The Miami Dolphins have officially avoided some unwanted offseason chaos
This Miami Dolphins leadership group was just settling in, but another team threatened to interrupt the Dolphins’ staff. They’ve gone a different direction.
The Miami Dolphins‘ 2026 offseason has already featured enough change.
And yet, with the calendar ready to flip to June, the team was still facing the prospect of another potential domino dropping. This one, unlike many of the moves the team has made this offseason, would have been unwanted. The Minnesota Vikings, in a quest to fill their vacant general manager vacancy, had shown interest in interviewing Dolphins new assistant general manager Kyle Smith for the job. They have officially gone another direction — making it a bullet dodged for the Dolphins.
Miami Dolphins assistant general manager Kyle Smith does not land the Vikings’ GM job
Smith served as the vice president of player personnel in Washington in 2020. Then, he took the same role in Atlanta with the Falcons from 2021 to 2022. Smith was then promoted to the Falcons’ assistant general manager. Amid a regime change in Atlanta this offseason, Smith arrived in South Florida under new general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan and holds the assistant general manager role with the Dolphins.
Minnesota, for their part, has hired Seattle Seahawks executive Nolan Teasley to fill their general manager spot. The news broke yesterday, officially filling the last job to open in the 2026 offseason.
Smith getting some traction for the job is a testament to his reputation as a football executive. But it is nice to know that if Miami does end up losing him for a general manager job, the Dolphins will actually get some time on service beyond a few months before having to say goodbye.
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