Dolphins staff coming together ... or is it?

[Rich]

You'd have to get a NT from elsewhere (draft or FA) to play the 3-4, but I don't think Suh would be completely out of place as a 3-4 DT, and I think you'd get more production out of Jordan Phillips as a 3-4 DT.  He may in fact be a natural for it, and his ceiling may be very high.

It may be worth it to make the switch, considering that Suh's talent could probably make up for whatever physical incompatibilities he'd have with the 3-4 DT position, and you'd be elevating the play perhaps of Phillips, Vernon, McCain, and Jordan (if he's alive).

You might also be elevating (or at least maintaining) the play of Jenkins and Misi as 3-4 ILBs, while removing as much of the need for the sideline-to-sideline 4-3 MLB the team currently doesn't have.  The run defense suffers in large part because of the absence of that player in my opinion, and a switch to a 3-4 would address that to some extent.

3-4 DTs do one thing. Eat up 2-3 blockers.

For as good as Suh is, he would consistently get moved at the point of attack. And putting him as a 3-4 DT would be a waste of his talents as a penetrator/disruptor.

[Dolfanalyst]

3-4 DTs do one thing. Eat up 2-3 blockers.

For as good as Suh is, he would consistently get moved at the point of attack. And putting him as a 3-4 DT would be a waste of his talents as a penetrator/disruptor.

I'm not sure how you get Richard Seymour, for example, to be a penetrator/disruptor at 6'6" 317, while thinking that sort of play from Suh wouldn't be possible at 6'4" 320.

[Rich]

I'm not sure how you get Richard Seymour, for example, to be a penetrator/disruptor at 6'6" 317, while thinking that sort of play from Suh wouldn't be possible at 6'4" 320.

Richard Seymour was not a 3-4 DT. He was a 3-4 DE, also known as a 5 technique. You said Suh could play 3-4 DT.

[Dolfanalyst]

Richard Seymour was not a 3-4 DT. He was a 3-4 DE, also known as a 5 technique. You said Suh could play 3-4 DT.

I meant DE.  Sorry.

So to clarify, the team moves Suh to DE, puts Phillips at the other DE, and gets a NT from elsewhere.

[Rich]

I meant DE.  Sorry.

So to clarify, the team moves Suh to DE, puts Phillips at the other DE, and gets a NT from elsewhere.

Well, Phillips would need to shed about 20 lbs at least. I am not sure he is quick enough, but I could be wrong.

And the key phrase is "gets a NT".

There are not a lot of 6'3 - 6'5 330-360 lbs guys with massive wingspans who are light on their feet. If you don't have a viable nose in a 3-4, you got nuthin.

[DaLittle B]

Veteran coaches Jim Washburn and Jeremiah Washburn are headed to the Dolphins, according to Alex Marvez of FOX Sports and Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press (Twitter links). Jim, the elder Washburn, will work with the defensive line as a senior defensive assistant, while his son Jeremiah will be an offensive line assistant. The duo previously spent time with the Lions, so Jim has a history of working with Ndamukong Suh.

Marvez adds (via Twitter) that the Lions denied the Dolphins‘ interview request for defensive line coach Kris Kocurek, who would have been a candidate for that DL job in Miami.

Saw these tweeted earlier,I copied those from profootballrumors.com
http://www.profootballrumors.com/coach-rumors-eagles-jim-schwartz-interview/ it was near the bottom.

(Posted this in the wrong thread)