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,

PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Connor Heyward got honest talking after practice on Wednesday. The fourth-year tight end has heard the noise around a potenital trade for Pro Bowler Jonnu Smith, and while he sees Smith as a great player, Heyward says the addition would be ‘complicated.’