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As Profootballtalk.com suggested, it didn’t take long for the Dolphins to go from likely to trade wide receiver Mike Wallace to the Vikings to trading Wallace to the Vikings. As ESPN's Adam Schefter first reported, Miami shipped the wideout to Minnesota along with a seventh-round pick.

The Vikings will send a fifth-round pick back to the Dolphins.

From a fantasy football perspective, we gain a little clarity. Or as much as you can when it comes to the mercurial Wallace.

Indeed, PFT's Josh Alper reminded readers that the move ends months of speculation about whether Wallace would return to the team for the 2015 season after two years in Miami that saw Wallace’s production fail to live up to the big contract that the Dolphins gave him in 2013. There were also reports that Wallace was unhappy with his role, culminating in an argument with the team’s coaches that landed Wallace on the bench for much of the team’s final game in 2014.

According to NFL.com's Chris Wesseling, it's no surprise that Wallace ended up in Minnesota. After he signed a five-year, $60 million deal with the Dolphins two years ago Wallace's father disclosed that the Vikings offered more money.

"The (Vikings) had come to the point where they were telling him, 'You don't have to live here, just be here during the season,'" Wallace's father explained at the time. "He wanted to get out of that snow and cold weather."

Now he’ll get a chance to play in Norv Turner’s offense, which has been friendly toward deep passing throughout his long career in the NFL.

In addition, Wallace joins a receiving corps with question marks.

Does Greg Jennings have productive years left in him? Is Charles Johnson the real deal or a flash in the pan? Can Cordarrelle Patterson work his way back into the starting lineup?

With so much uncertainty, and with a developing quarterback in Teddy Bridgewater, Wallace can provide immediate value.

Should Adrian Peterson remain with the team, the Vikings offense will look even better heading into next season.

Meanwhile, as previously noted, the Dolphins pulled off a trade with the Saints, bringing in 23-year old deep threat Kenny Stills, who will pair with Jarvis Landry to give the team a pair of up-and-comers at a position where the team has made wholesale changes. Brian Hartline and Brandon Gibson were also released while the team signed tight end Jordan Cameron and added Stills.

Bottom line?

As Wesseling put it: "Ryan Tannehill will now be throwing to a Pro Bowl-caliber tight end, a more efficient deep threat and a promising young slot receiver in Jarvis Landry."

The only question now is whether tight end Charles Clay, who is of interest to the Bills and Browns, gets an offer the Dolphins can't or won't match.

If Clay stays in Miami, Wesseling believes coordinator Bill Lazor's offense should outperform its per-game averages of 350 yards and 24.2 points from last season.