NFL: Dolphins Fire Offensive Line Coach Pat Flaherty Before Start Of Preseason

The Miami Dolphins have fired offensive line coach Pat Flaherty just one week into training camp before a down was played in the exhibition season. Flaherty was hired only five months ago, but first-year coach Brian Flores reportedly was displeased with the unit's progress and decided it was in the franchise's best interest to make a move now. The change was announced Monday.

Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network reported that Flaherty struggled to implement the new offensive system and that it had been an ongoing issue since the spring. Flaherty will be replaced by Dave DeGuglielmo, who spent last season as the offensive line coach for the Indianapolis Colts. He was hired by Miami in May as an analyst.

Flaherty, 63, has 19 years of NFL coaching experience and joined the Dolphins after being let go by the Jacksonville Jaguars at the end of last season. He was the offensive line coach under Tom Coughlin with the New York Giants and was part of their two Super Bowl-winning campaigns.

Flores, 38, has told the media there are "no sacred cows" as he attempts to overhaul the organization and make the Dolphins competitive in the AFC East. Miami went 7-9 last season and has had one winning campaign this decade. That came in 2016 when it managed a 10-6 mark and lost in the wild-card round of the playoffs to the Pittsburgh Steelers in former coach Adam Gase's first season. Gase was fired after last season and is now the head coach wit the New York Jets.

Flores and DeGuglielmo share ties with coach Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots. DeGuglielmo, 51, was the offensive line coach in New England in 2014-15 and Flores served in a variety of roles with the franchise beginning in 2004.

Miami currently has odds of 500/1 to win the Super Bowl, the biggest longshot among all 32 teams.