Dolphins, Cardinals on final lines of closing deal with Rosen

The Miami Dolphins and Arizona Cardinals were on the verge on Friday of closing a deal for quarterback Josh Rosen, according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. Florida reported that the Cardinals would send Rosen, likely along with a lower-round draft pick, to the Dolphins for their second-round pick, which is No. 48 overall.

The Dolphins signed 36-year-old journeyman Ryan Fitzpatrick to play quarterback after trading starter Ryan Tannehill to the Tennessee Titans in March. Rosen landed on the trade block only after the Arizona Cardinals drafted Kyler Murray with the No. 1 pick in the 2019 NFL Draft on Thursday.

According to reports, the Cardinals took their decision down to the wire Thursday night and kept all options open in the event a trade offer or motivation to move another direction arrived. MMQB.com reported the Cardinals were firm with their asking price of a first-round pick, and found little interest.

Rosen unfollowed the Cardinals on social media not long after general manager Steve Keim phoned in the official pick of Murray on Thursday. If Rosen is moved as expected, the Cardinals will be sitting on more than $16 million in dead money for 2018 contracts handed to Sam Bradford, Mike Glennon and Rosen, the 10th pick in the 2018 draft.

When Rosen was selected last April, he vowed to make the "nine mistakes made in front of me" pay. But if the Dolphins decide to stand pat with Fitzpatrick, Rosen could remain on Arizona's payroll into summer, when the Cardinals would seem to have even less leverage for a trade barring an injury to another team's starting quarterback.