Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier seemingly began the interior decorating portion of the franchise’s rebuilding process Thursday night.
In Year 1 of the Brian Flores era the Dolphins gutted the franchise, trading away or releasing numerous starters, and laid a foundation that featured Christian Wilkins, Andrew Van Ginkel, Myles Gaskin, Preston Williams and Nik Needham, who have all become valued starters.
In the draft that followed Miami’s 5-11 season in 2019, the Dolphins added quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and used six picks on offensive and defensive linemen.
During Grier’s end of the season press conference last year, which wrapped up Miami’s 10-6 performance in 2020, the team’s top football decision-maker pledged to add “playmakers” to the roster following Miami’s disappointing 56-26 regular-season finale loss to the Buffalo Bills, which was a game that showed how far the talent gap is between the Dolphins and the reigning AFC East champions.