Ozzie Newsome’s looming retirement would have left the NFL with no minority coach or executive having full control over a football operation. Monday’s surprising moves in Miami have resulted in Dolphins G.M. Chris Grier — who previously did not have control over the football operation — securing complete and total authority.Grier now runs the front office Xavien Howard Jersey , and Grier will hire the next head coach. The new coach will report directly to Grier.That will be a different approach than the Dolphins employed with Adam Gase as the coach. Gase reported directly to owner Stephen Ross. Also, Gase had full control over the football operation.Grier will have no one between him and Ross; former V.P. of football operations Mike Tannenbaum has been reassigned by Ross to a job outside of football operations. It’s unclear what Tannenbaum will be doing, but he won’t be doing anything with the football side of the business.It’s a dramatic reshaping of the football organization, with Ross opting for a more traditional G.M. position http://www.thedolphinslockerroom.com/authentic-raekwon-mcmillan-jersey , and entrusting that full authority to Grier. After trading Robert Quinn and seeing Cameron Wake leave as a free agent, the Dolphins are short on experienced edge rushers on their roster.The remaining group is led by 2017 first-round pick Charles Harris, who has three sacks in 27 career games. That underwhelming production came before Brian Flores was the head coach in Miami, however Womens Jakeem Grant Jersey , and Flores said he’s been happy with what he’s seen from Harris this offseason.“I can’t say enough good things about him,” Flores said, via ESPN.com. “He’s the kind of guy we want in the building. Honestly, I don’t care about his past. I care about right now. That’s where I’m at. … He’s really doing a good job for us in the classroom Mark Duper Jersey , on the field. He’s smart. He’s hard-working. He’s got a lot of ability.”Harris spent most of his time with his hand in the dirt the last two years, but said he has been standing up as an outside linebacker more this offseason. He said that is part of an overall approach from the new staff that won’t let players “box themselves in” when it comes to the roles they play on defense.Anything less than a breakout year for Harris may lead to his departure from Miami in 2020 and it seems he’ll get his chance to show that he can break out after two slow seasons.
