NFL G.M. Says Miami Dolphins Are an “Aimless Program”
The Miami Dolphins travel to Atlanta on Sunday to face a 3-3 Falcons team that still has plenty to play for. Yes, at 1-6 and in a dizzying death spiral, the Dolphins really don’t have a reason to suit up other than to get paid and maybe put some good things on tape.
Dianna Russini of The Athletic reports that as dysfunctional as the Dolphins have been all year and even with the constant rumors about head coach Mike McDaniel’s job, the locker room is still intact.
“I’m told that embattled Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel has not lost the vast majority of Miami’s locker room despite a 1-6 start. However, as we have seen play out in press conferences, his relationship with QB Tua Tagovailoa needs work if the Dolphins hope to right the ship Sunday in Atlanta — and beyond,”
She also explained that sentiment around the NFL seems to be that the team has been poorly constructed and it’s time to break out the dynamite.
“As one NFL GM explained, “Miami needs a fresh start. They never really developed and drafted well enough. They put Band-Aids on the roster and no progress. Mike’s not a bad coach. It’s just an aimless program…not a program that can be sustained,” she continued.
NFL insider says the Miami Dolphins aren’t looking to change any time soon
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport says Dolphins’ ownership is aware that they need to make an overhaul, but don’t expect that to come soon.
“(The Miami Dolphins) are going to roll forward with what they have, hoping the results are different,” Rapoport said. “I think one thing that the past week’s events has showed us is that change is coming to the Dolphins. Obviously (Mike) McDaniel is someone that Stephen Ross really likes and respects, he supported him, he chose him, he has invested in him with a big-time contract extension — does not want to fire him. The results though, have to change.”
Dolphins fans, meanwhile, can’t get a regime change soon enough.
“And I think because of the ugly losses, because of Tua Tagovailoa throwing teammates under the bus and then recanting and walking all of that back — because of that, it has forced the entire nation to look at the Miami Dolphins and say ‘what are they gonna do?’,” Rapoport continues. “So the Dolphins are going to get back to work this week with the hopes that the results are different, but I can pretty confidently say change is coming to the organization. It’s just a matter of how and when.”
Do the Dolphins really think that there will be different results? Aren’t they quietly hoping that the team continues to go into a ditch this year so they can get a better draft pick?
Miami Dolphins’ superstar mulling the end of his career
Meanwhile, through all of this, the Dolphins are probably facing life without Tyreek Hill from here on out. Sure, he won’t play the rest of the year, but he’s contemplating retirement now too.
“At the end of the day, I feel like that decision is based upon how I feel and where my mindset is at the moment,” Hill said Thursday night. “I’m happy with the career that I’ve had. I love playing football. I love it, but it takes a lot. It takes a lot on you mentally, it takes a lot on you physically.
“I’m at the point now where I need to have a conversation with mom, family, everybody. Wherever my mind is at the time, the decision will be made, but I know right now, I haven’t had time to live in the moment.”
Commanders face unanimous doubt before their primetime Chiefs matchup
When the Washington Commanders visit the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday night, there could be a curse at work.
No, it isn’t the injury bug that has bitten the Commanders so hard, costing quarterback Jayden Daniels the third game of his season in eight tries.
Instead, it's the dreaded sweep curse (if you're a Kansas City fan) that comes up whenever a panel of experts all pick one team to win a game, in this case, NFL.com picking the Chiefs to beat Washington, and none thinking it’ll even be a one-score affair.
“The Chiefs have quickly become the scariest team in the NFL once again, winning four of their last five games after beginning the campaign 0-2. Patrick Mahomes is playing insanely well right now. He leads the NFL with 18 total touchdowns and just got his offense back to full strength -- most notably Rashee Rice, who returned and scored two TDs last week after missing the majority of last year with an injury and serving a six-game suspension to open this season. In fact, over their last four games, the Chiefs have scored 126 points -- the most by Kansas City in a four-game stretch since Weeks 4-7 of 2022, the year when Mahomes won his second MVP and the Chiefs won their third Super Bowl. The Commanders are headed in the opposite direction. Their defense is among the worst in the NFL, they've lost back-to-back games and they'll be without Jayden Daniels (hamstring) on Monday night. It doesn't look promising for Marcus Mariota and the banged-up Washington offense against a Kansas City defense ranked third in scoring and fifth overall. Add in the fact that this is a prime-time game at Arrowhead, and it could get ugly,” Brooke Cersosimo said about her choice of Kansas City over the Commanders.
Along with picking the home team, Cersosimo also predicts a scoring margin of nine points, the closest of all the panelists’ predictions.
The widest margin of victory prediction belongs to Gennaro Filice, who believes Washington will lose by three touchdowns, 38-17.
Every NFL.com panelist is hitting at a rate around or above 64 percent this season, giving them better odds of being right than wrong, though none of that will matter once the whistle blows.
Around the rest of the NFC East Division, the panel also believes the Philadelphia Eagles will beat the New York Giants, though the margin of victory there is much smaller than in the Commanders’ game.
Meanwhile, three of the panel members believe the Denver Broncos will beat the Dallas Cowboys, while two believe Dak Prescott and friends will get the best of Bo Nix’s squad.
The Commanders will look to hand each panelist a loss on their record by not only overcoming the public doubt in their team, but by defeating arguably the most dangerous team in the NFL now that quarterback Patrick Mahomes is getting all of his weapons assembled.
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