Brian Daboll is beginning to pull away from the pack in Miami. According to Adam H. Beasley of ProFootballNetwork.com, the Bills offensive coordinator “has emerged as a top target — and potentially the top target” for the Dolphins head coaching vacancy.
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While the Dolphins appear to be zeroing in on Daboll, the OC would still need to accept the job. That’s one of the “hurdles” that remains in the Dolphins’ search, per Beasley. Daboll is also a candidate for the Giants HC gig, a job that he’s interviewed for twice.
The potential hiring would reunite Daboll with quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who played under Daboll when the two were at Alabama. A Daboll hiring would also be a bit of a homecoming for the coach after he served as Miami’s offensive coordinator in 2011. Dolphins GM Chris Grier worked alongside Daboll during the coach’s stint with the team.
Recently, Daboll has made a name for himself in Buffalo. Following an inconsistent first season in the role, the Bills offense has been among the top-10(ish) units over the past three years. That includes a passing offense that ranked second in points scored in 2020 and third in points scored in 2021.
idea: Giants and Phins share him, trading him back and fourth between each game.
They don’t play each other this year, so this could work.
Jeez, which job is better? Both kinda suck, but with the Giants you’re the face of a rebuild. With Miami, most of the key pieces are in place, being a winning team. Tough call. Do you take the good weather and run?
Giants have one of the worst rosters in the league. Dolphins have a few decent pieces. And no coach knows how to get the more out of Tua than Daboll.
Frankly, The fact that he wasn’t hired by the Giants, by a guy who knows him well, or given a second interview by the Bears, who seem like a good fit with Fields, tells me he has not done well thus far in convincing people he can run the whole show.
The Dolphins and Giants are arguably the two worse jobs this cycle, so the fact he’s considering those two is odd.
That was also before the Bears hired Poles.
I don’t know if Daboll is on Poles radar. Sounds like Quinn, Caldwell, and Eberflus are the top choices. Hackett just went to the Broncos. So it sounds more like Quinn will be with the Bears.
@maximumvelocity correction the worst jobs in the cycle are the Jags and Bears. I’m sorry (but no really) to say Fields sucks! Everybody hypes him up likes he is good…he is not. He is a one read and run qb. I don’t know where everyone sees potential in Fields. The jags…well that’s the biggest dumpster fire in the NFL.
The Giants are also one of the most historic franchises in the NFL dating back to 1925, and in the biggest market. If he helps turn them around he will be a hero.
Who wants to be the face of a rebuild?
The Giants were a dumpster fire with Gutterman, the Dolphins are a Burning Inferno with owner ROSS. That building would be too high to jump off he should go to the Giants.
Makes a lot of sense.
He knows the franchise and GM from his time on the team. He’s proven to be good both in college and in the pros. He has a knack of developing a QB. He’s also worked with Tua in the past.
Daboll being a rookie head coach, working with a young QB, and a young team I’m guessing will also be given time to get results. I hope he gets a experience DC that can help him with the head coach duties and allow him more time to work with Tua and the young offence.
Marvin Lewis would be a great recommendation. He had 15 years with the Bengals as a HC
I agree 100% with the Marv lewis idea, your spot on