Stephen Ross Faces A Legacy-Defining Decision With Miami's Looming Hire At General Manager

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🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross faces the most critical decision of his tenure: hiring football operations leadership that understands the franchise's championship heritage. Will the next GM embrace the toughness and physicality that defined Don Shula's dynasty, or continue chasing high-flying schemes that ignore South Florida's winning formula? Kyle Crabbs breaks down why this hire must connect to the Dolphins' cultural DNA, examining the common thread between Miami's greatest teams across all sports. The discussion covers the Tanner Connor release and what it reveals about player development failures, the tight end position's ongoing struggles, and the crucial 60-day window where college quarterbacks like Ty Simpson, Drew Allar, and Carson Beck will declare for the draft. Crabbs analyzes how NIL money complicates draft projections and why the Dolphins' top-five pick could reshape the franchise's future.

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0:00.0	Friday here on the Locked On Network.
0:02.3	And I have some big time thoughts about the big time decision that is awaiting
0:05.7	the Miami Dolphins this winter.
0:11.6	You are Locked on Dolphins, your daily Miami Dolphins podcast, part of the
0:18.8	Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. All right, Miami, welcome to another episode of Lockedon Dolphins. It is your team every day here on the Lacton Network. I'm your host, Kyle Crabs, a lifelong Miami Dolphins fan, host of Lacton Dolphins, co-host of Lackdon, NFL scouting, author of Touchdown, Miami on Substack, NFL staff writer for A to Z sports. I want to give a special welcome and shout out to our everydayers because it is your team every day. We don't just say it. We live it here on the Lockdown Network. Today's episode of Lockdown, Dolphins is brought you by Game Time. Download the GameTime app, create an account. Use code locked on NFL for $20 off of your first purchase.
0:56.2	Today on the show, we had a transaction at tight end.
1:00.8	We're going to talk about that.
1:02.1	Several of you tweeted me as soon as it was announced.
1:05.6	Talk about what maybe the other shoe is to drop on that regard.
1:09.4	The dolphins have to make a 53-man roster decision because they've opened up a space on the
1:14.0	53-man roster.
1:15.0	I would suspect it's a practice squad Elvis.
1:17.5	We'll talk about the candidates.
1:19.8	The start of a monumental window, it's upon us as the first week of November comes to
1:26.4	a close.
1:26.8	We'll talk about that as well.
1:28.0	But I want to start with a portion of the conversation that I think we're all
1:35.5	preparing ourselves to have and educate ourselves as we best possibly can on what I think has
1:42.5	the potential to be the legacy defining decision for Stephen Ross.
1:50.4	Steve bought the vast majority of this team in 2009.
1:56.1	It's been 15 plus years.
1:58.6	And in that stretch of time, there's been big fish pursuits at head coach.
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