Episode 581: Is This As Bad As It Gets?

Episode 581: Is This As Bad As It Gets?

Then we’re off. Got to do a longer pause than usual because it’s the kind of season it’s been so far for our Miami Dolphins. Um, joining us for another segment of Livid Lava Loca. I love that. Ken La uh Addio ESPN radio talk show host, the voice of Florida Atlantic University athletics and the voice of Inter Miami Soccer and former Dolphins beat reporter. all of that stuff. Ken Leva, how are you on this fine Tuesday morning? I’m great. Uh, Sunday, I’ve at least had 48 hours to uh consume, to uh digest uh to try and become rational. My question for you is, as a uh allowed and proud uh Montreal Expose lifer, what are your emotions seeing the Blue Jays go back to the uh to the World Series? Is there a Canadian camaraderie that comes with that now or is it just disdain on your part? No, it’s not disdain. And by I thought you were going to ask me about the Netflix documentary that is premiering today which I will absolutely check out. I haven’t seen it yet. Yes, I’ve got it bookmarked and ready to go for sure because then we might do a whole separate thing. We’re going to start an expose podcast and then I want to dive deep into that. What works for me. I will absolutely be watching it with mixed emotions of course because that’s a painful topic for me if you’ve been a follower of the podcast long enough. Uh but to answer your question, yes. Uh I don’t have it’s not like a major deal. I was if if I have a choice, yes, I would prefer they win since they’re the only other team that represents doesn’t represent Canada. Sorry, that is based in Canada. Totally different. But um so yeah, prefer they win than not. It’s not, but it’s not certainly not the same as the Expose were to have a team or had the Expose been allowed to play the 1994 World Series and would have stomped some New York Yankees ass, but that’s a different topic. We’re here to talk about the Miami Dolphins. Before we get into it, please like, subscribe, share, comment, all that good stuff. Check out Miami Dolphins onsi.com where the next couple of days I got a lot of interesting analysis pieces looking back to how we got here. the current situation and what could be ahead. Highly encourage you to check it all out. It’s all free. Miami Dolphinsnsi.com. And the title of this particular episode is uh is this as bad as it gets for the Miami Dolphins or are there new depths that they could get to before it gets better? Um I I I’m sure it can get lower. Um ju if if there’s open infighting in the locker room, an onfield confrontation, uh something that is tangible that we see that suggests that there’s a complete mutiny, an argument on the sideline, like that’s the only way that can that can get worse because from a pure football perspective, it it doesn’t get much much worse than this. I I am and I would never advocate for someone’s firing. That’s just that’s not me. I don’t like it. I think that from a karmic situation, it’s really really bad if you believe in that sort of thing. But I I find myself even by Dolphins loyalty standards from the higherups stunned that there’s been no movement whatsoever. And for me, I just think that the silence from the top into trying to go business as usual. Oh well, normal dayto-day, that’s almost offensive to the fan base. Forget the one in5 start. It was loss number six that to me what happened Sunday where you throw up a white flag basically in the first half to the Cleveland threw up’s a good term. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Vomited. And also at the same time, while you’re projectile vomiting on the turf there in Cleveland, you’re holding up a white flag and waving a white flag. That was that was as disdainful as as embarrassing a performance for a Dolphins team that I can remember cuz not only was it it an abject face plant on the field, but with the circumstances, how does that even happen? How does it come to that? And I I don’t like to call professionals out like this, but the the lack of effort, and I don’t want to hear about rain and poor conditions, the effort, especially in the second half and from your quote unquote leaders, that’s as bad as it gets. Like there’s there’s no coming back from that. You don’t just rally from that. Yeah. And and I’m like you. I’m not somebody who likes to call for the firing of somebody, but my point would be and I I think I was Like I had a friend like text me we would do that. I think that McDaniel was going to be fired right in the aftermath of the Cleveland game. I said it was 5050. I didn’t think it was a slam dunk because Stephen Ross again does like Mike McDaniel a lot. Gave him a contract extension last year even though he had two years left on his contract. My thing is if Stephen Ross already has made up his mind that McDaniel is not coming back in 2026 regardless then at at this point I do not understand like it’s not even an issue of prolonging the agony because to me then the goal as