Dolphins request to interview Bills OC, Tua’s former coach

The Miami Dolphins reportedly requested support to interrogation Buffalo Bills violative coordinator Brian Daboll.

Daboll has held that relation with the Bills since 2018 and has been instrumental successful processing backmost Josh Allen successful Buffalo. Before that, helium was Alabama’s violative coordinator and quarterbacks manager successful 2017, existent Dolphins backmost Tua Tagovailoa’s freshman assemblage season.

The Dolphins’ petition to interrogation Daboll was archetypal reported by NFL Network connected Monday nighttime aft Miami fired manager Brian Flores connected Monday morning.

Daboll has a playoff crippled against the New England Patriots to manager connected Saturday night. The Chicago Bears are besides requesting to interrogation him, according to ESPN and NFL Network, aft they fired manager Matt Nagy connected Monday.

Daboll was AP NFL Assistant Coach of the Year successful 2020.

Among his erstwhile stops, Daboll was Dolphins violative coordinator successful 2011, manager Tony Sparano’s last twelvemonth astatine the helm. He besides held NFL coordinator roles with the Kansas City Chiefs successful 2012 and Cleveland Browns successful 2009 and 2010. From 2013 to 2016, helium was choky ends manager for the New England Patriots, portion Flores was a antiaircraft adjunct connected the aforesaid unit nether manager Bill Belichick.

Daboll would people a power to an offensive-minded caput manager aft Flores made his people successful the NFL mostly connected defence earlier getting his archetypal caput coaching presumption with Miami. He besides has acquisition with Tagovailoa, who conscionable completed his 2nd NFL season.

Under Daboll successful 2017 astatine Alabama, Tagovailoa played successful 8 games, completing 63.6 percent of passes with 11 touchdowns and 2 interceptions arsenic the superior backup to starter and existent Philadelphia Eagles backmost Jalen Hurts. Hurts was benched for Tagovailoa astatine halftime of that season’s College Football Playoff nationalist title game, and Tagovailoa threw the game-winning touchdown to DeVonta Smith. It acceptable the signifier for Tagovailoa to past unseat Hurts the adjacent season, starring him to go a apical draught imaginable erstwhile helium became eligible successful 2020.

Daboll has been portion of 5 Super Bowl champions with the Patriots — 2 during his clip arsenic choky ends manager and portion of the 2001, 2003 and 2004 champions. He was wide receivers manager successful New England from 2002 to 2006 and a antiaircraft adjunct from 2000 to 2001.

Daboll has besides been New York Jets quarterbacks manager successful 2007 and 2008, and earlier helium archetypal joined the Patriots, helium was a postgraduate adjunct astatine Michigan State successful 1998 and 1999 and a unpaid adjunct ant William & Mary successful 1997.