{"id":857171,"date":"2026-04-06T16:53:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/857171\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:53:15","slug":"nfl-silent-after-troy-aikman-puts-league-on-notice-again-with-dolphins-role-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/857171\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Silent After Troy Aikman Puts League on Notice Again With Dolphins Role: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1203620823.jpg\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Troy Aikman\"   decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The NFL has yet to respond to Troy Aiman&#8217;s latest comments, where the NFL commentator and former Dallas Cowboys QB said he would be &#8220;pulling&#8221; for the Dolphins.<\/p>\n<p>Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman has continued to reveal more about his new role with the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/miami-dolphins\/\" title=\"Miami Dolphins\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"216526\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Dolphins<\/a>. Meanwhile, the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/\" title=\"NFL\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"216527\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> has continued to have nothing to say on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Pro Football Talk\u2019s Mike Florio, who has been critical of <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\/troy-aikman-nfl-news-dolphins-consultant-espn-broadcaster\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the potential conflict of interest the league<\/a> could have with Aikman broadcasting for ESPN and consulting for the Dolphins, reported Monday the NFL declined comment on Aikman\u2019s latest interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe league previously has said it will address the situation \u201cat the appropriate time,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/nfl-declines-comment-on-troy-aikmans-recent-comments-about-his-role-with-dolphins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external nofollow\">wrote Florio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn response to Aikman\u2019s latest comments, the NFL has declined comment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\/troy-aikman-throws-shade-new-role-dolphins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In his latest comments<\/a>, the former Cowboys quarterback did little to suggest he won\u2019t have a conflict of interest when announcing Monday Night Football and providing other analysis for ESPN this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will say I\u2019m pulling for the Dolphins . . . because now I have something at stake, and I think they hired two really talented, wonderful people, and I think that\u2019s gonna prove itself out,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H-Cdt0uhDL0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external nofollow\">Aikman told Clarence E. Hill Jr. of DLLS Sports on March 31<\/a>. \u201cBut, yeah, I\u2019m pulling for them. I want to see them do well because I feel like my fingerprints are on it as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/espn\/troy-aikman-continue-working-miami-dolphins-consulting.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external nofollow\">The Dolphins hired<\/a> the longtime broadcaster and Hall of Fame signal-caller as a consultant in January. Multiple reporters indicated Aikman had a significant role in Miami\u2019s offseason hiring process.<\/p>\n<p>This offseason, the Dolphins hired both general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan and head coach Jeff Hafley.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/dmholcomb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Holcomb<\/a> is a sports reporter covering the NFL and MLB for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Pittsburgh Steelers and a variety of other NFL teams. Originally from Pittsburgh, Holcomb has covered college and professional sports for outlets including FanSided, Rotowire and Yardbarker.  <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/dmholcomb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More about Dave Holcomb<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Cowboys\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty The NFL has yet to respond to Troy Aiman&#8217;s latest comments, where the NFL commentator and former&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857172,"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-857171","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\/116358808969652914","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857171","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=857171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}