Miami Dolphins 2022 Coaching Staff Announced

And on today's show, the Dolphins two thousand twenty two coaching staff is now official and we're gonna cover it from top to bottom with an introduction to the newcomers, the players they've coached, the accomplishments, the years of experience, the all pros they have produced, and a heck of a lot more from Mike McDaniel's first staff here in Miami from somewhere in South Florida. This is the Drivetime

Podcast Miami Dolphins. Quick before we jump into the US here a roster move to announce the Dolphins have signed former Washington state wide receiver River Craycraft, formerly of the Denver Broncos in San Francisco forty Niners as well. But I know him as a really, really good slot receiver in college. A guy that's caught seven balls as a pro also has some returnability as well, so River Craycraft

from the Polos to South Florida, just like yours. Truly, let's go ahead and jump right into this coaching staff, as Mike McDaniel did not waste a lot of time rounding out his staff and making all those Dolphins fans in that to maybe thirty five forty a gemmographic where I grew up very happy with a few of these hires and really the entire coaching staff. But in terms of the nostalgia factor, hit that one out of the park as well. Sam Madison, Patrick Surtan, and West Welker

all joined the Dolphins staff. I think it's a very very cool nod to the past to get those guys back in the building and back on staff. Let's go ahead and start here. We already covered Mike McDaniel extensively and you can check out all of his content. There is a Mike McDaniel tab on Miami Dolphins dot com. We had a whole week's worth of podcast on coach McDaniel as well, so Miami Dolphins dot Com. Across social

platforms myself at Winkfield, NFL. On YouTube, you can find the interview with myself and Joanna Torres, as well as

his introduction press conference. We have covered coach McDaniel. Let's go ahead and cover his coaching staff here, starting with offensive coordinator Frank Smith, who began his career in college with Miami Ohio where he actually coached on a staff with Ben Roethlisberger or the year Ben Roethlisberger was there with the RedHawks and then also at the University of Butler as an offensive line coach and later as an offensive coordinator. Then he got his call to the National

Football League with the New Orleans Saints. Between on the offensive line and listen to these accolage. Jarry Evans was a Pro bowler all five years he went to the He was an All Pro four of those times as well. His two thousand eleventh season came with an approximate value This is a Pro Football Reference stat to kind of measure a players impact that year at twenty that was the highest ever for an offensive guard. Evans also made five All Pro teams and Carl Knicks made two All

Pro teams. They're the only two of his career with the New Orleans Saints and in fact, Nix's a v in two thousand eight and oh nine were nine and then ten. Then once Frank Smith got there, arrived and arrived, it goes to thirteen and then up to nineteen, both of those obviously the all pro seasons. Then he leaves to Tampa Bay in free agency and never exceeds in a V of four. Again, that's gonna be a theme in this podcast. Just remember that that line also had

Zach Street, who was never a starter until eleven. Entering that year, his career best a V was three, then upon Smith's arrival seven, six, eight, nine nine, with Smith as his coach. It also had Damon bush Rod, who

didn't start his first two years. He got the Saints left tackle job that two thousand nine Super Bowl year, and he was good with an a V of nine then the next eight seasons Smith's first, but then in two thousand eleven thirteen a V and a Pro Bowl improvement right away at once again from coach Smith, which he with then repeating twenty twelve for busch Rod before leaving to the Bears in where his a V never

hit double digits again. That line also had Charles Brown, whose career spanned the same years that Smith was in New Orleans, didn't play in twenty ten as a rookie, then got eight games and an a V of eight in eleven, and then ten games with an a v of three and twelve. But then he started all sixteen games with an a v of eight before leaving to the Giants and free agency, and never had an a V over one again. Again, this is a theme. Players have their career years under these coaches on the staff.

That line would add Brian de la Poente in twenty eleven, a center who's a view of eight, nine and nine at center his first three years all under Smith of above average play, goes to the Bears and never surpasses an a V of three again. Added Ben Grubs and twelve, and he was. He was always good, but he made as many Pro Bowls and three seasons with the Saints as he did the other six years of his career, one in each of those, and his a that year was a career best eleven. Add to Ron Armstead, who's

still cranking right now. That's one of the best left tackles in football over the last decade. He spent his first three years under Smith, going from an a V of two in his rookie season to eight in both fifteen growth and development. He then moved on to coach the Chicago Bears tight ends between twenty and seventeen and before Zach Miller's career high was two hundred and sixteen yards.

