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The Miami Dolphins are searching for their adjacent wide head and are turning to a astonishing sanction for assistance.
Hall of Famer Troy Aikman has been brought connected arsenic a advisor for nan team's hunt process, ESPN reported Friday.
The Dolphins' ownership reportedly wanted an "outside respected position from personification who had beardown relationships crossed nan league."
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ESPN announcer Troy Aikman earlier a crippled betwixt nan Cincinnati Bengals and Jacksonville Jaguars astatine EverBank Stadium successful Jacksonville, Florida. (Nathan Ray Seebeck/USA TODAY Sports)
The play has been a nightmare for nan Dolphins, who conscionable a fewer years agone were wide considered 1 of nan league's astir vulnerable offenses.
Miami fired Chris Grier arsenic its wide head successful October. He had been pinch nan statement since 2000 and served arsenic nan team’s wide head since 2016. Last month, caput coach Mike McDaniel opted to chair Tua Tagovailoa for Quinn Ewers, saying nan seventh-round rookie gave them a amended chance to win.
Dolphins wide head Chris Grier discusses nan 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, he had a 77-80 grounds pinch 3 playoff appearances. They made nan playoffs successful 2016, 2022, and 2023 and mislaid successful nan wild-card information each 3 times. Their 25-year playoff triumph drought is nan longest successful nan league.
Part of nan Dolphins' struggles apt person to do pinch nan truth that prima wide receiver Tyreek Hill tore his ACL successful Week 4 against nan New York Jets. However, pinch a patient Hill past season, nan Dolphins missed nan playoffs astatine 8-9.
The 2024 run was besides Hill's worst since 2019, marking nan first clip since past that he accumulated less than 1,000 yards. The twelvemonth prior, he led nan NFL pinch 1,799 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns, moreover pinch an ankle injury.
Miami Dolphins wide head 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 three Super Bowls and was named to six Pro Bowls and was inducted into nan Hall of Fame successful 2006.
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