{"id":849893,"date":"2026-04-02T19:51:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/849893\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T19:51:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:51:23","slug":"multiple-nfl-execs-trash-dolphins-offseason-moves-in-new-report-what-are-you-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/849893\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple NFL Execs Trash Dolphins Offseason Moves in New Report: ‘What Are You Doing?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Miami Dolphins<\/a> have been very active this offseason, but executives from rival teams are not fans of what they have done so far.<\/p>\n

Following a disappointing 7-10 season, change was expected for the Dolphins. However, Miami fans have gotten even more than they expected. First, they fired head coach\u00a0Mike McDaniel<\/a>\u00a0and replaced him with\u00a0Green Bay Packers<\/a>\u00a0defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley. Then they went to work on reimagining the roster.<\/p>\n

The Dolphins took on a lot of dead cap to cut ties with quarterback\u00a0Tua Tagovailoa<\/a>, linebacker\u00a0Bradley Chubb<\/a>, and receiver\u00a0Tyreek Hill<\/a>. Then they traded veterans\u00a0Minkah Fitzpatrick<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jaylen Waddle<\/a>.\u00a0The most notable addition they have made thus far is signing former Packers backup and Tennessee Titans<\/a> starter Malik Willis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The overhaul of the roster could be framed in a way that it was addition by subtraction. However, executives from other teams are confused by the Dolphins\u2019 various decisions over the first month and change of the offseason.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me, this is 2019 all over again. They should not have signed Malik Willis,\u201d an exec told The Athletic\u2019s Mike Sando<\/a>. \u201cThey should have taken the full Tua cap charge in one season, have gone with Quinn Ewers, and just played out the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Are the Dolphins setting Malik Willis up for failure?<\/p>\n

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While Willis showed a lot of potential during his time with the Packers and is still only 26, another executive suggested that unless Hafley builds the offense around the quarterback\u2019s skillset, the move isn\u2019t going to work out for Miami.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou should know enough about Willis to know many of his throws were flareouts and simple stuff,\u201d the exec said. \u201cSo, unless you plan on running an offense like that, what are you doing?\u201d<\/p>\n

That same NFL decision-maker also believes the Dolphins did not get a good enough return in the trade that sent Waddle to the Denver Broncos<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t think they got enough for Waddle. They got the equivalent of the 25th pick in the draft. It should have been a lot more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dolphins have problems that go beyond roster and coaching?<\/p>\n

While this was expected to be a rough transition season, a third executive suggested that new general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan may be doomed from the start because of the people above him in the Dolphins\u2019 management structure.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem there is that they have an absentee owner and some really empowered people in the front office, including the president. If you\u2019re the GM, that\u2019s a tough situation,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

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\t\tAfter earning his journalism degree in 2017, Jason Burgos served as a contributor to several sites, including MMA Sucka … More about Jason Burgos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami Dolphins have been very active this offseason, but executives from rival teams are not fans of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2049],"tags":[217,7,216,251,2087,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-849893","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-dolphins","8":"tag-dolphins","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-miami","11":"tag-miami-dolphins","12":"tag-miamidolphins","13":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116336860425130491","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}