According to ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter, the Detroit Lions have hired Chris Grier to an unspecified \u201cpersonnel executive\u201d position. Grier, who mutually parted ways with the Dolphins in the middle of the 2025 season, had previously served as Miami\u2019s general manager for a full decade (2016-25). During that tenure, the Dolphins posted five winning seasons\u2014including four in a row from 2020-23\u2014and three playoff appearances. But Miami went 0-3 in playoff games.<\/p>\n
Grier\u2019s time with the Dolphins will likely be defined by some big hits and big misses. Early in his career he got some big hits with Laremy Tunsil, Xavien Howard, Minkah Fitzpatrick, and Andrew Van Ginkel. But the miss on quarterback Tua Tagovailoa looms large, as did the pricey trade for Tyreek Hill that never got Miami over the top. In his final year, the Dolphins roster was in serious need for talent, resulting in a disappointing 7-10 overall record. Under Grier, the Dolphins went 77-80 over 10 seasons.<\/p>\n
Prior to his time as general manager, Grier was the director of college scouting for the Dolphins from 2007-15, serving under three different general managers: Randy Mueller, Jeff Ireland, and Dennis Hickey. Before that, the was a scout with the Dolphins (2000-02) and Patriots (1995-99).<\/p>\n
The Lions\u2019 personnel department current features the following executives:<\/p>\n
At this point, it\u2019s unclear if Grier will be joining this department or replacing one of these people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter, the Detroit Lions have hired Chris Grier to an unspecified \u201cpersonnel executive\u201d position.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[271974,4992,349,99],"class_list":["post-681882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-detroit-lions-coaching-news-and-rumors","tag-detroit-lions-news","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}