MIAMI, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- General manager Chris Grier said he didn't talk to Tua Tagovailoa and other Miami Dolphins players about what they want their locker room to look like ahead of a major personnel shift.
Grier made the comments Wednesday, a day after NFL teams were required to trim rosters to 53 players.
The Dolphins, who made the playoffs in 2022 and 2023, are coming off their first sub-.500 campaign since 2019. Their active off-season included trading away veteran cornerback Jalen Ramsey and tight end Jonnu Smith, while watching other team leaders depart through free agency or retirement.
Grier said previous leaders sometimes lacked accountability, even when the Dolphins had winning records, prompting the personnel shift. Coach Mike McDaniel previously spoke about player tardiness impacting team culture. The team reset also was somewhat necessary to allocate finances for a younger and deeper roster.
"When you bring in so many new players who have been stars who played other places and you kind of work through it, you have your expectations, but you're winning," Grier said. "But you look at it and you're like, hey, I don't know if we're winning the right way. You know what I mean? That's kind of what it was.
