The 2026 version of the Miami Dolphins will look vastly different than the team of the last few seasons. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is gone. Wide receivers Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle are gone. Bradley Chubb is gone. Minkah Fitzpatrick is gone. And so on, and so forth…
While some in the media are questioning the direction of the team under new general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan, one prominent national radio host thinks the Dolphins are going about their latest rebuild attempt in the right way. Yesterday, on the aptly named Rich Eisen Show, Eisen and his co-host, Chris Brockman, discussed Miami’s offseason moves. While Brockman couldn’t understand some of the Dolphins’ moves — namely the Jaylen Waddle trade — Eisen spoke positively about what Sullivan has accomplished in his short stint with Miami thus far.
“Why am I just thinking the Dolphins are getting what they’re doing right?” questioned Eisen.
He went on to say that trading Waddle was the right call. “I wouldn’t sit here and say that the Dolphins aren’t eager to win or doing the right thing because they let Jaylen Waddle go. It kind of makes sense,” continued Eisen. “Tear it down to the ground and start up again.”
Eisen also defended Miami giving running back De’Von Achane a big money extension despite the fact that the team let so many other stars depart. “He’s a home-run hitter… I love Achane. I wouldn’t trade him [in] a million years — and they’re not going to. And they didn’t. That’s the one you hold onto.”
While it can be difficult to be a fan of a rebuilding team — we, as Dolphins fans know that all too well — hearing a highly respected sports journalist and broadcaster like Rich Eisen take up for Miami should give supporters hope that the organization is headed in the right direction… even if that broadcaster is a diehard New York Jets fan.