Dolphins trade Isaiah Ford to Patriots

Posted by Charean Williams on November 3, 2020, 3:02 PM EST
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The Patriots needed a receiver. The Dolphins needed to open up for opportunities for other receivers in the slot.

So the teams have completed a rare intra-division trade.

Adam Schefter of ESPN reports the Dolphins are sending receiver Isaiah Ford to the Patriots. The Patriots are sending a seventh-round choice in 2022 to the Dolphins, Jim McBride of the Boston Globe reports.

In seven games this season, Ford played 225 snaps, which is 51 percent of the team’s offensive plays. He has 18 catches for 184 yards.

The Dolphins selected Ford in the seventh round in 2017.

The trade gives more playing time to Malcolm Perry, Lynn Bowden Jr. and Antonio Callaway, whose suspension ends this week.

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18 responses to “Dolphins trade Isaiah Ford to Patriots”

  3. The Jets has better WR depth than New England. Crowder and Mims can play. Edelman’s unfortunately probably done. Harry is a bust. Byrd and Meyers are the only active WR on this roster that can even play in this league and even they’d be fourth option on a decent team. Ford who was a #4 on the Miami depth chart is probably going to be the #2 or #3 in New England. This is embarrassing as a fan.

  5. Ford is a good young receiver. Bad move for the Dolphins, spoken as a Dolphin fan. I don’t like this move at all.

  8. Happy for Ford who can play but was always on the bubble here. He will get a fair shot in NE and he deserves it. Meanwhile Dolphins have youngsters who need to play.

  10. Good move. The Dolphins need to get the ball more to Lynn Bowden. Guy can line up in the slot, run it as a halfback or come out of the backfield to catch screen passes. He will be a stud for Tua. Still mad that the Bengals passed on him.

  13. Why bother trading him for a 7th round pick in two years? At least get a pick in 2021. Other teams make BB look smart.

  14. If they only got a seventh round pick for him, that likely means that they would have cut him if they hadn’t found a taker. They have so many young receivers that they must have decided they’d seen enough of him & felt the others had more upside. I’m glad Antonio Callaway is joining in, he was #2 or 3 caliber before he got in trouble in Cleveland.

  15. husky1881 says:
    November 3, 2020 at 3:16 pm
    The Jets has better WR depth than New England. Crowder and Mims can play. Edelman’s unfortunately probably done. Harry is a bust. Byrd and Meyers are the only active WR on this roster that can even play in this league and even they’d be fourth option on a decent team. Ford who was a #4 on the Miami depth chart is probably going to be the #2 or #3 in New England. This is embarrassing as a fan.

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    I agree with some of what you said. Byrd and Meyers definitely the top two. Should stay that way when Harry returns. Edelmen I suspect is in his wrap up too. Sad but true. Harry I dont think is worth his draft capital at all, but not a total bust. He has some value to this roster, but needs to stop being looked at as our next great receiver. Gunner is too small a sample size yet for me to comment either way. Ford is a very good addition and when Harry returns he should be #4.

    I disagree that its embarrassing. Im nit feeling that. But since I don’t derive any of my own self worthiness from the Patriots there would be no grounds for me to feel embarrassment over them either.

  16. I actually liked I Ford more than P Williams. More reliable catching the ball and always made things happen when in the game. DO NOT LIKE THIS MOVE, especially within the division.

  17. A seventh round pick? Great deal for the Patriots. He’s proven to be a reliable receiver who can make plays to help win games.

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