Then Smith arrives four hundred thirty nine yards four d eighty six yards, then to thirty six and an injury short and twenty sixteen season where he played half the year, so right back on track for those five hundred or so yards. So he essentially with Smith produced double his passing game output that he had collected pre Smith's arrival. That season was also in the Bears were a primary

twelve personnel team that had also Martellis Bennett. Now he didn't have a career year that year, playing just eleven games, but that offense ran through the two tight ends in the running game. They're headed up by Frank Smith. That's also where Michael Michael Pruett's career began, the seven year blocking tight end now with the Titans, Logan Pauls and Dion Sims also played there and Adam Shaheen. Plenty of guys that have had impacts and NFL teams under these coaches.

Smith then changed cities but stayed in the same position with the tight ends for the Raiders between eighteen and twenty and fancy, I guess who else arrived in there with the Raiders. That's right, Darren Waller. And by twenty nineteen, Waller cott ninety for one thousand, one hundred forty five yards, then follows that up with a bucko seven catches for one thousand, one hundred ninety six yards twelve touchdowns total

across those two seasons. And for what it's worth, Waller's yards per target went to seven point two one after Smith left, compared to eight point to and nine point eight the two years prior. And oh, by the way, while Waller was taking that eighteen season to develop and become an All Pro tight end that he was, Jared Cook made the Pro Bowl just because why not? Because

that's what this coach does. He creates these not creates, but he helps guys realize their Pro Bowl and All Pro potential with a career best sixty eight catches and a career best eight hundred ninety six receiving yards and his second highest touchdown total six of them. Again, these coaches have found a way to get career production from almost every guy theif coach, it's crazy, It's gonna be a fun podcast. And to finish that, that was Gruden's

first year. Remember how perplexed some folks were when the Raiders just kept loading up that tight end room. I even remember saying myself on Twitter, like they're gonna run

thirteen personnels their primary package. That would be fun because even while Waller only got six targets that season, you had cook Lee Smith who had been one of the best blocking tight ends in football for the better part of a decade than also Derek Carrier, who has been around the league as well and blocking tight end, so

really accomplished players across the board. And then he goes back to the offensive line for the Chargers now and also the run game coordinator, and the Chargers go from thirty to seventeenth and rushing per attempt from twenty to one. That's without and with Frank Smith and Rashaan Slater. Had a lot of folks talking Rookie of the Year last year, and as we see it play out every time, that's extremely rare for Alignment to even getting mentioned for that award.

But he did it in an All Pro season, which also, by the way, Corey Linsley makes an All Pro team. So add two more All pros in addition to Darren Waller, Jerry Evans and Carl Nicks to his his pelt on

the wall. And how about these improvements? Number or side by side numbers from one for the Chargers offense pre Frank Smith and the one year with Frank Smith two D one pressures down to one sixty one pressures, pressure reduction forty two, quarterback hits to thirty one, quarterback hits in past blocking efficiency by PFF down to fifth fifth best there, rushing touchdowns up to tenth, most yards per rush three point eight up to four point three, a full half yard better. They're rushing d v o A

thirty one up to fourteen. Every number across the board got better. As far as coach Smith's experience, he has twelve in the National Football League and eight teen total as a coach. Our quarterbacks in passing game coordinator is Darryl Bevil. He has twenty two years of NFL experience and twenty five total coaching years of experience. Four team players have made All Pros under his watch. Let's go over he had three jobs in college between ninety six

and ninety nine. He was a passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach at westmar a g A at Iowa State, and a receiver's coach at Yukon plenty well traveled there. He then made the jump to the National Football League, where he coached Brett Farve as an assistant quarterbacks coach between two thousand and two thousand two. Then he got

the quarterbacks job between O three and O five. Now, Farve had three m v P s when Bevill arrived, but Bebel's first year as full time quarterbacks coach was Farve's best season since the last m v P thirty two touchdowns at a six point eight percent touchdown Cliff. That's the second best of Farve's career and five finished third and second and m VP votings over those years with Darryl Bevil, he also made three Pro Bowls and passed for a hundred and sixty one touchdowns over that span.

