Report: Rob Chudzinski Is Frontrunner For Miami Dolphins Offensive Coordinator Position.

According to Omar Kelly of the Sun Sentinel, current Assistant-Head Coach of the San Diego Chargers Rob Chudzinski is the frontrunner for the Miami Dolphins Offensive Coordinator position.

This comes after news that the Dolphins will be interviewing Brad Childress as a possible candidate for the job. I am relieved to hear that there is a good chance Miami won't hire Childress because I didn't see him helping Miami at all, and I am optimistic about what Chudzinski will be able to do.

Rob Chudzinski has had an incredible history with tight ends, and I think he will be really good at running Miami's offense.

We will see what happens, so stay tuned, and thanks for reading.

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The Miami Dolphins Seem To Do All Of The Wrong Things With Tight Ends

Dustin Keller Beat Miami For A Touchdown Twice During Week 3

The Miami Dolphins don’t really seem to specialize in handling tight ends on either side of the ball.

One player who has not been producing well for the Dolphins is tight end Anthony Fasano.

If you ignore the touchdown pass to off of a fake to Dolphins tight end Anthony Fasano against the Packers, then you can see how little Fasano has been doing this season.

Even with the touchdown, though, his numbers aren’t very good. So far Fasano has only gained 149 yards with two touchdowns, but his low production is not his own fault. It is actually the fault of the Miami Dolphins and their offensive playcalling.

Anthony Fasano is capable of a lot more than just 149 yards and two TDs, but he doesn’t have the opportunity to do any more.

Two years ago he was great, and it is remarkable to me that the Dolphins don’t use him quite as often as a receiver like they did in 2008-2009. He was one of the best producing tight ends, and I think he can still be one if Miami uses him enough.

I have always believed tight ends are a great safety blanket who can produce great numbers when all of the other receivers are covered. Chad Henne sometimes tries to fit in ill-advised passes with hardly any chance of being caught by a Dolphins receiver, and those passes would be a perfect time for him to try and throw it to Fasano instead.

But even with the Dolphins lack of offensive production on offense by Fasano, their real weakness is against opposing tight ends.

I honestly don’t understand why they have such a problem, but it just always seems like opposing tight ends are able to run all over the Dolphins more than most teams.

After the first five games the Dolphins have allowed 269 yards and two touchdowns to tight ends. The real devastating statistic, though, is that they have allowed receiving gains of 31, 33 (twice), and 23 yards. That is four plays of 20+ yards in the first 5 games by just tight ends. Each one of those plays can be devastating to a defense, and Miami needs to find a way to stop them.

I have noticed that a lot of times tight ends beat Miami’s coverage when they have a linebacker covering them. So, maybe the Dolphins should move a corner to cover the tight end instead.

Whatever they do, though, they need to figure out something in a hurry because getting beat consistently at the same weakness gets pretty frustrating.

Let me know what you think with your comments, and thanks for reading.

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Fasano Report: The Status of Miami Dolphins TE Anthony Fasano

Please check out my Dolphin Shout blog. I have a bonus comparison on Anthony Fasano last year and two years ago on the blog, so it will be worth checking out here: Dolphins Blog

I don't know if anyone remembers how well Anthony Fasano did two seasons ago during the Dolphins miraculous turn-around season, but I sure do. Fasano was a big part of the Dolphins success and they could always count on Fasano to catch. But, as for last season, not so much.

Fasano was not very good at all last year. He caught almost the same amount of receptions, but he didn't have near as many yards and he had two costly fumbles in Week 1 of the season. His touchdowns were the worst part of all, though. He did not have near as many as two seasons ago.

What I'm wondering is: will Fasano still be the starter next year?

In today's NFL the tight end position is becoming a more important position. Quarterbacks want to be able to rely on their tight end to be a consistent catcher and also scorer. The NFL is a pass first league, and because of that the tight end position is becoming more and more important.

So, if the Dolphins want to develop into more of a passing offense, which they obviously do because they got Brandon Marshall, they need to get a consistent tight end. I'm not sure if Fasano is a consistent tight end anymore.

Miami Head Coach Tony Sparano has shown confidence in the tight ends that the Dolphins have now, and Miami might actually have a great performing TE next year, but don't be surprised if that TE isn't Anthony Fasano. You heard it here first.

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