Dolphins Fire Gm Chris Grier Days Before Trade Deadline

The Dolphins person moved connected from wide head Chris Grier after nan team’s 24–6 loss connected Thursday Night Football to nan Ravens, and conscionable days up of adjacent Tuesday’s NFL waste and acquisition deadline.

“This morning, I made nan determination on pinch wide head Chris Grier to mutually portion ways,” Dolphins proprietor Stephen Ross said successful a statement, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. “I person unthinkable respect for Chris and his family, and I want to convey him for his galore contributions to nan Miami Dolphins complete nan past 26 years.
 
“As I assessed nan authorities of nan squad and successful my discussions pinch Chris, it became clear to some of america that alteration could not wait. We must amended — successful 2025, 2026 and beyond — and it needs to commencement correct now.”

Champ Kelly, a elder unit executive who joined nan franchise this year, will return complete arsenic interim GM arsenic Miami considers moves up of nan deadline.

The move is reasonably surprising, successful that it comes earlier nan Dolphins make a determination connected embattled coach Mike McDaniel, whose grounds fell to 30–30 aft Thursday’s loss. Moments aft nan Grier news was reported, Schefter reported that McDaniel will not beryllium fired during nan season.

Grier was 1 of nan league’s longest tenured GMs, taking complete nan domiciled successful Miami successful 2016 aft moving his measurement up nan beforehand office. Following a stint arsenic a scout for nan Patriots, Grier joined nan Dolphins beforehand agency successful nan aforesaid domiciled successful 2000, later becoming nan adjunct head of assemblage scouting successful ‘03 and nan head of assemblage scouting 4 years earlier he was handed nan reins of nan beforehand agency successful ‘16.

Miami has a 77–80 grounds pinch 3 playoff appearances—all wild-card information losses—with Grier arsenic wide manager.

Without counting Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones, only six progressive NFL GMs person been successful their roles longer than Grier.

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