And that was the last time Bevil was a asition coach until now. Obviously, but I think you look at what the Packers staff did with some of the quarterbacks they developed under Farv. Hasselbeck's second and final season in

Green Bay was Bevil's first. Then after four years, with a combination of Doug Peterson, Craignall and J. T. O. Sullivan, the Packers gave Bevil now the full time quarterbacks coach, a rookie by the name of Aaron Rodgers, and from this story on ESPN, Rogers said that Bevil was to credit for undergoing a major fundamental change going from cal to the National Football League, where he held the football in his drop back up by his ear hole, and

Beville coached him to be more natural and lower the football, which would then tie in the feet with the routes. And this is me talking now such a critical element of the position, to have the feat matched the drop, to match the concept and progression. Rogers said that was his first important lesson in the league, and it came

from Darryl Bevil. Interesting in that article he also mentions coaching someone who was older than him and Brett Farve and now here he is ready to teach someone half his age and two a tongue of yloa and with plenty of wisdom going into it. And this is something

we'll talk about with offensive line coach Matt Applebaum. Who had a great clip that made the rounds on Social I'm sure you've seen it by now, where he discussed teaching and understanding that you can't just go up to a player and yell at them and try to get them to basically insert assert your will on them, to force them into a certain player or regiment wherever the case may be, that you have to communicate, and Darryl Bevil said something familiar or similar I should say to that,

talking about how he had to coach Brett Farve, a guy who was older than him when he got that first job. So Bevill also played quarterback at Wisconsin under Brad Childress, who hired Bevil as his offensive coordinator when he got the Vikings job. That was from two thousand and six to two thousand ten. And guess what the Vikings did a No. Six just like the Packers and No. Five. They drafted a quarterback highly in the second round with

Tavars Jackson. Now, Jackson was kind of a project type coming out of Alabama State, a physically gifted quarterback who would make two starts that rookie year. After coming out of a lower level school that needed some seasoning. Most people thought before taking over for twelve games in two thousand seven and an eight and four record that year. Jackson steaden in a story about Bevil, He's detailed, he's prepared, he gets guys in the same page, and he plays

to their strengths. Sound familiar there with coach Mike McDaniel. Jackson also said, Darryl is very selective. He wasn't going to work in a program that's not a good organization and not on their way up. That's what he wants to go to at the stage of his career. And the Vikings were a top offense, a top ten offense,

I should say twice in Bevil's five years there. Bevill had some stud Steve Hutchinson, Matt Burke, Bryant McKinney, Artist Hicks on that offensive line and really originally carved pass for Mulde, Moore and Chester Taylor behind Tony Richardson and

all pro fullback that he coached. But by far Chester Taylor's two best years came when Bevill arrived a twelve hundred sixteen yard six touchdown season and OH six and an eight hundred forty four seven our yard seven touchdown season in OH seven, and in fact those two seasons accounted for nearly half of his career yardage and exactly half of his career touchdown production. He played ten years.

Those two years with Bevill about half of his production. Now, in two thousand seven, they got another back and he ran for one thousand, three hundred forty one yards in addition to Taylor's forty four that year. That's over yards in the ground. That guy was Adrian Peterson, who would then run for seventeen six under Bevil. But it's a

p man. I think the best part in terms of just designing an offense was how much they were able to get Peterson involved in the screen and passing game, making him a factor on third down that way, because that wasn't really his game in college. But he caught the ball for nearly twelve hundred yards in those four years. Keep your best players in the field and give him the football, right, That's what coach McDaniel says. The best way to get yak is to put the football and

your best runners hands. He also got another playmaker and that OH seven season in Sydney Rice, who would have his one monster season as a pro with the Vikings and OH nine his loan Pro Bowl see him and twelve yards and eight touchdowns, and they always had a burner to Troy Williamson and Bernard Burying and then finally Percy Harvin on that dominant O nine team where Brett Farve came back and tight ends were certainly a type

Jim Jim Klein sauce remember him. He was one of those kind of Swiss army knife type of tight end fullback guys. Jermaine Wiggins a nice tidbit here Children's called the O six offense and they had a fifty seven to forty three pass to run balance. When Beville took over, the Vikings ran the ball with Adrian Peterson percent forty percent. That was the first year of five and then down to forty five percent, but always more than what Children's called.

You have to imagine his expertise in the run game and how to see that for the quarterback will go a long way as a quarterbacks coach here from Miami. Remember we talked about checking out of bad plays and running into favorable counts. Bebel's O C experience and coaching across the entire offensive landscape should only help in that regard. Onto the next top and it was a long one to Seattle for two thousand and eleven to two thousand

and seventeen. Is the offensive coordinator we ment and Jackson Earlier. Beville coached him in Seattle, including a career year in two thousand one with over three thousand passing yards and fourteen touchdowns. In that same story from the Mania of the Minnesota section, Jackson discussed the play that so many people talk about in the Super Bowl. He said, we worked on that play. This is the Malcolm Butler play. We worked on that play every day in practice. We

just didn't execute it right. It was more of a player thing. We also mentioned Harvin earlier. Now here's where I get really excited, because remember Harvin followed Bevill to Seattle after Minnesota, and there was a lot of buzz about how the Seahawks offense was beginning to revolutionize a bit under Russell Wilson with Harvin and and Beville. And I found a USA Today article from that talks about the Seahawks game plan with lots of his own read

