Dolphins’ McDaniel Won’t Rule Out Big Changes
If the Miami Dolphins have been in free fall for most of this season, it’s unclear what you’d call it now. The Dolphins fell to 1-6 on Sunday after getting embarrassed by the
Head coach Mike McDaniel spends most of his time during press conferences these days answering questions about his job security and/or what so-and-so player just said that he shouldn’t have.
McDaniel expectedly bristled at questions about his job following the loss to Cleveland.
“The way I look at this job is I find it very offensive to all parties involved if I’m thinking about having the job — I need to be doing my job,”
“That’s where my concern lies. I think it’s offensive to all coaches, players and the organization if I’m spending that precious time thinking about myself.”
Mike McDaniel says just about everything is on the table
On Sunday, McDaniel benched quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and with good reason. Tua threw for 100 yards, no touchdowns and three interceptions and he probably looked worse than his stat line.
Heck, before the game McDaniel even made a quarterback change by elevating rookie Quinn Ewers to the backup job and making Zach Wilson the emergency quarterback. Ewers replaced Tua once the game was out of hand.
“I think [we] did everything to lose the game,” McDaniel said. “I think you saw a lot of frustrated players from the season allow it to seep into our play and keep us from executing…a game like this, I think we didn’t see coming in terms of our prep but you absolutely, with 100% certainty, have to evaluate everything.
“No person, no player or no coach has got their hands clean, and we have to go back to work and — starting with me — do a better job.”
Mike McDaniel hints at personnel changes
Next up for the Dolphins is the Atlanta Falcons, who are coming off of a tough loss on Sunday night to the San Francisco 49ers
“There’s a lot of guys that will have an important work week,” he said. “I mean, if you are negatively affecting the football team routinely, I don’t have a choice but to assess a different player, and I have to coach a lot better, as well. So, we’re going to find out who and what we’re made of.
“We will watch the tape and change our style of play if we have to — everything’s on the table,” McDaniel said. “When you go to a game you fully know that you have the capability to win, and get handed a very, very humbling loss, there’s no if, ands or buts about it. Guys need to be professionals and guys need to step up to the plate. And every person on our team, if you’re saying, ‘It’s not me,’ it’s you.”
Most reports have indicated that owner Stephen Ross is going to wait to make a change at head coach (and general manager), but it’s unclear how thin his patience is.
Raiders Starter Facing Punishment After Injuring Chiefs Player With Late Hit
The Las Vegas Raiders didn’t do anything right against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 7. On top of looking completely listless on offense and defense, the team committed eight penalties for 58 yards.
The worst one of the game was when starting left tackle Stone Forsythe hit Chiefs defensive tackle Omarr Norman-Lott, which led to him having to be helped off the field. According to
The NFL doesn’t take kindly to players getting injured on unecessary roughness penalties. A couple of weeks ago, Raiders safety Tristin McCollum hit
Forsythe should be expecting an even stiffer fine from the NFL, considering how late the hit came. Some fans are calling for his suspension, but that’s unlikely. He will almost certainly recieve a fine, but it’s hard to see the league suspending him.
This is a big blow to Norman-Lott and the Chiefs. He was a second-round pick in this year’s draft and was carving out a key role. He’ll now have to wait until next season to get a chance to get abck on the field.
Pete Carroll Talks Chiefs Loss
The Raiders can’t seem to do anything right this season. With the 31-0 loss to the Chiefs, Las Vegas is now 2-5 heading into the bye week.
Things are looking bleak for the franchise. While the defense couldn’t stop the Chiefs, the offense put together a historically bad performance. Head coach Pete Carroll lamented the poor showing in Week 7.
“We had the ball 10 snaps in the first quarter because we couldn’t make a first down and couldn’t stop them,” Carroll told reporters after the game. “It’s just not one thing. We came into this game really wanting to run the football, figuring that would be a key element of the makeup of this game, but we just couldn’t get there.
“We didn’t change our mind about that at all. We didn’t miss that thought. We just couldn’t be in charge of the down and distance well enough. It was a storm.”
Raiders Have to Do Some Soul Searching
The Raiders are hitting a critical point of their season. They’ve managed to win two games, but have been outright embarrassed in three of their five losses. The Raiders weren’t projected to be an amazing team this season, but even the biggest pessimist couldn’t have predicted them to be this bad.
Quarterback Geno Smith has been a massive dissapointment for the team and he knows the team has to look inward.
“There’s a lot of soul searching that needs to be done,” Smith said.
“I’m upset that we aren’t the team that I envision us being yet. … Tough losses like this should be a gut check and make you lock in with your teammates. … Thirty-one to nothing is embarrassing. We put too much into this game to come out here and not have a shot. My heart is broken for the Raiders fans.”