an organization if you’ve already committed to blowing it up at the top should be everything toward 2026 and beyond. Yeah. Should not be anymore about 2025. Mc Mike Mike McDaniel remaining as head coach. What he’s going to try to do as well he should is win games because a it’s helps his resume and it’s better to help him get a new job after that whatever that job might be. And then if Mike McDaniel I I raised that hypothetical with Dave Height who was our guest yesterday on the All Dolphins podcast. What in the insanely microscopic chance that the Dolphins go on a run late in the season? Because this, by the way, this is the 20th anniversary of Nick Sabin’s first season with the Dolphins where they were three and seven and they won their last six. Now Nick Sabin was in a completely different situation. But if the Dolphins somehow go the same way except this year it’s more games. So let’s say they’re three and eight and then they win their last six. Do we not think that at some point Stephen Ross might be go well let’s see got something. So that crossed my mind. But I think what’s going to keep the Dolphins from that is that the roster is not good enough to do that. It’s just if if you if you finish games the way they finished games, the close games throughout the course of this year, you it just doesn’t it doesn’t rectify. And then in in in that game against Cleveland, again, you halfway through the third, that was it. Everybody knew it was it. most concerning, everybody on the Dolphins sideline knew that that was it as well. And so I don’t foresee that happening. Um I I you bring up Mike McDaniel and if Steven Ross does have designs of making a move there, why why keep him around? I agree. I friends don’t let friends lame duck coach. I if if Stephen Ross really truly cares about Mike McDaniel and considers himself tight with Mike McDaniel, it doesn’t do Stephen Ross any good. But forget that for a second because I Steven Ross I don’t think is a an inherently selfish man or at least as as little as selfish a billionaire can be, right? But if he truly if he truly um feels something for Mike McDaniel, then the best thing for both parties is to rip the band-aid off and move on from that because it’s only going to get more and more miserable. The postgame press conferences are brutal. The inweek press conferences are brutal. The body language on the sideline is brutal. this what appears to be something bubbling up that’s being uh sort of played out through the media at the microphone in very subtle nuanced ways. That’s really uncomfortable and it doesn’t do anyone any good if this is continuing to go down the drain and get toxic. Why would you put people’s reputation on the line or make them less employable down the road? If you’re ready to get rid of Mike McDaniel, just do it at this point. And I’m speaking to someone who I like Mike McDaniel and I like his football brain and things have clearly gone south and sometimes it’s just time to move on. Um yeah, and this tells me that basically that the only explanation is that that Steven Ross has not 100% made the decision that there’ll be a coaching change after or ahead before the 2026 season. Otherwise, again, what’s the point? Yeah. And then you brought up an interesting point and that’s why I raised my finger like this when you talked about the press conferences may become more and more uncomfortable. To that end, I just put a post to the story on Miami Dolphins onsi.com earlier Tuesday morning that I encourage you to check out. Again, all content is free. So, please check it out. Mike McDaniel was asked as as he should have been continuing with tour as a starter, first team reps. He said yes. And I don’t anticipate we’ll we’ll be throwing 10 picks. Yeah. Whoa. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, whoa. Now, I do think just in defense of Mike McDaniel, I think that this is just that’s like goofy him, like overly exaggerating for the the the sake of of being goofy and and uh satire, but you got to know when to turn it on and turn it off. and like goofy Mike McDaniel. This is not the time to be goofy Mike McDaniel. And I’m not saying he should wallow in pity and be seeking sympathy from assembled media, but you’ve already got an increasingly tense situation that’s developing. The best thing would not go any route that might make people like us think, “Boy, that sounded like a shot or that was uncalled for.” Especially after you benched your quarterback in this game for a seventh round draft pick. I I just it there’s there is a lot of bad decision- making being done whether it’s Tua in front of the microphone and on the field or Mike McDaniel in front of the microphone and on the field like they can’t they can’t save themselves from themselves at this point. I I when I was covering the Dolphins and poop you might remember this. One of my major hang-ups when things started going poorly in the Spirano era is that we went day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year