built around misdirection capability. Whether he was lining up in the backfielder motioning across the formation, the defense had to account for where he was in the field. That article states, and they also state that Bevill knew that Harvin's presence had to be accounted for and it created opportunities for others. Was that's a familiar like and also who does that

sound familiar? Four? Like a Jalen Waddle. Marshawn Lynch was traded to see Alan thenleven That's when he became Marshawn Lynch yards fifty seven six four straight Pro bowls upon Bebel's arrival. He also ran for no lower than eleven touchdowns those seasons, for a total of forty eight touchdowns in those four seasons. One thing you'll see across the staff McDaniel Smith Apple Bomb. Their teams run the ball into the end zone with consistency. All of these guys

love the running game, especially in the red zone. Doug Baldwin developed there. His first year as a U d f A was Bebel's first. By Baldwin had fifty for seven seventy eight and five touchdowns, and by sixteen he was a Pro bowler with back to back one thousand yards seasons as a slot receiver who went undrafted with twenty one touchdowns to boot. By the way, when Doug retired, he sent a huge thread of tweets. In them a photo of he and Bevel with the caption and don't

forget the coaches. There will be good ones. There will be better ones. You'll come. You'll come to appreciate the great ones, even if others don't. End quote. Golden Tate also saw his career takeoff under Bevil, with increasing guards from two thousand eleven rookie season all the way through and his divorce with Seattle, finishing with eight in year number four. We saw Robert Gallery have a nice second

Stanza here. We saw them develop Justin Bridge, James Carpenter, Max Unger, made an All Pro team Russell Okum into a quality offensive line. We also saw them transition from that power running team to leaning more on Russell Wilson in the later years, especially that season, and it should be noted that Bevil was there to work hand in hand with Wilson, a third round post grad transfer from North Carolina State who was too short to play the

position right well. No Under Bevill, Wilson through for a hundred and sixty one touchdowns in fifty six picks, an average eight point one yards per dropped back and a point eight passer rating. Wilson would later recommend Bevil for his job with the Jaguars, signing Bevil's ability to get him ready to perform at a high level very quickly.

His rookie season helpful for young quarterbacks. What was Miami have young quarterback and total The Seahawks finished top tenants scoring offense four or fitt seven years there and as high as fourth in total yards in and also ninth. After Seattle, Bello went on to Detroit to work with the latest Super Bowl champion, Matt Stafford between nineteen and twenty as the offensive coordinator and Integram head coach. In does anybody remember how Gangbuster Stafford came out of the

gates in twenty nineteen. He got hurt after eight games, but he had his best passer rating that year one oh six, nineteen touchdowns, five picks, and nine point one yards per dropped back, not per pass per drop back. They were cooking. They had the vertical game. That's where they had. Kenny Golladay arrived onto the scene, made his loan Pro Bowl that year with eleven ninety yards and eleven touchdowns. He played just five games his second year

there with Bevill. Those eleven touchdowns are more than any other four years of his career combined, and the yardage is more than a third of his career production. DeAndre Swift was their four point six yards per carries a rookie and eight touchdowns, eight hundred and seventy eight yards from scrimmage and ten total touchdowns, as well as forty

six catches for three fifty seven. And that brings us to one where he coached Trevor Lawrence as the O C for the Jacksonville Jaguars before taking over as the interim head coach there in place of Urban Meyer. So in conclusion, he coached Brett Farve, Aaron Rodgers, Matt Hasselbeck, Russell Wilson, saw Chester Taylor, Sidney, Rice, Percy Harvard, Marshawn Lynch all have their best years in his system, and he winds up with fourteen players who played at an

all pro level under his staff. Two Super Bowl wins and and or two Super Bowl appearances, i should say, and one victory in his career. What a great career, What a great placement here for the Miami Dolphins in their quarterback room. We're gonna come back here next and talk about more of these coaches here on this two Coaching staff Announcement edition of the Drivetime Podcast presented by Auto Nation. Picking right back up here on the Drive

Time Podcast the two Coaching Staff Announcement Podcast. Here we're picking it back up with the receiver's position and welcome home Wes Welker, who made the second stop of his career and really got most of his production going in his career here with the Miami Dolphins. Between seventy eighteen, he was with the Houston Texans as an offensive and

special team's assistant coming off of his playing career. Then between nineteen and twenty one he makes the jump over to the Niners to be the receiver's coach and obviously twenty nineteen was their Super Bowl season there with the Niners, he had the one appearance, hasn't won a game, hasn't won a Super Bowl as a coach there, five years NFL experience, all of all of his coaching experience in the National Football League, and one All Pro in Deebo

