There is a false narrative in the Dolfan community that because coach Joe Philbin came from the Green Bay Packers, he wants the Dolphins run like the Green Bay Packers, particularly when it comes to building the team.
The idea is that because Green Bay rarely dips toes in free agency, with few exceptions, Philbin wants the same in Miami.
That is not true.
"I'm not opposed to improving the football team in any way shape or form, by any method we can -- whether that's a trade whether that's free agency, draft obviously," Philbin said Monday in his end-of-season press conference. "I'm not opposed to any of that."
Philbin says player acquisition is a "collaborative" effort that includes general manager Jeff Ireland and his staff and Philbin and his staff. So free agency is on the table.
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Among the things Philbin wants to improve is himself.
"I definitely need to improve like anybody else, no question about it," he said.
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