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Darren Waller He’s putting his pad back on.
According to multiple reports on Tuesday, Waller came out of retirement and traded with the New York Giants to play for the Miami Dolphins and went into the building.
The Giants retained Waller’s rights after announcing their retirement after a season in New York in 2023. They received their sixth pick in 2026 for Waller and their seventh pick in the conditional 2027 draft. According to ESPN.
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New York Giants’ Darren Waller will run to the field on October 2, 2023 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey before a match against the Seattle Seahawks (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)
Waller’s retirement return came the day after Dolphins sent Pro Bowl tight end Jone Smith to the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2024 In trading Includes Jalen Ramsey and Minkah Fitzpatrick.
Although Waller considers him to be a starter, he has to compete with Julian Hill and Pharaoh Brown for that role in training camp.
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According to ESPN, people near Waller said they “missed football” and would have liked to go back to the game if the team wanted him.
The 32-year-old is one of the best tight ends in the NFL, earning 2,341 yards at 197 receptions with the Las Vegas Raiders in 2019 and 2020. He received 12 touchdowns during that period.
The Raiders gave Waller a three-year extension worth $51 million, but he was traded giant After the 2022 season.
New York Giants tight end Darren Waller catches the ball against Washington Commander of MetLife Stadium in the first half. (Vincent Carchietta/USA Today Sports)
Things didn’t happen in New York. There, he caught 52 passes for 55 yards on one touchdown in Big Blue’s Lost 2023 campaign.
Waller eventually announced in November 2023 that he would retire after a fear of health.
In a YouTube video, Waller revealed that he had trouble breathing and spent three and a half days in a hospital where he couldn’t get up, use the bathroom or feed himself. He had not disclosed the diagnosis the doctors gave him because of those illnesses, but he said that “very scary circumstances” changed his mindset and decided to retire with a focus on his music career.
Waller is also very public about his fight against addiction. Most notably, the overdose in 2017 changed his life for the better. He has since used his own experiences of addiction and rehabilitation to help others.
New York Giants’ Darren Waller will be off the field on January 7, 2024 after a match against the Philadelphia Eagles at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Cooperneal/Getty Images)
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Dolphins want to be a force for attack. He will partner with Tua Tagovailoa, Tyreek HillJalen Waddle and the other electricians on that side of the ball.
Waller will also be reunited with Franks Miss, a former Raiders tight end coach who worked with him until 2018-20.
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