Samuel and that receiver room with Kendrick Boorn, Emmanuel Sanders, Dante Pettis, Ritchie James, Jordan Matthews and at rookie by the name of Samuel Borne saw his breakout year in with six hundred and sixty seven yards and nine yards per target. It was eight point one the year prior, a big junk from pre Welker years with seven point six and seven point four. He had his career highs this year with the Patriots, but signed as a primary target in their passing game after being developed by Welker

and the forty niners. He also got Sanders on board mid season that twenty nineteen Super Bowl year, and he winds up with five oh two for three touchdowns in ten games of the team. Then, of course there's Debot, who gained nine hundred and sixty one yards from scrimmage and six total touchdowns that season. He missed nine games, then came back with an m v P type of season this last year, which we covered extensively on the

mc daniel podcast. Samuel was aske during radio road in the Super Bowl week who was the next Mike McDaniel, and his answer was Wes Welker. Finally, the addition of Brandon Iuk, who had seven hundred forty eight yards and

eight hundred twenty six yards season. He also had one thousand, six hundred sixty eight yards from scrimmage and twelve touchdowns his two seasons under West Welker, and I can probably say that I think his most impressive accomplishment during his three years of the Niners getting my guy River Craigcraft from Washington State University six catches or seven catches I should say six and one season. And now here he is with the Miami Dolphins, scooting along here to the

tight end coach position and assistant head coach. And John Embree, who began his career at Colorado in n went to the high school ranks in nine two. Then he came back to Colorado on a coach tight ends. He then coached d end back to tight end, then receiver and kicking by the time it was all done in O two. Then he moved to u c L as an assistant head coach and receivers coach. Then he moved to the receivers and went back to the tight ends. Been all

over the place. Then he made his jump into the NFL in two thousand and six, where he coached Tony Gonzalez, the tight end who caught two sixty eight for three thousand, one hundred and thirty yards and twenty touchdowns in those three seasons, and that includes his only ever back to back one thousand yards seasons of his career and his highest three year total of his entire Hall of Fame career.

Then onto Washington in ten where he coached check out this room, Chris Cooley, Fred Davis, Logan, Paulson, three guys who played for a combined twenty seven years. That season, Cooley matched a career high with eight hundred forty nine yards. And you might remember Cooley as kind of the pioneer of that h back position of the modern game. He was used offset in the backfield line, flexed all over the place. Then it was back to Colorado as the head coach. That was a two year stint that did

not work out. He then goes back to the National Football League and to the Cleveland Browns and where Jordan Cameron goes from twenty six career catches and two d and fifty nine career yards in a touchdown to his next two years to have eighty nine, seventeen, and seven all those career best not just career best, but his next highest total in each category was thirty five. That's less than half catches four and twenty four yards also less than half, and three also less than half in

terms of touchdowns. That team also had Gary Barnett who could line up in line and get work in the round game against tight ends and backers. Also Marque's Gray, remember him speaking of his h back rollback in that two thousand sixteen season. Well rounded tight end rooms under John embreyeen Tampa Bay. He was there from twenty sixteen, coached Cameron Bright to a career year Austin Safari and Jenkins, Luke Stocker, and that sixteen career year for Great fifty

seven catches, six sixty and eight touchdowns. All of those were the best in his career and he's still there with the Buccaneers today. Safarie and Jenkins didn't work out, though, if you look at his numbers in Tampa Bay. Leaving there was basically the beginning of the end for him. Stands that pop up seventeen season with the New York Jets, then finally spent the last five years with the Niners. This from George Kittle on Instagram. After learning the Embry

with Loot would be moving on. Being able to start my career with you was the best thing possible for me. You showed me the standard at which you have to play to have a chance to succeed in this league. Always reminding me to have fun and to give great effort. You convinced me to never give up on a run or run out of bounds. I should say and set the tone with each play with or without the football.

