Marino Hired As a Senior VP for Dolphins
Dan Marino returned to the Miami Dolphins as senior vice president of football operations Monday, a surprising move that gives the team a popular if inexperienced boss. STEVEN WINE / Associated Press
ON PRO FOOTBALL Meet true immortals
Dick Vermeil had been gone from the NFL 14 seasons when he returned in 1997, and Joe Gibbs is back after 11 years away. Teams are reaching further and further back in the recycling of head coaches, an increasing number of whom chronologically would be considered prime blind-date material by The Golden Girls. GREG COTE / gcote@herald.com
IN MY OPINION | Jason Cole
AROUND THE NFL NFC East coaches pack wallop
Enter the NFC East at your own risk. The stunning announcement that Joe Gibbs will return to the sideline for the Washington Redskins after 11 years away, coupled with the New York Giants' hiring of Tom Coughlin, returned the NFC East to a level it enjoyed during the 1980s and 1990s. JASON COLE / jcole@herald.com
Jim Mora Jr. a curious choice as Falcons' coach
Of all the strange and suspect maneuvers made by the Atlanta Falcons over the years, the hiring of Jim Mora Jr. as head coach might rank somewhere between the second coming of Marion Campbell and the trading away of some quarterback named Brett Favre. By TROY JOHNSON / Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus, Ga.)