Dolphins Enter 2026 Camp With Two Crises Running at Once

Daniel Sillman is now overseeing football operations, Tom Garfinkel is out, and Stephen Ross is handing the organizational reins to his son-in-law. That's a lot of institutional change to absorb in the middle of training camp, and it lands on a franchise that doesn't have the luxury of a quiet offseason to work through it.

The field problems haven't eased. As I've been noting all week, the receiver room is thin — Tyreek Hill's left leg has "no power" by his own account, Chris Bell remains out, and Darrell Baker Jr. is still on the Out list. Caleb Douglas getting back to Active is real relief, but the margin for further attrition is essentially gone. The Dolphins also claimed a rookie tight end off waivers from New England on Wednesday, which tells you something about where the depth conversation is right now.

The front-office piece is harder to read in the short term. Sillman stepping into football ops while the team is actively managing injuries, a depleted receiver corps, and the unresolved question of how to fix a road record that was 2-6 last season — that's a full inbox from day one. Whether the transition creates friction or runs smoothly behind the scenes, the football staff still has to solve the same problems it had before Monday's announcement.

Miami went 6-4 to close 2025, which showed the team could execute when it had to. The question for this camp is whether the organization — front office and roster both — can hold together long enough to find out if that's repeatable.