So we know what he did with Kittle there too, over that time, all time receiving production and the best blocking tight end of the National Football League to boot. John Embry brings sixteen years NFL experience, thirty one years coaching experience, five All pros in his room, Tony Gonzols three times, George Kittle twice. He's been to one Super Bowl. How about a coach that stays on staff here with a whole bunch of experience and pelts on the wall

on his own right. Eric Studis the running backs coach, twenty five years NFL experience, thirty one total, two Super Bowl appearances, one victory. We know he's run multiple schemes from the early Buffalo days, a gap in power to Denver and some wide zone action. That unique Frank Gore teen season with all the different looks the Dolphins gave that season were to the backfield full of day three picks and U D F A s. And every time he asks me, how's that little girl doing, Travis, it

makes me like him a whole bunch more so. Eric Smusville stays on as a running backs and associate head coach. Valuable valuable experience, well regarded in that building as one of the most knowledgeable, respected coaches in the entire building. Back to the newcomers along the offensive line and Matt apple Bomb, who we mentioned a little bit earlier, four

years national footballing experience fourteen total as a coach. He began his career at Central Connecticut State coaching tight ends, made a jump to Washington between O eight and two as a player personnel and offensive assistant there, then went to the University of Miami's A G A and then got his first offs of line room at Bucknell and ten before taking a year back to the NFL as a Jaguars offensive assistant. Then he goes back to coaching

offensive lines across national across college football Southeast Louisiana. Davidson then got a hire a promotion to offensive coordinator at Davidson in seventeen before going to Towson nineteen and then making that jump to Boston College these last two seasons. Pro Football Focus had them as the number two granted offensive line in college football all season, So there's that.

What about the individuals? He'll produce three pros, probably all draft picks this year in Zion Johnson, a first round pick all day, also Tyler Rabel, a six ft five tackle, and Alec Lyndstrom, the brother of Chris who was a first rounder back in twenty nineteen. So his recent success in coaching has come from developing younger players to make

that jump to the professional rinks. Assisting on the offensive side of the football will be Chandler Henley and assistant quarterbacks coach Lemille, John Pierre as an assistant offensive line coach, Kolby Smith, Mike Pearson, and Aldrick Robinson is offensive assistance, and Josh Grizzard as quality control. So some retention there with Grizzard and John Pierre coming back on staff here and some others as well. We'll finish up this podcast on the other side here and get to the defensive

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brought to you by Auto Nation. We have covered the offensive assistance here on this edition of the Drivetime Podcast, introducing you to the Miami Dolphins coaching staff, and we pick it up here on the defense with some guys that are coming back, including defensive coordinator Josh Boyer, who has two years of DC experience here in Miami and akin to Mike McDaniel, a lot of this staff where he's got this fifteen plus years of experience in this league,

coaching multiple different positions, all kinds of success in terms of guys that have gone to All pros, and just

really developed different guys across his entire career. Look at his experience here, sixteen years of the National Football League, twenty one total as a head or as a coach, I should say, six different All pros here, Devin mccordy in under Josh Boyer, a key to leave in, Derell Revus, Malcolm Butler and seen a former undrafted free agent to fond Gilmore in and then Xavian Howard in Super Bowl

appearances to victories in the Big Game. Josh Boyer, tons of experience, tons of aggressive, aggressive style of defense as well as experience and what you want to do here, to kind of help this defensive personnel match what you have in terms of the system. Josh Bowyer is a great conduit to accomplish just that. Also a super friendly guy who always asked me what's going on Travis whenever I see him, Friendly to talk to, and an absolute team historian who can go back and tell you everything

about the Shoola Dolphins. Great to have him back on staff. Also back on staff defensive line coach Austin Clark, whose defensive line lead the National Football League last year and batted passes. That was a point of emphasis he and I would talk about all the time in terms of just coaching guys to create that space and get up and get their hands in the football and how much that can impact the passing game. He also talked all the time about the selfless room that he he's so

proud to be a part of. How he reflects that too, because every time I asked him about giving himself credit, help put it onto the players and talk about how lucky he is to get to coach those guys. They were also one sack shy of the team record this year.

And you go to a man like whether it was Andrew Van Ginkle's an outside linebacker Clark's first year here as an OLB coach, or Emmanuel Ogba on the defensive line, or Christian Wilkins, who had the most tackles by a defensive tackle this season that anybody's in the NFL has had since. All of those guys will credit Austin Clark when you ask him about their pass rush prowess, how to use their hands. He has very well thought of

among the players and the production speaks for itself. Also, coming back linebackers coach Anthony Campanelli, We've seen Jerome Baker's role really evolve essentially on a weekly basis, and Anthony Campanelli has been instrumental to that. We've also seen him get guys like Duke Riley and Sam eg Von and Commu gruge Hill to make some impact plays as rushers and sub package guys and finding different ways to get those guys involved in the run game, pass game, rush game.

