If the Dolphins end up trading Smith, they'll be left without a true receiving tight end. Smith played 54.8% of the team's offensive snaps last season and accounted for roughly a quarter of the team's receiving yards; Dolphins tight ends recorded 1,053 receiving yards last season, with Smith accounting for 84% of that production.

It's fair to say the future of Miami Dolphins tight end Jonnu Smith is very much up in the air. Last week, ESPN reported that the Pittsburgh Steelers had engaged the Dolphins on trade talks centered around Smith,

After an initial report on Tuesday that Pittsburgh trade talks for Miami tight end Jonnu Smith had cooled, ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter reported that circumstances had changed on Tuesday evening. According to Schefter's sources, a trade for the Dolphins ' Smith is still alive in Pittsburgh.