Dolphins Fans Should Boycott Until Stephen Ross Sells the Team or Chris Grier Is Fired
The 2024-25 Miami Dolphins season will undoubtedly go down as one of the biggest disgraces in franchise history. I’ve seen this team go 1-15. I’ve watched them trot out Cleo Lemon at quarterback. I’ve seen them consistently choke in big moments. But never in my life have I been this infuriated with this team.
It’s beyond disgraceful that our owner, Stephen Ross, publicly stated that Chris Grier’s job is safe. How can you justify that when Grier didn’t even sign a competent backup quarterback, fully knowing that Tua Tagovailoa is injury-prone? That alone is a fireable offense. This is the same guy who literally laughed at the fan base when we raised concerns about the offensive line. And here we are, nearly a decade later, still without a reliable offensive line.
Chris Grier has been with this team for over 20 years. While he has built rosters that look great on paper, they consistently fail to deliver on the field. Just take Tyreek Hill as an example—he wasted no time telling the media that he’s “out of here.” Year after year, Grier lets us down. And don’t even get me started on his draft blunders. Sure, he’s had a few hits, but his misses far outweigh them.
Let’s start with the 2019 season. The Dolphins were in full tank mode—everyone knew it. Yet Grier decided to hire a head coach, Brian Flores, who refused to tank. Instead of winning 2-3 games, Flores took what was arguably one of the worst rosters in NFL history and won five games. The result? We ended up with the 5th overall pick and missed out on Joe Burrow.
Even though we missed out on Burrow, the team still had a choice: Tua Tagovailoa, a 6’0” quarterback coming off a career-threatening hip surgery, or Justin Herbert, a 6’6” prototypical quarterback. Grier chose the quarterback with the broken hip. Since then, Tua has played just one full season.
Fast forward to the 2021 NFL Draft. The Dolphins held the 3rd overall pick—prime position to transform the franchise. They could have stayed at No. 3 and drafted either Ja'Marr Chase, a generational wide receiver, or Penei Sewell, the elite offensive tackle they desperately needed. Instead, they traded back and selected Jaylen Waddle. While Waddle hasn’t been terrible, he doesn’t compare to the other two players we passed on.
Chris Grier has been with this team for over 20 years and has zero playoff wins to show for it. Yet our owner had the audacity to release a statement saying Grier’s job is safe—just two hours after an embarrassing loss to the Jets? Give me a break.
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Stephen Ross bought the Dolphins in 2009. Guess how many winning seasons they’ve had since? Five. Five winning seasons in 16 years. This man has no idea how to build a winning team—or even a winning stadium. His greed ruined Hard Rock Stadium when he built the “72 Club,” a section of luxury seating that stretches from one 30-yard line to the other. It’s essentially a row of couches for wealthy elites who couldn’t care less about the team. Regular fans can’t afford these seats, and the atmosphere has suffered because of it.
Sure, Stephen Ross pours money into the team, but it might as well be thrown into a strip club for all the good it’s done. This franchise is stuck at the bottom, and Dolphins fans can no longer tolerate this incompetence.
It’s time to take a stand. Stop buying season tickets. Stop purchasing merchandise. Instead, pick up your pitchforks and protest until Chris Grier is fired or Stephen Ross sells the team. Enough is enough.