After a seven-year stint in Atlanta, safety Ricardo Allen was released by the Falcons at the start of the 2021 offseason. He eventually landed in Cincinnati last season, helping a young Bengals team reach the Super Bowl.
Allen, 30, announced that he was retiring just 10 days ago, but he now appears to have joined Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel’s staff in Miami as a special teams assistant.
The Dolphins have hired Ricardo Allen as a special teams assistant. He was with head coach Mike McDaniel with Atlanta when he was a DB for the Falcons.
— Alain Poupart (@PoupartNFL) March 1, 2022