Miami Dolphins GM Jon-Eric Sullivan blows it all up, bets on himself

Jon-Eric Sullivan isn’t messing around. He isn’t dipping his toe in the water in his first months as an NFL general manager. He told us from the outset he intended to build through the draft.

What he didn’t tell us is that whatever parts of the Miami Dolphins that Stephen Ross didn’t blow up, Sullivan was about to. When Sullivan talked about laying a foundation, he meant on barren land. So if the Dolphins finally end those decades without a playoff win in the next few years, it’ll be with his and coach Jeff Hafley’s fingerprints all over it.

This is a good thing. A very good thing, actually, because you don’t want two men running the franchise who aren’t willing to bet on themselves. Who aren’t willing to do the unpopular thing today in the interest of a very popular tomorrow.

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