Loggains spoke to the media this morning for the first time since Gase hired him in January, and here are five notes about what he intends to do here: 1. His job is to coach Monday through Saturday. Loggains was a curious hire because he’s got experience as an offensive coordinator, yet he comes into a situation where Gase calls the plays. He’s fine with that. Loggains sees his role as a deputy who helps Gase through “the process of getting to game day.” He said they have a common offensive philosophy and a great working relationship. “Just the process of game day and getting through game day and going through the game-planning process,” he said, describing his role. “Help clean up and get to game day with some of those things and obviously helping the quarterback room as much as I can.” 2. He wants to run no-huddle, uptempo offense. Gase has talked about it since he arrived here, but Loggains is determined to finally get this team running a fast-paced offense that includes some no-huddle. Ryan Tannehill’s return is essential to that plan, but it also helps that Loggains believes he has fast, smart, well-conditioned skill players like Albert Wilson, Kenny Stills and Kenyan Drake. 3. He likes the player leadership on offense. The Dolphins already had Stills as a perfect example of how they want players to approach practice and they’ve kept Tannehill completely involved in everything they do despite him being out the last year-plus with a knee injury. They also brought in Danny Amendola, a 10th-year veteran, and Loggains has already noticed younger receivers trying to mimic some of the small things he does. 4. He sees a wealth of speed, which is exciting. Not only has the Dolphins’ offense struggled, it’s been uninteresting. Loggains doesn’t see why that should be the case this year with weapons like DeVante Parker, Jakeem Grant, Kalen Ballage, Stills, Drake and Wilson. “The thing that showed up was speed,” he said of his initial assessment of the skill players. He also thinks he has a quarterback in Tannehill who is capable of maximizing those pieces. “When I walked in … the thing that got me excited was the skill guys,” Loggains said. “All of a sudden you’ve got these skill guys that can run. They all have different traits and different qualities. I think they’re a fast group that, as their knowledge of the offense grows and going back to no huddle, they’ll play faster. Knowledge builds confidence, confidence allows you to play fast.” 5. New left guard Josh Sitton is running the offensive line. Loggains coached Sitton for two years in Chicago and loves him. “He’s surly, he speaks his mind and he’s really intelligent,” he said. “You guys are going to have a lot of fun with him.” He’s the new leader of the line, replacing Mike Pouncey. Loggains is energized by seeing talented young linemen like Laremy Tunsil and Ja’Wuan James learning from him already in the short time he’s been here.
