The new England patriots made an unexpected change to its coaching staff. The Miami Dolphins announced Vic Fangio, the defensive coordinator, would be out on wednesday after just one season. Espn’s jeremy fowler and adam schefter first reported on the subject.
The philadelphia eagles are expected to sign the veteran coach. Miami ranked 15th in defensive epa and 19th in defensive dvoa last season.
On the defensive end of the field, jaelan phillips, bradley chubb, and xavien howard sustained major injuries. Philadelphia expressed an interest in adding fangio to its coaching staff during the previous offseason. The eagles reportedly fired defensive coordinator sean desai this week after matt patricia took over the reins of defensive play-calling in the second half of the season.
According to zach berman of phly, head coach nick siranni told reporters, “we have a lot of good goals on our plate,” as the eagles prepare for aaron rodgers’ first full season. the buffalo bills are trying to hold on to joe brady as offensive coordinator. Thus, it appears that the patriots aren’t the only afc east team making big offseason changes.