He came from Michigan coach guys like josh U j and Chase Winovich over there also a very very nice dude, very friendly and I love talking about food with coach. Again, these guys, they care about the people in the building. The relationships are so crucial to them and that's going to be consistent across the staff. And nobody feels that more than me, the podcast guy walking around, you know, having coaches say hey, Travis, how are you doing? Like it goes so far and that's what all these guys

are to their core. How about a newcomer here outside linebackers coach Tyrone mackenzie after a five year playing career, actually hang out. I didn't get you guys experience in the last two guys, Clark two years in the NFL thirteen total, Campanelli two years in the National Football League sixteen total, and then Tyrone mackenzie five years in the National Football League nine total. After a five year playing career, McKenzie's first coaching job was here in his high school

football hometown in Florida. Then he made a jump to college at Colorado and Stanford six team respectively, before getting his first NFL job under the Great Bones John Fossil in Los Angeles as an assistant special teams coach, and that year they put Farrell Cooper as a return man, Greg's airline and as a kicker, and Johnny Hecker as a punter. All three of those guys were all Pro

that year. Then, when Mike Frabel got his job in twenty eighteen, the first inside linebacker coach he appointed was mackenzie and he worked there for two years as the i LB coach. And some of the players that he coached Jayon Brown. Now this is the comp that I gave Jerome Baker back in that eighteen draft. Super speedy, instinctive linebacker with coverage and blitzkills for days. By far, his most production came in his two years with Mackenzie

a hundred five tackles. His next best was seventy six. He also made eight of his seventeen career TFLs in twenty nineteen and ten of his eighteen QB hits that year under Mackenzie. Rashawn Evans the best years of his career was the one full season he spent with McKenzie twenty nineteen with Elendon eleven tackles, a career best, also

top in sacks, QB hits and approximate value. Wesley Woodard, his last year in the NFL as a starter of a twelve year career, had his third highest tackle total with one teen and his third best QB pressure season with seven hits and a career best a v of nine in that final season. Then his loan season in Detroit, he coached Julynni Tavai to a career high and tackles and forced fumbles before going to the Colts in one

on their staff as a coaching fellow. I'm not sure what that means, but that's what his title was there in Indianapolis. Another newcomer, cornerbacks coach and passing game specialist, Sam Madison ten on ten to nine returns to South Florida. We all obviously know about the playing career Sam Madison four Pro Bowls for All Pros. He won a Super Bowl with the Giants. All of those past Pro Bowls were back to back to back to back to back again.

I'm back again and the All Pros War two, including the best game I've ever seen from a cornerback, three picks, an additional pass breakup and a pick six and a seventeen nothing win over the Tennessee Titans. Yeah, Tennessee Titans. And as we heard in the past, Sir ten episode of The Fish Tank, Sam was all about that ten on ten life. I'm gonna lock this guy down. The rest of you are playing ten on ten a true number one corner mind set, thirty eight career picks, ten

force fumbles, three defensive touchdowns. That guy coaching X and Byron A little bit excited about that. Then he went onto coaching and all he's done there is win, win, win, two Super Bowl appearances. He's never coached a season without going to the a f C Championship Game twenty nineteen. He was the Chiefs cornerbacks coachwy one, I should say he was the cornerbacks and secondary coach there. He's coached

one player to two All Pro seasons. Tyrone Matthew, who took to Twitter to express his gratitude for ten on ten himself, He said, Dolphins are getting a real one player perspective and technique guru. He's gonna be the same guy every day. Of course, it's great to hear that from one of the great defensive backs in the history of the game. Talk about Madison's approach as a coach very valuable, but also, man, we know how that dude operates.

I'm so excited for this. Also, how about that clip of coach walking through the halls at Baptist Health Training Complex listing off the legends on the wall, Sam Madison, Sonka, Ricky Williams. Let's go just to perfect also from Madison. Are you guys familiar with the nameble Jerius Sneed? Well, first, remember cornerback class that was arguably the most impressive cornerback class in like a decade, with Jeff A. Kuda up top.

C J. Henderson goes number nine, then four more first round corners in that draft, and I think there are two real lessons here at number one. Cornerback is tough. It's tough position to contribute out from an early age. Though there's elite college receivers on the field every time you see every time you line up on an NFL football field, and you're gonna get targeted as a rookie. We saw a Kuda struggle with it. We saw Henderson

traded within his first two years. A J. Terrill drafted number sixteen, had a tough rookie season, but then he bounced back and had an all pro caliber second year. My point is it's tough to contribute as a rookie for even those taken on Night one of the draft. Well, Jerius Sneed didn't hear his name called until Saturday in the fourth round, the sixteenth cornerback off the board, and

technically he was listed as a safety. So even more of a feather in Madison's cap here And what did Sneed do besides make the All Rookie team top all sixteen heals rookies ahead of him. And when you look at the team, it's Antoine Winfill, Jeremy chin as a sid Men's Patrick Queen, Chase Young, Javon Kinlaw, our own

