Three experienced coordinators
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Giants.
The hirings were announced Thursday, although most had been widely known in recent weeks.
The offensive coordinator of the Minnesota Vikings, Shurmur was hired on Jan. 22 to rebuild the Giants after a disastrous 3-13 season. Coach Ben McAdoo fired
in early December after less than two years on the job.
Mike Shula will be the offensive coordinator and work with the quarterbacks. James Bettcher is the defensive coordinator, while Thomas McGaughey will lead
the special teams.
Shula and McGaughey worked with Gettleman in Carolina. Both were fired after last season, having served the past five and two years, respectively, as
coordinators. Bettcher spent the last five seasons with the Arizona Cardinals,
the final three as defensive coordinator.
Also on the staff are receiver coach Tyke Tolbert, offensive line coach Hal Hunter, tight ends coach Lunda Wells, assistant offensive line coach Ben
Wilkerson
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linebackers coach Rob Leonard and special teams coach Anthony Blevins special
teams assistant coach.
Shurmur also retained running back coach Craig Johnson, linebacker coach Bill McGovern, offensive assistant Ryan Roeder and defensive assistant Bobby Blick.
They're joined by strength and conditioning coach Aaron Wellman, strength and
conditioning assistant coach Markus Paul, performance manager Joe Danos and
director of performance nutrition Pratik Patel.
"Some of the coaches I have a history with, some were on previous staffs here, and other coaches are guys I've known through the profession," Shurmur
said. "I took a good look at some of the coaches that were here, and we
certainly wanted to make sure that some of the really fine coaches that were in
the building a year ago had an opportunity to stay."
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OPEN CAMP: July 26
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LAST YEAR: Dolphins regressed in second season under Adam Gase. As rookie coach he led them to 10 wins and playoff berth, but in 2017 Dolphins never
recovered from quarterback Ryan Tannehill's season-ending knee injury in
training camp, and deteriorated into wildly inconsistent, undisciplined team.
They led to start fourth quarter in only two games and were outscored by 112
points, fourth worst in NFL. Owner Stephen Ross decided to keep organization's
core leadership intact, but Gase and executive vice president of football
operations Mike Tannenbaum may need turnaround to keep jobs beyond this
year.
IMPORTANT ADDITIONS: S Minkah Fitzpatrick, G Josh Sitton, DE Robert Quinn, WR Danny Amendola, WR Albert Wilson, C Daniel Kilgore
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IMPORTANT LOSSES: DT Ndamukong Suh, WR Jarvis Landry, C Mike Pouncey, G Jermon Bushrod, K Cody Parkey, QB Jay Cutler, QB Matt Moore, TE Julius Thomas,
LB Lawrence Timmons.
CAMP NEEDS: Dolphins will count on two players with no NFL experience to assume significant roles. Linebacker Raekwon McMillan
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of all, Gase needs to keep Tannehill healthy as quarterback comes back from two
serious injuries to left knee since December 2016.
EXPECTATIONS: Tannehill became starter as rookie in 2012 and has still never taken postseason snap, and there's plenty of reason to doubt that will change
this year. While he returns, Dolphins bid adieu to three players with Pro Bowl
resumes in Suh, Landry and Pouncey. There were financial reasons, and Gase also
wanted change in culture. He believes addition of such veterans as Gore,
Amendola and Quinn represents upgrade, but oddsmakers disagree. They project
Dolphins to again be six-win team.
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