The Dolphins hired Nathaniel Hackett as their quarterbacks coach, but they had interest in interviewing Bruce Gradkowski for the job before adding Hackett to Jeff Hafley’s staff.
Miami requested to interview Lions offensive assistant Bruce Gradkowski for the job. The Lions denied the request, according to Jordan Schultz of The Schultz Report.
Because he is under contract to the Lions and the position is considered a lateral move, the team was allowed to decline the Dolphins’ request.
Gradkowski played 37 games, with 20 starts, as an NFL quarterback, with the Bucs, Browns, Raiders, Bengals and Steelers. He last played in the NFL in 2014.
Gradkowski served as the St. Louis BattleHawks’ offensive coordinator in the spring league in 2023-24 before joining the Lions in the 2025 offseason.
Former Eagles offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo has found a new job.
The Dolphins are hiring Patullo as their pass game coordinator, according to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network.
Patullo was fired as Eagles offensive coordinator after a rough 2025 season. Now he’ll join a Dolphins staff under new head coach Jeff Hafley and offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik.
It will be a homecoming for Patullo, who played his high school football in the suburbs of Miami and played quarterback and wide receiver at South Florida.
The 44-year-old Patullo spent the last five seasons in Philadelphia. He has spent a total of 14 years as an NFL assistant, mostly coaching wide receivers and otherwise being involved in the passing game.
The Panthers are adding an experienced assistant to Dave Canales’ coaching staff for the 2026 season.
Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that they will hire Darrell Bevell as their associate head coach. Bevell will also have an offensive specialist title in Carolina.
Canales was the wide receivers coach for the Seahawks when Bevell was the team’s offensive coordinator from 2011-2017.
Bevell interviewed for the Jets offensive coordinator job recently and spent the last four years as the quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator with the Dolphins. He’s also been the offensive coordinator for the Jaguars, Lions, and Vikings over the course of his time in the NFL.
The Seahawks won Super Bowl LX less than 24 hours ago and some have already turned their attention to Super Bowl LXI.
Sportsbooks have set the odds for who will be raising the Lombardi Trophy in SoFi Stadium on February 14, 2027. The Seahawks are at the top of the list, but they aren’t the only team on that rung.
They aren’t even the only NFC West team. The Rams join the Seahawks at +950 at DraftKings at the moment.
The Bills have the top odds of any AFC team with the Eagles, Patriots, and Ravens tied for the fourth spot. The Packers, Lions, Chargers, and Chiefs round out the top 10.
At the other end of the spectrum, the Cardinals and Dolphins are both at +25000.
The greatest Dolphins quarterback of all time believes his team needs a quarterback competition this season.
“You have to have competition at that position and I think that’s probably where the Dolphins have to go,” Marino told Mad Dog Sports Radio. “Just have competition there and see what that is. I’m not in the position to say it’s going to be free agency or the guys we have or whatever that may be, but I do know when you have competition at that position it’s going to make it better and better and that’s what the Dolphins need to do.”
The Dolphins owe Tua Tagovailoa $54 million guaranteed for the 2026 season, so it would be difficult for them to move on from him. Marino says he likes Tagovailoa as a person but doesn’t believe the new coaching staff is going to hand him the starting job.
“Excellent guy, human being, and he’s still on the roster, so you just don’t know right now — the new staff is coming in and they’ve got to evaluate everything,” Marino said. “Right now, Tua’s with us, he’s one of our quarterbacks, and that’s the way it’s gonna be.”
Tagovailoa may be a $54 million backup in Miami next season.
