Report: Dolphins OC Bill Lazor experiences growing rift with players

Ever since Joe Philbin took over as Dolphins head coach, it seems as though the organization is, even during some of its best times, on the edge of imploding. It was the bully-gate scandal from last season or the end-of-year collapse to miss the playoffs in 2013 or Philbin strangely not guaranteeing that Ryan Tannehill was the starting quarterback earlier this season.

Seemingly, it's always something in Miami.

And with that comes the report from NFL.com's Jeff Darlington that there are more chemistry issues within the Dolphins organization. This time, it's reportedly offensive coordinator Bill Lazor and a growing rift between several players.

"During involved conversations with four players (and text exchanges with multiple others), all parties made it clear that Lazor's relationship with the players is currently rocky," wrote Darlington. "His abrasive tenor with several starters has worn thin on some, and an inconsistent identity on offense is internally magnifying the issue."

On the season, Miami's offense ranks 16th in the league, but Tannehill is having his best season, and even with the loss of injured running back Knowshon Moreno, Lamar Miller has shown at times that he can be a weapon for the Dolphins.

But high-priced receiver Mike Wallace also hasn't been happy with the offense.

“We didn't do nothing,” Wallace said after Miami struggled against Jacksonville. “Our offense was shit. We've got to do better.”

Wallace later refused to back away from the criticism, but there also seems to be more potential with this Lazor-led offense than what former offensive coordinator Mike Sherman could offer the last few seasons. If, that is, Lazor can trust his players on offense. Take, for instance, the lack of deep balls thrown by Tannehill.

"They were there earlier this season but something always went wrong, just like last year," one player told the Miami Herald. "Either the receiver drops a pass or the quarterback has no time or he can't get it to his guy. It was nobody's fault. It was everybody's fault and now he [Lazor] doesn't seem to trust us dialing them up."

Overall, trust seems to be in short supply in Miami at the moment. Which is neither surprising nor a positive.