The Dolphins have a load of problems on the offensive line. Coincidentally, the Ravens have a load they were looking to unload.
Jay Glazer of FOX Sports reports that the Ravens have shipped left tackle Bryant McKinnie to the Dolphins.
McKinnie has not played since the Ravens traded for Eugene Monroe. On Sunday against the Steelers, McKinnie was inactive.
McKinnie, the seventh overall pick in the 2002 draft, has had an up-and-down career, with arguably more down than up. He anchored the left side of the offensive line through the 2010 season, but he contributed to a major distraction with his role in the 2005 Love Boat fiasco (again, more down than up). Three years later, he was arrested in Miami on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence. The incident resulted in a four-game suspension.
But the Vikings kept him, until he showed up after the lockout reportedly north of four bills. Minnesota promptly cut him, the Ravens signed him, and he did fairly well in 2011. Last year, McKinnie was meh for much of the year, but he got it together in the postseason.
He became a free agent, later re-signed the team, but presumably fell out of favor after a party bus incident last month that resulted in receiver Jacoby Jones reportedly being gashed in the head by a giant champagne bottle wielded by a woman know as Sweet Pea.
It became obvious that McKinnie was out once the Ravens acquired Monroe. The fact that the Ravens were able to actually trade him shows just how desperate the Dolphins, who have allowed 26 sacks in seven games, have become.
And now he goes to back to Miami, where he went to college and where his 2008 arrest occurred. What could go wrong?