Maybe We Should Have Kept Nolan? By Irving Kid on May 18, 2021, 5:04pm CDT +
Quick one, with no charts. YAY!!
Everyone knows 2020 brought in new HC Mike McCarthy, and with him new DC Mike Nolan. The defensive performance was, shall we say lacking. The result -> Nolan out and Dan Quinn in.
Over the years, under the ownership of Jerry Jones, the Cowboys have had multiple head coach and/or defensive coordinator changes. The impact to the defense has depended, in nearly every instance, on what changed - the HC only, the DC only, or both.
Way back in 1993, Jimmy Johnson was still head coach and Dave Wannstedt, who Jimmy had brought with him from the University of Miami in 1989 left to be the head coach in Chicago. Butch Davis, who had been Dallas D-Line coach stepped in as coordinator. The result was a fall-off in defensive rankings in the league for Dallas - going from #1 overall yards allowed to 10th. However, there was an improvement in points allowed -
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After months spent studying and acquiring players, the next four months will be used to trim rosters and make a few last-minute moves in preparation for the opening day.
Of course, one of the biggest moves the Miami Dolphins made in the last 10 years came when the team traded away Laremy Tunsil just days before the 2019 season. With that in mind, it is hard to imagine general manager Chris Grier making any ground-shaking moves between May and early September.
Starting jobs and roster spots are officially up for grabs and here are three questions surrounding Miami’s roster that will be answered before Week 1 of the 2021 NFL season.
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I apologize for this being late. I really screwed up my hands this week doing battle with Hawthorn trees and discovered along the way that I am quite allergic to them. It’s made any sort of writing nigh impossible (and my allergies are so gunky that dictation is practically useless.) So, I won’t be editorializing quite so much in this one. But, there are a lot of very interesting stories here today, in particular regarding Mac Jones.
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