Miami Dolphins: Darqueze Dennard from Bengals for DeVante Parker
This would be a swap of two disappointing first-round picks, in Dennard (24th overall in 2014) and Parker (14th overall in 2015). Parker had his fifth-year option picked up for 2019, while Dennard is playing out this own fifth-year option this year.
Dennard had the best year of his career in 2017, with 83 total tackles, and he’s off to a solid start this year (22 total tackles through four games). But he was not graded out well by Pro Football Focus last year (No. 93 of 119 qualified cornerbacks), and he’s been mediocre as essentially Cincinnati’s No. 3 corner.
Parker has been tabbed as a breakout candidate every year it seems. This year a preseason finger injury derailed him, and more recently a quad issue has kept him sidelined. The Dolphins have good depth a wide receiver (Kenny Stills, Albert Wilson, Danny Amendola, Jakeem Grant), so a decision that Parker just isn’t worth the trouble could come.
The Dolphins could use a healthy corner to go with emerging shutdown No. 1 corner Xavien Howard, and even with Tyler Boyd’s emergence this year the Bengals could look to add some talent alongside A.J. Green. The two teams happen to play in Week 5, so maybe that becomes a catalyst for trade talks.