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The Miami Dolphins<\/a>\u2018 rebuild is in Year 1, and while general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan leads it, the organization is leaning on former Dallas Cowboys<\/a> QB Troy Aikman as a consultant. <\/p>\n Miami is looking to use Aikman\u2019s information to help the team make informed decisions and put them on the right path to become a contender in the AFC. Nonetheless, seeing the Cowboys legend work with the Dolphins is challenging for Michael Irvin to see.<\/p>\n During a May 26 appearance on the\u00a0DLLS Cowboys podcast<\/a>, Irvin didn\u2019t hold back his thoughts on the Cowboys not having Aikman work for them as a consultant or in another position. <\/p>\n \u201cIt does pain me to see that,\u201d Irvin said. \u201cI mean, I think it\u2019s criminal for any club not to try to glean as much as you can from a guy like Troy Aikman, whose job is to go and talk to teams and coaches and bring an understanding of what\u2019s going on behind the scenes to the world. <\/p>\n \u201cHe understands each thing that\u2019s going on in your organization. There is no better place of information than to get from a guy like Troy Aikman, and Tom Brady is smart enough to be doing that and have part ownership into a team. I think that\u2019s a hell of an advantage for Tom Brady. So yeah, absolutely, that hurts me.\u201d<\/p>\n Troy Aikman Wanted to Follow In John Elway\u2019s Footsteps<\/p>\n Furthermore, Irvin noted that Aikman wanted to follow in the footsteps of John Elway, serving as an executive for the team he used to quarterback and bringing a Super Bowl back to them. <\/p>\n \u201cIt pains me to see that happening because I know Troy wanted to do that,\u201d Irvin added. \u201cTroy wanted a John Elway situation here in Dallas, and I know he wanted it and certainly he\u2019s earned it, but it\u2019s not going to happen. <\/p>\n \u201cI rest my mind to that reality. I wish Jerry would at least have brought him in. He\u2019s not certainly going to turn it over like they did in Denver. They turned it over to John. No, you ain\u2019t getting it.\u201d<\/p>\n Darren Waller on the Dolphins Rebuild<\/p>\n Amid the Dolphins\u2019 rebuild with Aikman in the fold, during the May 14 edition of \u201cAll the Smoke,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Waller shared his thoughts on the Miami rebuild, noting that he believed that the team would have a fire sale.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the way they\u2019re going, they\u2019re kind of blowing everything up,\u201d Waller said. \u201cI thought for a second they were going to trade everybody. They got everybody, but they traded Waddle. I thought they were going to trade [De\u2019Von] Achane for a minute, but I would definitely keep him. I\u2019d build everything around him.\u201d<\/p>\n It will be interesting to see how this rebuild plays out for Miami, as it looks like a challenging 2026 NFL<\/a> season for a team with lots of young talent but not enough to compete right now. <\/p>\n If the Dolphins do turn into contenders and win a Super Bowl before the Cowboys do in this Sullivan era, there will be questions asked about why Dallas didn\u2019t hire Aikman as a consultant. <\/p>\n \n\t\t\tEduardo Razo<\/a> Eduardo Razo is a sports writer for Heavy.com, covering the NFL, MLB, and college football. He has previously covered the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB for NBC Sports Washington and NBC Sports Bay Area & California, and has freelanced for PSG Talk, covering Paris Saint-Germain. He also worked as an editor at Athlon Sports, focusing on MLB and the NFL. 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