Two months after parting with general manager Chris Grier, the Dolphins brought in Hall of Fame quarterback and career-long Cowboy Troy Aikman to consult in their GM search. Former Cowboys and Dolphins head coach Jimmy Johnson, who won two Super Bowls with Aikman in Dallas, recommended him to Miami.
A little over a week after Aikman joined the Dolphins, they tabbed former Packers executive Jon-Eric Sullivan as their GM. With the team still in need of a head coach to replace the fired Mike McDaniel, Aikman remained on board in an advisory role. The Dolphins went on to hire ex-Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley to replace McDaniel.
Miami’s new leadership has been in place for approximately two months, but Aikman has not gone anywhere. The 59-year-old told the Rodeo Time podcast that he will stay with the franchise in “some capacity” (via Jayna Bardahl of The Athletic).
It is unclear how involved Aikman will be with the Dolphins, but continuing to work with them will not affect his status as the color commentator on “Monday Night Football.” Aikman and play-by-play man Joe Buck are set to announce their seventh Super Bowl as a duo next February.
“It’s been awesome,” Aikman said of his 22-year run as a broadcaster. “I don’t know how much longer that will go — hopefully, a long time — but yeah, life’s good right now.”
Aikman and fellow Hall of Fame QB Tom Brady are in the unique positions of assisting with teams while also serving as broadcasters. As the highly influential part-owner of the Raiders, Brady has more responsibilities than Aikman. Although there have been conflict-of-interest concerns with Brady, he is on track to return as Fox’s lead color commentator for a third season in 2026.
Title-” Head D bag in charge of confusing the crap out of everyone”? He’s the only one in the NFL right?
Philly troll
Phiily? Moron. LMAO
Troy Aikman, quite possibly one of the worst HOFers of all time. How does he still have any pull anywhere outside of broadcasting?
What a joke.
Calling a 3-time Super Bowl winning QB one of the worst HOFers of all time is a joke. Wasn’t his fault he played with two other HOFers on offense.
Zero MVP, never finished higher than 5th in MVP voting, only finished 1 time ever in top voting, zero second team all pro, zero first team all pro, zero 100+ passer rating seasons, career 61% completion rating, 1 season with 20 or more TDs ever, barely over 1:1 td to int ratio.
The guy played with greatness and was a passenger.
Aikman did win three super bowls and played great in those super bowls. Not bad, HofFer or not.
I do think if Dan Mariano had been those Cowboys QB they’d have won all those superbowls if not more and Aikman was in Miami we may not know who Aikman is right now. Maybe I’m wrong but it didn’t matter who Marino played you knew he was legit. Aikman had so many hall of famers and a lot of great players just below hof level too it’s hard to evaluate his career
But I don’t understand this idea of plucking these all time great NFL QBs from the booth and put so much weight in their opinions. I don’t see how greatness as a QB makes someone better at making these executive decisions. I think it’s for show for the fans. “Hey don’t worry we got a hall of famer on it for us”. Oh thank god
Highly unethical. So of course it happens in the NFL. Brady and Aikman and anyone else who has ties to a NFL team should not be allowed in other team’s meetings to prepare for a broadcast