide, game breaking weapon on the outside. After acquiring Hill’s services from Kansas City, at this year’s trade deadline Miami acquired star linebacker Bradley Chubb from the Denver Broncos in exchange for running back Chase Edmonds, a 2023 first round pick, and a 2024 fourth round pick to be their best pass rusher and wreak havoc for opposing AFC East signal callers. Now after acquiring Ramsey from Los Angeles, Miami has their big three and has pushed all their chips into the center of the table.

The idea and strategy to go all in unequivocally comes with risk. While the Rams did get a Super Bowl out of going all in two seasons ago, this past season they finished 5-12 (third place in the NFC West), currently have the 25th most cap space in the league, and now have to trade and release several key players from their Super Bowl winning roster like Ramsey in order to free up more cap space. The strategy is great for short term success, but it will also blow up in your face in the long run, especially if a championship is not won.

Miami’s decision to go all in says as much about Hill, Chubb, and Ramsey as it does about the organization’s belief and confidence around fourth year quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. If General Manager Chris Grier and Head Coach Mike McDaniel did not have the upmost confidence in Tagovailoa’s ability to bring Miami to the promise land, all three of these trades would not have happened. Not only this, but also the fact that McDaniel did not draft Tagovailoa, but instead inherited him as his QB1 this past season. In only one season, even with suffering three concussions and missing nearly five games, Tagovailoa was able to show McDaniel enough that he is the guy for the franchise for the foreseeable future.

No move says this more than the Dolphins recently deciding to pick up Tagovailoa’s fifth year option which guarantees him at least another two years in Miami, solidifying Grier’s and McDaniel’s trust and faith in their quarterback. However, if Tagovailoa does not live up to the standards and expectations that were first put on him when he was drafted in 2020 and the elite roster he is now supported with, his future as a starting quarterback in the league in addition to Grier’s and McDaniel’s in their own ways will all be in jeopardy and very well could go south in South Beach.

With Tagovailoa still on his rookie deal, combined with elite coaching and superstars on both sides of the ball, the pressure is on in Miami. Now the only question becomes if they can handle the pressure, and replicate the success that the Rams found in adhering to the aggressive strategy of going all in and rolling the dice.