Dolphins turning to Hall of Fame quarterback to help find next general manager: report

The Miami Dolphins are searching for their adjacent wide manager and are turning to a astonishing sanction for assistance.

Hall of Famer Troy Aikman has been brought connected arsenic a advisor for the team's hunt process, ESPN reported Friday.

The Dolphins' ownership reportedly wanted an "outside respected position from idiosyncratic who had beardown relationships crossed the league."

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ESPN announcer Troy Aikman earlier a crippled betwixt the Cincinnati Bengals and Jacksonville Jaguars astatine EverBank Stadium successful Jacksonville, Florida. (Nathan Ray Seebeck/USA TODAY Sports)

The play has been a nightmare for the Dolphins, who conscionable a fewer years agone were wide considered 1 of the league's astir unsafe offenses.

Miami fired Chris Grier arsenic its wide manager successful October. He had been with the enactment since 2000 and served arsenic the team’s wide manager since 2016. Last month, caput manager Mike McDaniel opted to seat Tua Tagovailoa for Quinn Ewers, saying the seventh-round rookie gave them a amended accidental to win.

Dolphins wide manager Chris Grier discusses the upcoming draught connected Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (HAL HABIB / The Palm Beach Post / USA Today Network)

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In Grier’s astir decade-long tenure arsenic wide manager, helium had a 77-80 grounds with 3 playoff appearances. They made the playoffs successful 2016, 2022, and 2023 and mislaid successful the wild-card circular each 3 times. Their 25-year playoff triumph drought is the longest successful the league.

Part of the Dolphins' struggles apt person to bash with the information that prima wide receiver Tyreek Hill tore his ACL successful Week 4 against the New York Jets. However, with a steadfast Hill past season, the Dolphins missed the playoffs astatine 8-9.

The 2024 run was besides Hill's worst since 2019, marking the archetypal clip since past that helium accumulated less than 1,000 yards. The twelvemonth prior, helium led the NFL with 1,799 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns, adjacent with an ankle injury.

Miami Dolphins wide manager Chris Grier during OTAs astatine Baptist Health Training Facility astatine Nova Southern University connected May 14, 2019, successful Davie, Florida. (Mark Brown/Getty Images)

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Aikman won 3 Super Bowls and was named to six Pro Bowls and was inducted into the Hall of Fame successful 2006.

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