He has been leaning a lot on Mornhinweg, Lee and offensive intern Tony Sparano Jr.

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Acquiring Tebow ultimately led to general manager Mike Tannenbaum and Sparano losing their jobs.

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In hiring Sparano, Ryan brought on board a coach who shares his run-first philosophy.

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