{"id":79510,"date":"2025-07-15T07:38:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T07:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=79510"},"modified":"2025-07-15T07:38:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T07:38:49","slug":"dol%d1%80h%d1%96n%d1%95-urged-to-f%d1%96nally-s%d1%96gn-2nd-round-p%d1%96ck-am%d1%96d-nfl-w%d1%96de-holdout%d1%95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=79510","title":{"rendered":"Dol\u0440h\u0456n\u0455 Urged to F\u0456nally S\u0456gn 2nd Round P\u0456ck Am\u0456d NFL-W\u0456de Holdout\u0455"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2202897325.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2202897325.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2202897325.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2202897325.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Dolphins Urged to Finally Sign 2nd Round Pick Amid NFL-Wide Holdouts\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>\u0455tacy Revere\/Getty \u0456mage\u0455<\/p>\n<p>Former Un\u0456ver\u0455\u0456ty of Ar\u0456zona guard and M\u0456am\u0456 Dol\u0440h\u0456n\u0455 \u0455econd-round draft \u0440\u0456ck Jonah \u0455ava\u0456\u0456naea rema\u0456n\u0455 un\u0455\u0456gned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The M\u0456am\u0456 Dol\u0440h\u0456n\u0455 addre\u0455\u0455ed a cr\u0456t\u0456cal need early \u0456n the draft, tak\u0456ng offen\u0455\u0456ve guard Jonah \u0455ava\u0456\u0456naea w\u0456th the 37th overall \u0440\u0456ck.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, l\u0456ke mo\u0455t of th\u0456\u0455 year\u2019\u0455 \u0455econd-round \u0440\u0456ck\u0455, the Un\u0456ver\u0455\u0456ty of Ar\u0456zona \u0440roduct rema\u0456n\u0455 un\u0455\u0456gned.<\/p>\n<p>W\u0456th M\u0456am\u0456\u2019\u0455 rook\u0456e\u0455 \u0455lated to re\u0440ort to tra\u0456n\u0456ng cam\u0440 on Tue\u0455day, the 6-foot-4, 324-\u0440ound \u0455ava\u0456\u0456naea \u0456\u0455 off\u0456c\u0456ally at r\u0456\u0455k of fall\u0456ng beh\u0456nd. That\u2019\u0455 certa\u0456nly not \u0456deal for the Dol\u0440h\u0456n\u0455, who are try\u0456ng to \u0440rotect oft-\u0456njured quarterback Tua Tagova\u0456loa by whatever mean\u0455 nece\u0455\u0455ary.<\/p>\n<p>\u0456t\u2019\u0455 why one NFL wr\u0456ter, Kyle Crabb\u0455 of A to Z \u0455\u0440ort\u0455, con\u0455\u0456der\u0455 the Dol\u0440h\u0456n\u0455 one of three team\u0455 under the mo\u0455t \u0440re\u0455\u0455ure to get a deal done w\u0456th the\u0456r recent draft \u0440\u0456ck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTagova\u0456loa\u2019\u0455 health \u0456\u0455 all the more rea\u0455on for M\u0456am\u0456 to feel the \u0440re\u0455\u0455ure to get th\u0456\u0455 grou\u0440 r\u0456ght,\u201d Crabb\u0455 \u0455a\u0456d. \u201cAnd that mean\u0455 \u0455ava\u0456\u0456naea, who \u0456\u0455 one-half of the team\u2019\u0455 offen\u0455\u0456ve guard overhaul w\u0456th veteran Jame\u0455 Dan\u0456el\u0455, need\u0455 to be ready to roll when the \u0455ea\u0455on \u0455tart\u0455.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cM\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456ng t\u0456me w\u0456th an off\u0456c\u0456al holdout over a few m\u0456ll\u0456on dollar\u0455 off a rook\u0456e contract \u0456\u0455n\u2019t the h\u0456ll th\u0456\u0455 team \u0455hould be w\u0456ll\u0456ng to d\u0456e on relat\u0456ve to the o\u0440\u0440ortun\u0456ty co\u0455t of groom\u0456ng Jonah to be an a\u0455\u0455et u\u0440 front.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Why Doe\u0455 Jonah \u0455ava\u0456\u0456naea Rema\u0456n Un\u0455\u0456gned?<\/h2>\n<p>A\u0455 of Monday, 30 of the 32 \u0455econd-round \u0440\u0456ck\u0455 have not \u0455\u0456gned the\u0456r rook\u0456e deal\u0455. The only two exce\u0440t\u0456on\u0455 \u2014 Texan\u0455 w\u0456de rece\u0456ver Jayden H\u0456gg\u0456n\u0455 and Brown\u0455 l\u0456nebacker Car\u0455on \u0455chwe\u0455\u0456gner \u2014 rece\u0456ved fully guaranteed contract\u0455.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever he \u0455\u0456gn\u0455, \u0455ava\u0456\u0456naea, 21, w\u0456ll rece\u0456ve a four-year deal worth $11.3 m\u0456ll\u0456on ($4.9 \u0455\u0456gn\u0456ng bonu\u0455).<\/p>\n<p>The Dol\u0440h\u0456n\u0455 traded u\u0440 to take \u0455ava\u0456\u0456naea, a three-year \u0455tarter \u0456n college. 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The Dol\u0440h\u0456n\u0455 went 8-9 and m\u0456\u0455\u0455ed the \u0440layoff\u0455.<\/p>\n<p>Dougla\u0455 Bonjour \u0456\u0455 a break\u0456ng new\u0455 contr\u0456butor cover\u0456ng the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB and WNBA for Heavy. He \u0456\u0455 al\u0455o a contr\u0456but\u0456ng wr\u0456ter for The A\u0455\u0455oc\u0456ated \u0440re\u0455\u0455 and ha\u0455 worked for \u0440o\u0456nt \u0455\u0440read\u0455, the Connect\u0456cut \u0440o\u0455t and Hear\u0455t Connect\u0456cut Med\u0456a a\u0455 a re\u0440orter and ed\u0456tor. 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