There’s been a lot of talk surrounding DeVante Parker recently. The former first round pick has seemingly fallen out of favor with the Dolphins’ coaching staff, leaving him with a reduced role for the very limited time that he’s been healthy. Naturally, his name has come up in trade rumors, as the fourth-year wideout still has a ton of talent.
Now there’s a lot of drama, as Parker’s agent is lashing out publicly at the team. Parker was inactive for the team’s game today, which Dolphins coach Adam Gase claimed was due to a nagging injury. Parkers agent insists that isn’t true, and that his client is fully healthy, according to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald (Twitter links). It’s pretty shocking for an agent to criticize a coach this forcefully as Parker’s agent, Jimmy Gould, repeatedly called Gase a liar and incompetent in his statement. Jackson does tweet that Parker’s agent is not demanding a trade or his release at this time.
That being said, it wouldn’t be a surprise if he isn’t a Dolphin for long. He’s been connected to a few receiver-needy teams recently, and there was a report earlier today that the Cowboys were “monitoring” Parker in their search for receiver help. Also earlier today, it was reported that the Dolphins were asking for a third round pick to part with the Louisville product.
Parker has always flashed a lot of promise, but has never been able to put it all together and his tenure in Miami has been a bit snake-bitten. He’s seemingly always hurt, and has never been able to consistently produce when on the field. The one thing that might make him stick with the Dolphins for now is that Miami suffered a pair of injuries to receivers today, with Albert Wilson and Kenny Stills both going down with injuries.
No thanks
Kind of curious and maybe I’m wrong for thinking this but does anyone think this guy hasn’t been able to really reach his full potential or live up to the expectations because of the team/coaching/qb situation? I mean I definitely think he is under performing from what people thought he would turn into but I’m not really sold on the Dolphins coaching or their Qb! I think he’s not a bad QB but he can’t stay healthy so they are constantly using a back up QB and even he’s healthy he’s not lighting the league up every game. Not saying he’s bad by any means but I wouldn’t say he’s one of the elite for sure. Take a look at Antonio Brown for example..with Big Ben over the years he’s one of the best if not the best WR in the league but when you throw in a back up AB does nothing, I know most of the team does nothing but a WR as good as AB you’d think they’d still be able to get him the ball more. I just wonder if this guy on another team like the Saints, Chargers, Patriots, Eagles, Packers it even the Colts would do better. What do you think?
Jarvis Landry set a record for most receptions his first four years in the league playing in the same offense so your argument just lost all validity. The reality is Davante Parker sucks and the only people who haven’t come to terms with that yet are him and his agent.
Left him out so they don’t have an Earl Thomas situation.
Very, very average WR.
You fed up with this guy but not the often injured qb you have
I like that Jimmy Gould is actually trying to earn his agent’s commission but it does appear he has lost his DVD copy of Jerry Maguire. Maybe he can convince the Dolphins to keep Parker on the payroll as a pet detective.