The Miami Dolphins are back in prime time in Week 10 for a "Monday Night Football" matchup against the Los Angeles Rams . Both teams had their bye in Week 6 but have gone in very different directions since then. Miami's lost three in a row by just 10 points combined, while the Rams have won three straight as their offense has key players return from injury, including wide receivers Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua .
One of the players tasked with covering those wideouts is a former Rams All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey . The nine-year veteran made his seventh Pro Bowl last season and hasn't fallen off this year, ranking as the top defensive back on the Dolphins this season per Sports Info Solutions (SIS) data . This is the first time Ramsey's facing the team he won a Super Bowl with in 2021 .
Here's how he went from Los Angeles to South Beach. Why was Jalen Ramsey traded? Ramsey was traded after the 2022 NFL season , during which the Rams went 5-12 and set the record for most losses by a reigning Super Bowl champion. That trade was part of what Rams general manager Les Snead called a "remodel" in which the team worked towards a better salary cap situation.
NFL STATS CENTRAL: The latest NFL scores, schedules, odds, stats and more. “I think what the big picture is this year, different than probably the past five years for us, we definitely have to engineer a healthier cap situation just because, obviously, we're not in a luxury tax situation," Snead said in March 2023. “There will.