The Dolphins have found their new General Manager. According to multiple reports, the Dolphins will hire Jon-Eric Sullivan to fill the role. Sullivan was one of four finalists for the job and had his second interview with the team on Thursday. Sullivan has worked for the Packers since 2004 in a variety of scouting and personnel roles. He spent the last four seasons as the team’s vice president of player personnel. The first big task that Sullivan will be involved with in his new job will be the selection of the team’s next head coach. The Dolphins fired Mike McDaniel on Thursday, so Sullivan and the eventual hire will both be in their first season with the Dolphins in 2026.
Reactions? Not sure if this is good news or not. Happy to see someone from the Packers as I think they're one of the better front offices.
It was Sullivan who said metrics/analytics play a part but it is more about what is on tape? That's encouraging after Grier's "reach for the stars" approach
I have no real opinion on Sullivan because for me there's no real track record to consider. No idea what Packer picks or moves he supported and/or which ones he dissented on. If the Dolphins asked, I suspect he told them he supported the good picks/moves and dissented on the bad ones, which may or may not be true. Doesn't look like he has any real decision-making experience. I'd have preferred someone who wasn't a nepo guy, but most are so I don't hold it against him too much. But hope for the best, as always.
Feels like this means we are out on Harbaugh. I think the reporting was saying he wanted to pick his GM so...
I definitely think that we will do significantly better in the draft. I do worry that Green Bay may not be a 1:1 model of what we need in Miami. Green Bay is a team that is designed to play in inclement weather. I am okay with designing a team like GB, but it needs a Miami flare. Who knows? Sully might agree with this too. My fear - I am nervous about him hiring a coach. I would bet that he winds up hiring someone that he has previously worked with. The thought of him getting this far to ultimately hire a rando doesn't seem right to me. The GB names that are hot are all defensive minded guys, and I really want an offensive guy. These are initial thoughts and concerns, but they may or may not be wind up being unfounded.
Chris Grier was a scout and repeatedly said he wanted to build through the draft too. Pretty much every GM says that.
Grier may have SAID that but seeing how egregious our salary cap situation is, it’s quite evident he did the opposite, built the team through free agency and augmented with the draft.
Not really. He accumulated draft picks in the last rebuilt and then traded some picks for stars much like the Packers did with the Parsons trade. The cap problems came from giving too big contracts and extensions to existing players on the team. The Dolphins haven’t had a huge FA pickup in a long time. Armstead was the closest and his was still at a discount based on his injury and availability history. Grier was pretty frugal in free agency, including not resigning or overpaying good players he drafted.
