The Brandon Aiyuk trade picture just got a lot more interesting, and Miami has unexpectedly entered the conversation.
The Dolphins are being mentioned as a possible landing spot for the disgruntled 49ers receiver, even though the fit looks strange at first glance. The team is in a full-scale rebuild after cutting Tyreek Hill and trading Jaylen Waddle, but Bleacher Report’s Brent Sobleski made the case this week that Miami belongs on the list of real options.
At the center of that argument is Bobby Slowik. Miami’s new offensive coordinator worked as San Francisco’s passing game coordinator in 2022, which was the same season Aiyuk put together his first 1,000-yard year and earned second-team All-Pro honors. That connection gives the Dolphins a clear line to a player whose trade market has already become messy.
Aiyuk has made his preference obvious. He only follows his wife, Jayden Daniels, and the Washington Commanders on Instagram, and he also posted a “Go Commanders!”
video that left no doubt about where he wants to go. Washington has the interest, but the 49ers have not budged on their asking price.
San Francisco is refusing to simply release a player owed $130 million, and it wants real value back in a deal.
That standoff is what opens the door for other teams, and Miami fits the profile of a club that can at least explore the idea. Aiyuk remains under contract through the 2028 season, which gives a team several years to build around him while the Commanders situation stretches deeper into the summer.
The trade market, though, comes with plenty of baggage. Aiyuk has not played since suffering a serious knee injury in the 2024 season.
He also went through stretches without meaningful communication with the 49ers organization. On top of that, an arrest warrant was issued in North Carolina tied to a misdemeanor exhibition-of-speed charge after he posted a video of himself driving nearly 100 mph past Levi’s Stadium.
Those issues have made this a complicated pursuit from the start, and the arrest warrant only added another layer to a market already struggling to find a team willing to pay the price.
Still, Miami’s receiver situation makes the need hard to ignore. The projected No. 1 wideout, Malik Washington, finished 2025 with just 317 receiving yards. Tutu Atwell, Terrace Marshall Jr., and Jalen Reagor are all more reclamation projects than proven answers, and draft pick Chris Bell suffered a late-season ACL tear and remains uncertain for 2026.
Against that backdrop, Aiyuk looks like exactly what the Dolphins do not currently have: a proven receiver who has already crossed the 1,000-yard threshold and is still only 28 years old, even if the injury and off-field questions remain part of the equation.
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