Blue reels in Dolphin QB coach

Joe Judge is hiring his quarterbacks coach, plucking a second former Patriots colleague from the Miami Dolphins.

Jerry Schuplinski, a sevenyear NFL assistant in his mid-40s, is expected to be Daniel Jones’ new QB coach, the Daily News has confirmed. NFL Network first reported the expected hire.

Schuplinski (pronounced shu-PLIN-skee) was Miami’s assistant QB coach last season under Brian Flores. He follows Dolphins defensive coordinator Patrick Graham to New York. Graham will be Judge’s DC.

Judge also is adding Ole Miss D-line coach Freddie Roach as the Giants’ new defensive line coach. Roach was Alabama’s strength and conditioning coach in 2008-10, overlapping two years with Judge in his time as Nick Saban’s special teams assistant (2009-11).

Prior to Miami, Schuplinski was an offensive assistant and assistant QB coach with the Patriots (2013-18). So he worked with Judge (2012-19) for six of his eight seasons in New England, winning three Super Bowls.

Schuplinski last season worked with Josh Rosen and Ryan Fitzpatrick. Rosen, a promising young QB who had gotten a raw deal his rookie year in Arizona, started only three games and appeared in just five for the Dolphins. Miami quickly replaced him with veteran Ryan Fitzpatrick.

Schuplinski, interestingly enough, played at John Carroll, where he was college teammates with former NFL linebacker London Fletcher, Patriots director of player personnel Nick Caserio and offensive coordinator/ quarterbacks coach Josh McDaniels.

McDaniels is reporedly staying in New England. Caserio’s contract with the Patriots is up, however. And after the Houston Texans announced no plans to add to their current structure (they courted Caserio last year), will Judge take a run at Caserio? And what would that mean for GM Dave Gettleman?

It’s all an evolving process as Judge continues to form his new staff.