Tony Sparano isn't in the safest of spots -- the Dolphins are 0-3 and though they looked quite potent on offense against the Patriots, they still lost. Since then, Miami's lost two more games and remains the only AFC East team with a losing record.
There's little question that Sparano's seat is warming, but Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald reports that Sparano won't be canned this week.
"No, nothing’s happening," Salguero's source told him when asked if there were changes coming to the coaching staff.
Salguero also says that Sparano's job is "100 percent safe" right now. But that's right now, and it could absolutely change by the time Miami returns home in three weeks.
Plus, if someone is saying "he won't be fired this week" about you, you should already be aware that the safety surrounding your job is tenuous at best.
The Dolphins head out to San Diego in Week 4, take their bye in Week 5 and then travel to New York to play the Jets in Week 6 on Monday Night Football. If things have gotten worse for the Fins by that point in time and they wake up on October 18 (Tuesday) at 0-5, the percentage chance that Sparano is good to go gets a lot lower a lot quicker.
Stephen Ross' one request this year was that Miami's offense get ramped up and go vertical. After Chad Henne's 400-yard game against the Patriots on the opening week of the season, things looked like they were going well.
In the two weeks since then, Miami's offense has sputtered, producing just 19 total points against the Texans and Browns. Though Miami is middle of the pack in total yardage (387.7 yards a game, 13th in the NFL), passing yards (258 per game, 15th in the NFL) and pretty good at running the ball (129.7 yards per game, seventh in the NFL), Daboll's O ranks 27th in the NFL in scoring now with 17.7 points.
And in the NFL, where the goal is to outscore your opponents, if you're not getting in the end zone, you're probably not going to win many games. If that happens often enough, your job will be in danger.