Most of us knew that Minkah would excel and be an outstanding player when he left Miami. This quote from Salguero's article jumped out at me (and I watched the Steelers game and Minkah played really well the whole game).
"Fitzpatrick, playing safety for a team he’s practiced with only three times, had an interception, a quarterback hit, a pass defensed, and he forced a fumble. He generally played the way the Dolphins told us he’d play when he was drafted by them with the No. 11 overall selection in 2018.
Except he didn’t play like that in Miami. And under this coaching staff, he hated being with Miami because he wanted to play a position or two and this staff stubbornly wanted him to play four or more and that caused him to ask to be traded."
This is what worries me about Flores. Everyone is giving the coach a pass on the season because they are rebuilding, but his treatment of Minkah in particular does not bode well. You have to put your players into positions to succeed. You can't fit a round peg into a square hole. Minkah had a good season last year. Why mess with a good thing? That shows an inability to adapt to the players you have and rather trying to force them into "your system". I'm not encouraged by what I have see so far from Flores.
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