Latest Dolphins general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan is adding a former GM to his front office. The Dolphins are hiring Jon Robinson as a senior personnel executive, in response to Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero of NFL Network.
Robinson met with the Jets about their GM gig in December 2024 and later conducted two interviews with the Jaguars for his or her vacant post last winter. He didn’t land either position, though, and can now return to the NFL for the primary time because the Titans fired him as their GM on Dec. 6, 2022.
Before his seven-year reign in Tennessee, Robinson worked in scouting roles with the Patriots from 2002-12. He left the dynastic Pats to serve because the Buccaneers’ director of player personnel from 2013-15.
The Titans’ firing of Robinson got here as a surprise on the time. While the club finished a lackluster 7-10 in 2022, it was 7-5 when owner Amy Adams Strunk canned Robinson. His teams won between nine and 12 games in each season from 2016-21. The Titans earned 4 playoff berths and two AFC South titles along the best way, but they never got past the conference championship game.
Robinson’s ouster happened to return a day after Eagles receiver/ex-Titan A.J. Brown torched his former club for eight catches, 119 yards and two touchdowns. The timing was curious, though Strunk said she had already decided Robinson’s fate before the Titans lost a 35-10 blowout that day. Despite extending Robinson’s contract throughout the previous offseason, she quickly grew displeased together with his roster.
Robinson was sensible to spend a 2019 second-round pick on Brown, who developed right into a star. Alternatively, in trading Brown to the Eagles for a first- and third-round pick in 2022, Robinson wasted a first-rate asset. He used the first-rounder, No. 18 overall, on former Arkansas wideout Treylon Burks. The Titans waived Burks last October after he busted over three years of their uniform.
Robinson’s last draft in Tennessee also included third-round quarterback Malik Willis. In assessing the previous Liberty passer then, Robinson said: “He was the very best player on the board, and excited so as to add him to the team. … Good arm, athletic, moves around well. Got a very good skillset. Throws a superb ball. He is hard to tackle.”
Although Willis didn’t pan out with the Titans after Robinson selected him 86th overall, that pick is aging higher. Willis’ stock is soaring on the heels of a successful two-year stint as Jordan Love‘s backup in Green Bay. Now two weeks away from hitting free agency, Willis will money in big in March as he seeks a starting job. Robinson’s latest team is among the many rumored suitors.
Latest Dolphins head coach Jeff Hafley, the Packers’ defensive coordinator during Willis’ time there, reportedly desires to sign the 26-year-old. Sullivan also got here to South Florida from Green Bay. The proven fact that the GM who drafted Willis is now a member of Miami’s front office adds yet one more interesting connection between the team and the coveted QB.