There has been some fan speculation that perhaps the 2019 NFL season is off to a more rocky start that what Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross had signed up for — and there may be a price to pay should the Dolphins stumble all the way to the finish line this season without a win. But according to Miami Herald columnist Barry Jackson, who is covering this week’s owners meetings in Fort Lauderdale, no matter how the season progresses from this point onward for Brian Flores, the Dolphins will have him back as their head coach in 2020.

Per informed source at NFL owners meeting here, there is no risk of Flores losing job this year, under any circumstances. Dolphins committed to him for 2020. — Barry Jackson (@flasportsbuzz) October 15, 2019

Quite frankly, this should be considered a relief. There’s no evidence to indicate that a firing was going to happen — but the commitment to the team’s leadership as selected by Ross is required to give the Dolphins’ rebuild a fair chance. The Dolphins and general manager Chris Grier have just finished tearing down Miami’s roster, and the rubble hasn’t even settled yet — why would Miami fire their head coach when the entire design is to handcuff the roster in 2019 and start from the ground up in 2020?

Flores was admirably aggressive in Week 6 against Washington, pulling out several bold play calls in hopes of positioning this team for a win. That kind of growth and continued effort from Flores is one of the areas that Dolphins fans and management can assess him in — not in the execution on the field when the roster is so far away from being competitive.

Changing coaches after 2019 would be nothing more than change for the sake of change — and it would illustrate poor foresight and commitment from Dolphins leadership.