MIAMI -- Joe Philbin has been fired four games into his fourth season as coach of the Miami Dolphins, and one day after a flop on an international stage sealed his fate.
The firing came Monday after the Dolphins (1-3) lost their third game in a row and turned in their fourth consecutive lackluster performance. They were beaten Sunday in London by the archrival New York Jets, 27-14.
Midseason head coaching changes are unusual in the NFL, but few will accuse owner Stephen Ross of impatience. He ignored calls to fire Philbin in December after the Dolphins faded to finish 8-8 for a second successive season.
But doubts only grew regarding Philbin's inability to motivate players with his bland demeanor.
Jets: Sheldon Richardson's Missouri court case continued
ST. LOUIS -- A Missouri judge has continued until next month the criminal case against New York Jets defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson, accused of resisting arrest and traffic counts for a summer police chase in suburban St. Louis.
A court hearing was cancelled Monday. Richardson was not there. St. Charles County Associate Circuit Judge Norman Steimel III continued the case until Nov. 9.
Richardson sat out the first four games this season as part of a suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy.
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The former University of Missouri star lives in O'Fallon, Missouri, in the offseason. He was arrested July 14 after allegedly driving his 2014 Bentley up to 143 mph with a 12-year-old relative in the car.
Officers allegedly found a loaded handgun under a floor mat and detected a marijuana odor.