Had the Miami Dolphins been sellers at the trade deadline, nobody could blame them. The team was 2-6, and it was hard to predict a resurgence. That's why the front office considered sending interior defensive lineman Calais Campbell to the Baltimore Ravens for a 2026 fifth-round pick.

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As a pending free agent, he would have represented a valuable rental addition on the part of the Ravens as part of their aim to make a deep postseason run.

Sources say McDaniel stopped the deal, believing that Campbell was too valuable to lose,” Rapoport wrote. “McDaniel told Campbell this to his face in a meeting. “McDaniel