The Miami Dolphins’ coaching overhaul is nearing completion We’ve seen the Dolphins flesh out Brian Flores’ support staff with a mix of young coaches and experienced veterans alike — a blend that has seemingly left some Dolphins fans unsettled by the direction of the coaching staff.
Time will tell whether or not those hires are problematic to the direction of the team or not — but for now all we can do is assess the hires with their past history. Take for example the new offensive line coach in Miami — Steve Marshall. The Marshall hiring was announced by Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald earlier this week.
Per source, Dolphins new offensive line coach will be Steve Marshall
— Barry Jackson (@flasportsbuzz) January 15, 2020
Who exactly is Marshall? He boasts a vast array of roles throughout his four decades of coaching — including serving as an offensive coordinator at the college level for programs such as North Carolina and Texas A&M. But his role in Miami will be more defined. Specifically, it will be as the man to mold and craft a viable group of five offensive linemen and help overhaul the Miami Dolphins’ worrisome offensive line.
Throughout the course of his career, Marshall has served as an NFL offensive line coach for the Packers, the Texans, the Browns and most recently the New York Jets.
And the detractors will be quick to point out that Marshall, along with his former offensive coordinator in New York, Chan Gailey, didn’t field a very productive offense during their run together in New York. The Jets offensive line? It performed poorly.
But bear this in mind — the Jets’ talent was also worrisome while Marshall served as the Jets’ line coach. Names like Kelvin Beachum, Brian Winters, James Carpenter, Wesley Johnson, Ben Ijalana and Brandon Shell manned Marshall’s offensive lines. Where is the talent? The Dolphins don’t have much in the way of talent right now either — but they’ve got the resources to build Marshall a better crop of talent than he ever saw in New York.
As we all already know, this will work only if Chris Grier and Brian Flores can correctly wrestle good players into Miami’s program.
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