{"id":12648,"date":"2024-12-20T07:45:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T07:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=12648"},"modified":"2024-12-20T07:45:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T07:45:39","slug":"rams-defensive-coordinator-floated-as-hc-option-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=12648","title":{"rendered":"Rams defensive coordinator floated as HC option in Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-entry-summary p-dek\">Is Chris Shula destined to be the Dolphins head coach?<\/p>\n<p id=\"lWOtcd\">ESPN\u2019s\u00a0Jeremy Fowler reported this week that L.A. Rams defensive coordinator\u00a0Chris Shula is \u201ca sneaky name to watch\u201d for head coaching positions and that he has heard Shula\u2019s name \u201cenough over the past week\u201d to think it was worth mentioning. Of all the teams that Shula would presumably be destined to go to, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thephinsider.com\/\">Miami Dolphins<\/a>\u00a0are atop the list and many are starting to believe that the team is ready to part ways with Mike McDaniel at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"tnBI4L\">ESPN\u2019s Dan Graziano reported two weeks ago that \u201cpeople around the NFL have their eye on Miami and wonder whether there\u2019s a change\u201d if the Dolphins continue to get worse.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Ymr3xy\">The Dolphins are 6-8 and have lost two of their last three, with the win being Miami barely escaping against the Jets in overtime despite playing at home. Of course, Miami is the home of the most famous \u201cShula\u201d in history, if not the most notable coaching name that there is:<\/p>\n<p id=\"0iOACC\">Dolphins Hall of Fame coach Don Shula, who is also Chris Shula\u2019s grandfather.<\/p>\n<div id=\"JmfHPm\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"p-scalable-video\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wwH0AMFP4oc?rel=0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"t8ntTh\">The Dolphins interviewed Shula for their defensive coordinator position this year before he took the same job with the Rams and Miami went with Anthony Weaver. Miami\u2019s issues all seem to be on the offensive side of the ball however, so were they to make a change it may not necessarily indicate that they want to hire another offensive-minded head coach like McDaniel, but certainly that they are firing him because the offense underdelivered.<\/p>\n<p id=\"38wfJZ\">Miami\u2019s defensive run game coordinator is Joe Barry, another former Rams assistant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Chris Shula destined to be the Dolphins head coach? ESPN\u2019s\u00a0Jeremy Fowler reported this week that L.A. 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