5 teams that should trade for Colin Kaepernick
By James Dudko
3. Miami Dolphins
Ryan Tannehill seems a whisker short of exhausting the patience of the Miami Dolphins. The AFC East club has hired coordinators and head coaches, signed free agents and used draft picks to help Tannehill make the grade.
Yet, for all their efforts, the Dolphins still can’t completely trust 2012’s eighth overall pick as their starting quarterback. If Tannehill can’t cut it under new head coach Adam Gase, he likely never will.
Gase is a quarterback whisperer who has helped Peyton Manning and Jay Cutler reach their best levels. But it’s one of Gase’s first projects that makes Miami an intriguing trade partner for Kaepernick.
He tutored Tim Tebow in 2011, helping him guide the Denver Broncos to an improbable AFC West title and a playoff win. Tebow’s NFL career nosedived not long after, but Gase still found a way to succeed with a QB who was a talented runner but couldn’t dissect coverage.
That could be Kaepernick’s career tagline.
Gase has built his reputation on crafting offensive schemes around the specific talents of particular quarterbacks. It’s something Kaepernick needs but hasn’t had in recent seasons with the 49ers.
The Dolphins have the talent along the offensive line to help Kap flourish again. They also boast a quarterback-friendly wide receiver in Jarvis Landry. Perhaps more intriguing is how Kaepernick would work with tight ends Jordan Cameron and the underrated Dion Sims.
The quarterback struck up a prolific big play connection with Vernon Davis during his time in San Francisco. He would surely do the same if he was targeting Cameron and Sims.
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