{"id":25663,"date":"2025-02-13T03:53:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T03:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25663"},"modified":"2025-02-13T03:53:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T03:53:26","slug":"breaking-dolphins-add-assistant-with-ties-to-former-offensive-rookie-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25663","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Dolphins Add Assistant With Ties to Former Offensive Rookie of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"l-article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"c-headline c-headline--extra-large entry-title\"><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"l-article__content\">\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2193461722.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2193461722.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2193461722.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2193461722.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"C.J. Stroud Bobby Slowik\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"1671\" data-dom-ready-time=\"2029\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">ESPN&#8217;s Marcel Louis-Jacques reported the Miami Dolphins added an offensive assistant who recently worked with Offensive Rookie of the year C.J. Stroud.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Miami Dolphins\u00a0head coach Mike McDaniel is reuniting with an offensive assistant from his\u00a0San Francisco 49ers\u00a0coaching days \u2014 Bobby Slowik.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s Marcel Louis-Jacques reported\u00a0on Feb. 11 that the Dolphins hired Slowik as the team\u2019s senior pass game coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSlowik spent the past two seasons as the Texans\u2019 offensive coordinator; they won the AFC South and reached the AFC divisional round in both seasons,\u201d\u00a0Louis-Jacques wrote. \u201cBut Houston ranked 22nd in both yards per game and expected points added in 2024, and Slowik was fired in late January.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, during his first season as offensive coordinator with the\u00a0Houston Texans, the team\u2019s offense was one of the biggest surprises of the season. Texans quarterback\u00a0C.J. Stroud\u00a0won the Offensive Rookie of the Year award in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Stroud posted\u00a0a 63.9% completion percentage while averaging 8.2 yards per pass as a rookie. He also had 23 touchdowns versus only five interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023,\u00a0the Texans offense was\u00a012th in yards and 13th in points scored. The unit was also ranked seventh in passing yards.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Dolphins Hire Bobby Slowik as Pass Game Coordinator<\/h2>\n<p>The Dolphins were a natural place for Slowik to land after he lost his job with the Texans. McDaniel and Slowik worked on the same coaching staff with the 49ers for five years from 2017-21.<\/p>\n<p>For his first two seasons in San Francisco,\u00a0Slowik served\u00a0as a defensive quality control coach. During that time,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/coaches\/McDaMi0.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">M<\/a>cDaniel was\u00a0San Francisco\u2019s run game coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Slowik switched to the offensive side of the ball as an assistant. He then began serving as passing game specialist when McDaniel became the team\u2019s offensive coordinator during 2021.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_3_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-3 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>During that season, McDaniel and Slowik led the 49ers to a passing yards ranking of 12th. While that doesn\u2019t sound remarkable, San Francisco was 29th in passing attempts that season.<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers were first in net passing yards per attempt in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Slowik remained on San Francisco\u2019s staff in virtually the same position for 2022 while McDaniel left for Miami. Slowik became Houston\u2019s offense coordinator a year later.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_4_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-4 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><iframe width=\"552\" height=\"334\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2024,\u00a0the Texans were ranked\u00a022nd in yards and 19th in points scored. They were also 15th in rushing yards and 21st in passing.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Slowik Joining Brother on Dolphins Coaching Staff<\/h2>\n<p>Slowik will be coaching with another familiar face in Miami next season \u2014 his brother, Ryan Slowik.<\/p>\n<p>After several years away from the NFL, Ryan joined the Dolphins coaching staff when McDaniel arrived with the team in 2022. He has held three different defensive roles the past three seasons. During 2024,\u00a0Ryan served\u00a0as defensive backs coach and pass game specialist.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_5_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-5 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><iframe width=\"552\" height=\"334\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Essentially, the Slowik brothers will be coaching the same thing in 2025 \u2014 the passing game \u2014 but from opposite viewpoints (offense versus defense).<\/p>\n<p>This will be the first time the Slowik brothers will be on the same NFL coaching staff. Before joining the Dolphins, Ryan was most recently the\u00a0Cleveland Browns\u00a0outside linebackers coach in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>From 2017-21,\u00a0he coached\u00a0at the college level in the state of Tennessee. Ryan has also served on the coaching staff of the\u00a0Green Bay Packers,\u00a0Denver Broncos,\u00a0Arizona Cardinals\u00a0and\u00a0New York Jet<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/new-york-jets\/\">s<\/a>\u00a0during his career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty ESPN&#8217;s Marcel Louis-Jacques reported the Miami Dolphins added an offensive assistant who recently worked with Offensive Rookie of the year C.J. Stroud. 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