Jon-Eric Sullivan agreed to join the Dolphins as their general manager, making the former Green Bay Packers executive the first key piece in Miami’s organizational reboot.

Sullivan, the Packers’ vice president of player personnel, completed an in-person interview this week with the Dolphins, who were expected to move swiftly in hiring a new general manager after parting ways with longtime GM Chris Grier during the season.

“What an incredible honor it is to serve as general manager of the Miami Dolphins, an organization of history, tradition and great pride,” Sullivan said in a statement released by the Dolphins on Friday night. “I want to express my gratitude to (owner) Stephen Ross and his family for this exceptional opportunity and the belief they’ve placed in me to lead this storied franchise forward.”

Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman was involved in the hiring.

Sullivan spent 22 seasons with the Green Bay Packers, beginning as a scouting intern in 2003 before earning a full-time position with the team’s football operations department in 2004. In 2022, he was named vice president of player personnel.

He is the son of Jerry Sullivan, a longtime NFL and college coach who was a Miami assistant in 2004.

Sullivan’s first task will be finding a new head coach. Mike McDaniel was fired Thursday after four seasons following a 7-10 campaign in which the Dolphins missed the playoffs for the second straight year.

STEFANSKI, KUBIAK INTERVIEWED FOR RAVENS JOB

The Baltimore Ravens interviewed former Cleveland coach Kevin Stefanski and Seattle offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak for their head-coaching vacancy on Friday.

The Ravens fired John Harbaugh earlier in the week after 18 seasons at the helm. They interviewed two Denver assistants — Vance Joseph and Davis Webb — on Thursday.

Stefanski was fired by the Browns after six seasons as coach. The 43-year-old Stefanski has won two Coach of the Year awards and guided Cleveland to its first postseason victory in over a quarter-century, but the Browns won only eight games over the past two seasons.

This is Kubiak’s first season as offensive coordinator for the Seahawks, who have a first-round bye this week in the NFC playoffs. Last season he held the same position with New Orleans. He’s also been an offensive coordinator with Minnesota.

Kubiak is the son of former NFL coach Gary Kubiak, who was in charge when Denver won the Super Bowl in 2016.

BROWNS INTERVIEW TWO FOR HEAD COACH

Seattle defensive coordinator Aden Durde and Cincinnati offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher interviewed for the Cleveland Browns’ head coaching opening on Friday.

The Browns fired Kevin Stefanski on Monday after six seasons and a 36-58 overall mark. Stefanski interviewed for Baltimore’s head coach vacancy on Friday.

Durde is in his second season with the Seahawks and is the NFL’s first British-born defensive coordinator. He was the head of football development at NFLUK from 2015-18, and helped create the framework that is part of the current International Player Pathway program.

The Seahawks allowed the fewest points per game during the regular season (17.2), were third in rushing (91 yards per game) and sixth overall (285.6 yards per game).

Durde was on Atlanta’s staff for three seasons (2018-20) and spent three seasons as Dallas’ defensive line coach (2021-23) before going to Seattle.

Pitcher has been on the Bengals staff since 2016. He was promoted to quarterback coach in 2020 and then offensive coordinator in 2024.

Browns offensive coordinator Tommy Rees and defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz were interviewed on Thursday.

FAVRE’S BATTLE

Legendary NFL quarterback Brett Favre is pushing back on the notion that he has “given up hope” as he continues to battle Parkinson’s.

A popular sports account on X posted the following earlier this week:

“Heartbreaking: The legendary Brett Favre says he has GIVEN UP HOPE as he battles Parkinson’s disease. Brett has stiffness on his right side, difficulty swallowing, and deals with terrible tremors daily. Favre’s health is declining rapidly at only 55 years old. Praying for him and his family.”

As of Thursday afternoon, the post has reached more than 2.4 million people.

TMZ reached out to Brett Favre for comment and for an update on his battle with Parkinson’s. The former Green Bay Packers star told TMZ that the report is inaccurate.

“I have absolutely not given up and I am fighting till the end,” Favre said. “Yes, I have progressed a little faster than I would have hoped at this point but I’m extremely thankful and blessed!!!”

Favre, 56, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in January of 2024.

He told TMZ later that year that he was experiencing minor symptoms when he went to the doctor to get checked out.

He met with multiple doctors before being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

“They all said the same thing,” Favre told TMZ. “‘If it’s not in your family’ — and there’s none on either side of my family — ‘then the first thing we look at is head trauma.’ Well, hell, I wrote the book on head trauma.”