The Bills will have a former head coach in their division next season, according to multiple reports.
On Monday, the Dolphins cleaned out a few assistant coaching positions. Of those, offensive coordinator Chad O’Shea was let go.
Miami head coach Brian Flores has apparently decided to bring in former Buffalo head coach Chan Gailey to run the team’s offense now. Gailey has been out of the NFL since 2016 when he held that same position with another AFC East team, the Jets.
Blast from the past: Chan Gailey is coming out of retirement to become the #Dolphins’ offensive coordinator, sources tell me and @RapSheet.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) December 31, 2019
Gailey was also the Dolphins offensive coordinator from 2000-01.
There is a silver lining here as well. The Dolphins will likely bring in a young quarterback option next season. Still, Gailey’s hiring bodes well for current starting quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. He’ll likely move to the backup role but Fitzpatrick played in Gailey’s system both with the Bills and Jets. The veteran QB would serve as a backup/ defacto assistant coach in the system with a young quarterback.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport added to his report on Gailey’s hiring that the Dolphins new OC will “run the show and tutor whichever new QB comes in.” Miami owns the No. 5 overall pick along with the No. 18 overall selection (via PIT) in the first round of the upcoming NFL draft.
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