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Weaver, who is also a prospective defensive coordinator candidate around the league while still being under contract with the Dolphins despite the fact that they fired their head coach in Mike McDaniel, is certainly a name to watch for the Steelers as a result and appears to have at least an outside shot of filling the team's vacancy after Mike Tomlin stepped down last week.

Weaver's Background

A long-time presence on NFL sidelines, Weaver's first job in the league came as an assistant defense line coach for the New York Jets during the 2012 season.

He then became the Buffalo Bills' defensive line coach in 2013 before filling that same role for the Cleveland Browns from 2014 to 2016 and for the Houston Texans from 2016 to 2019.

Weaver held that title for Houston in 2020 as well while also serving as the team's defensive coordinator that year. He proceeded to join the Baltimore Ravens in 2021 as their defensive line coach and run game coordinator.

He ditched the run game coordinator title for Baltimore in 2022 and 2023, however, in favor of a promotion to assistant head coach under John Harbaugh all while remaining its defensive line coach.

Weaver later headed to Miami and became the franchise's defensive coordinator ahead of the 2024 campaign.

This past season, the Dolphins allowed 24.9 points as well as 132.4 rushing yards and 216.4 passing yards per game.

Weaver Flying Under the Radar?

Though Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Chris Shula and pass game coordinator Nate Scheelhaase as well as McCarthy and Flores should be viewed amongst Pittsburgh's leading candidates at the moment, Weaver is firmly in the race.

There's no telling what direction the Steelers may ultimately go in, but the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Ray Fittipaldo stated that Weaver's name should be discussed more in connection to the team's opening.

"Yeah, absolutely," Fittipaldo said on 93.7 The Fan on Jan. 22, per Steelers Depot's Matthew Marczi. "If he's one of the final five, they wouldn't be wasting their time bringing him in here tomorrow to get to know him in person."

"He's got a little bit of coordinating experience, but he seems almost like a Mike Tomlin," Fittipaldo added.