ray Kwon Davis. It's a list of first and second round picks, but Sneed was a fourth round pick who had five picks and fifteen pass breakups in two years under in college I should say at Louisiana Tech, and then in four years and forty two games as a pro under Madison, nineteen picks are eight picks, I should say, and nineteen passes. Defense playmaking is in his blood. That secondary also saw Juan Thornhill become an instant hit a second round rookie safety. We saw your various Ward have

his career blossom under Madison. Same with Mike Hughes, a former first rounder who washed out in Minnesota and became a fixture for the Chiefs this year and even won an a s C Defensive Player of the Week UH in a forty eight to nine win over the Raiders with two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery for a touchdown. Our safety's coach is gonna be Steve Gregory. Not only did he play in the past version of this defensive system, he's coached in it, playing with the Chargers, Patriots, and Chiefs.

Then he coached with Syracuse for a year as a quality control guy before making the jump to the Lions under Matt Patricia. And of course, he now joins the staff of a coach he played in under Josh Boyer in New England, who was the cornerbacks coach during Gregory's time there in New England as a safety and core special teamer. Speaking of special teams, that was his area of focus at Syracuse in sixteen before holding the defensive

assistant job with the Lions from eighteen to nineteen. Then he was promoted to DBS coach in he spent one as a defensive assistant here in Miami, and now he gets the call to coach safety's with the Dolphins alongside Madison and Sir Tam He coached current Dolphins cornerback Justin

Coleman in Detroit. Also, twenty nineteen fifth round rookie amani Oarrier went from two game starter as a rookie and nineteen to a fifteen game starter in twenty same year that Gregory was promoted, and he helped him blossom into a guy that had seven picks in twenty one passes defense over the next two seasons. Also assisting the defense will be Derek LeBlanc assistant DL coach, Matthew Arajo assistant defensive backs, Steve f Renz assistant linebackers, Ryan Slowick senior

defensive assistant, and Patrick Curtana defensive assistant. Six years of the high school coach, three state championships, National Coach of the Year. The ten on ten story in the Fish Tank podcast. I'll talk about it all the time now. I'm sure technical proficiency. I remember when he arrived, everybody knew about Sam Madison, But by the end of their time together, I think you'd have felt comfortable with either guy going an entire game on the opposing offense number

one receiver. They pressed, they challenged you, they were competitive as hell, They had ball skills. That's been such a key area of this team the last two years, and I'm so glad they'll be taking the reins to try to keep that train rolling. How about some special teams. Danny Crossman's back, an absolute stickler for details, be where you're supposed to be, when you're supposed to be there.

A few special teams coaches across the last few years can match cross as engineer with the the trick plays and the different looks and the different types of ways to create block He's had a blocked punt both of his years here, successful fakes producing gems like Mac Hollins, and I think Sanders will get right back to the old, reliable under coach Crossman, no doubt about that. And tell me if this is surprise, surprise or not. One of my favorite people in the building every time I see him.

What's up, baby, how you doing? Love? Coach cross He's back. And then rounding it out here assistant special teams will be Brendan Ferrell to round our our Dolphins coaching staff. And so you heard plenty of coaches that will be retained here offensively, defense and special teams. You know, Mike McDaniel places so much importance on relationships within the building, and I talked about how I already felt that coming

in with the incumbents. You see those guys coming back, and especially with the players who just you know, talked to Christian Wilkins about business and when it's time to have fun, when it's time to be about the ball. He said, it's always about ball. We always find a

way to have fun too. And it's clear that he values the existing relationships between those players with each other as well as their relationships with their coaches, and they have within that locker room moves so insistent all the time to talk about the guys in the team and how much they love playing for each other because that shared common interest of wanting to be great and wanting to be a great team. It's great to have that continuity, even if they're not in the same role, even if

the responsibility is, you know, seemingly less on paper. It speaks to both those coaches for the relationships they have, and it speaks to Mike for the value he places on that and the ability to recognize the importance of that. And then here's my final tally on some fun facts from the assistant coaches who will head up rooms i e. Safeties or corners, offensive coordinator, et cetera. Not your assistant offensive line coach or your assistant special teams coach. Guys

at the head of their room. Here's the stats. Hundred forty nine years NFL experience, two hundred thirty seven total years of coaching experience, five Super Bowl wins, sixteen appearances, and they have coached forty six players within their room who went on to have an All Pro season, forty six of them not too bad. All right, that's your Dolphins two coaching staff. That's my time on this edition

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