without hearing from Jeff Ireland at all. No matter the move that’s made, no matter what the roster looked like, everything had to come through Tony Spirano. Everything Tony Spirano is the mouthpiece for the entire organization. We didn’t hear from uh Steven Ross. We sure as hell didn’t hear anything from Bill Parcels. And we did not hear from Jeff Ireland. Chris Greer has been a little bit more accessible. Not by much though for Jeff Ireland. And I I I just I I cannot believe even like a vote of confidence or something like poke Steven Ross with a stick to make sure that he still has the ability to to speak, that he can be verbose, that his vocal cords work. It’s one thing to see him walking moroseely down the tunnel. um with Garfinkle. It’s another thing to actually see some sort of communication from him. And again, I’m a Steven Ross fan. You know that. We’ve talked about it. But stop leaking stuff to your favorite national media entity and actually freaking say something instead of leaving the fan base just flapping in the wind with the most embarrassing season we have witnessed since the start of that that Spirano last year where they started 0 and7. they but but he won’t he hasn’t Stephen Ross hasn’t spoken to the media uh and and I don’t count his his brief appearance at halftime of the preseason uh game when it’s on the the team right broadcast that doesn’t count I think it’s I think it’s three or four years and no I’m sorry um I I’m not buying what you’re selling in terms of of Mike McDaniel trying to be cute and all that with that little thing this comes after two throws three picks against the Chargers three picks against the Browns. That comment was made out of frustration. Um and and it was a passive aggressive shot at to a like take care of the ball better. And so what are we doing here? How does nobody in that building hear that then? And if they have the same thought as you, uh, finally proclaim we’ve got to we’ve got to do something like this is it right here because you’re dragging the organization down with it was it may be I because I wrote about that that particular comment and it is like again maybe my take is completely off base but that to me again again if we’re going to knock Tua for saying like stupid unnecessary things that he doesn’t need to say that also was the same thing. And Mike McDaniel is is very very smart. I I don’t think it was it was like let me be cute here. I I think he was like he was he’s very very frustrated and it was taken to his comments after the the Chargers game were taken in a lot of different ways. The national talking heads are talking about like it’s poor leadership on him. It’s a shot at McDaniel as well. It’s throwing teammates under the bus. all of this and I can’t help but think it looks like it was almost a little little job. And the other part of it too is McDaniel again if he’s as long as he remains head coach of the Miami Dolphins, he needs to win games. He’s not about thinking what’s best for the organization moving down the road because that maybe that’s seeing what you have in Quinurs but that doesn’t help Mike McDaniel. McDaniel is not going to be here in 2026. So, he needs to start Tua because no matter how poorly he played against Cleveland, he’s still the best quarterback on the roster and they’re close second. Um, so for there has certainly been a shift from there has certainly been a shift from the the the unflinching support that Mike McDaniel, even through the tough moments, would always show Tua. Mike McDaniel was always that protective shell. uh wrap his arms around Tua, bring him into his football bosom and say, “I’ll protect you. I’ll protect you, son.” And that does appear to be disintegrating slowly, but it’s there. I thought the more egregious comment than the 10 interception one. Yeah. Was the was what he said postgame after the Browns game where he said, “Hey, if if we’re going to have players,” and I I’m paraphrasing, so I’m sorry if this is not verbatim. If we’re going to have players that don’t put us in a situation to win, then it’s up to me to evaluate and make changes. And there was one player in particular that was probably at the top of the list about who he probably was talking about, and it was Tua. Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. I I need to jump in here uh just just for the sake of accuracy here and context. That particular comment that you’re referring came after he talked about penalty sustaining drives for the Browns. It wasn’t directly after he talked about turnover. So I think it’s a little bit of a jump to say that was pointed directly at two. I’m sorry. Go ahead. Okay. That that’s see that stood out to me. All right. So that’s a bigger point to this things. We know in this day and age that things are clipped, things are posted. uh you’ve got about a 40 second attention span and that’s how we consume and that’s how we regurgitate and I just fell victim to that. if my brain is immediately going to he’s talking about Tua there. I mean, that’s that’s the go going to be the widpread belief in that spot. And without any clarification from Mike McDaniel and then I suppose while I defended him, him uh then sort of as a as as a a a side saying, “Hey, don’t want to throw 10 interceptions uh this coming week. That’s not the plan.” That only exacerbates this entire thing. And I hate the term perception is reality cuz I don’t think that’s always the case but it applies here with the Dolphins that perception might be reality and there’s no doubt that he has he’s done protecting Tua and when Tua makes these comments about when he was asked uh who made the decision and Tua does this whole like brush off that’s the boss man that’s the boss man that doesn’t see and I know that like Tua he’s just kind of trying to play it cool but that that also could you could you imagine like Bo Nixon saying something about like that about Shawn Payeyton. Yeah, that’s the boss man’s decision. No, it wouldn’t happen. It’s just it I I I I so I want to go back to this as well because I got some push back last time I was on about discussing the loyalty angle of Steven Ross and Mike McDaniel and Tua and I made the comment, spoiler alert, you’re always going to get push back about something. No, I know. I know. And that’s the nature of this, but I think it applies again here, which is why I’m bringing it up. My approach was not me. What Ken Levika thinks should happen, which is Mike McDaniel. Maybe you trust his quarterback development and you decide you want to keep him around. You’ll draft a quarterback and then allow him to build up a rookie quarterback and sort of restart the cycle. That’s why a decision hasn’t been made yet on Mike McDaniel’s future. Um, that was not me saying that. That was me trying to put myself in the brain of Stephen Ross. And every day that goes by and every week that goes by and every hideous loss that goes by that there’s no movement on Mike McDaniel lends credence to my entry into the Steven Ross brain that he really likes Mike McDaniel and trusts Mike McDaniel enough and has made the decision that maybe just maybe this isn’t on Mike McDaniel that maybe he has a quarterback problem and maybe he does believe Mike McDaniel is the guy moving forward. I’m not saying that’s the case, but that’s what I deduce trying to to at least knowing what I know about Steven Ross and what we have served about Steven Ross since all the way back in 2008. This this is sort of how it feels right now. He appears to have a a an affinity for Mike McDaniel or else there’s no way Mike McDaniel we’re talking about him being the coach on on October the 21st when we’re recording uh during this Dolphin season. I have to do a Diro here. You you you’re good. you uh that is you know what that is a very very very interesting comment where sort the suggestion and then I’m going to paraphrase here if if I’m on the right track here that Mike McDaniel in his conversations with Steven Ross would sort of plant the idea of look what I did with Tua who was non-functional or or very very mediocre under Brian Flores look to that the levels where I got him, but there’s only so much I can do with him. Let me work with Quinners, which certainly would jive with the idea of him moving up to the number two spot. And we won’t even discuss what that says about the decision to sign Zach Wilson. We addressed that yesterday. Ridiculous. Um, but then that would work handinhand with the idea of let me let me show you what I can do with Quinners and Stephen Ross sticking with him. Yep. or or I even Yes. So, by the way, we’re not we’re not saying that that’s what’s going on. No, no, no, no. But that could be like that could be Stephen Ross’s mindset. And I have a couple more Steven Ross theories as well. Uh I it’s very weird that I’ve spent the last 36 hours thinking about all these things. It’s Steven Ross’s own family doesn’t think about Steven Ross as much as I’ve been thinking about Steven Ross here. Um or Mike McDaniel is saying, “Hey, I can use Quinn Yurs as a bridge. Let’s go draft a quarterback outside of the seventh round. Let’s go find an era parent to the franchise and I can we’ll use Quinn yours as a bridge so the whole thing doesn’t collapse and then let’s go get a new franchise quarterback and we’ll be in constant contact as we meet after every single game like at the very least he may have convinced Steven Ross like hey trust me because Tua was really struggling confidence was dead and we it looked like we were a Super Bowl favorite two of the years my first two years of this tenure and that might be enough for Stephen Ross to say, “All right, I I trust you. I trust you with that.” Um, I don’t want to get too long-winded, but I here’s one of my other Steven Ross theories. He has remarkable damage done, PTSD, football PTSD from what happened with Spirano Harbaugh and Jeff Ireland meeting with Harbaugh, the interest in Harbaugh and then and I believe you were in the room with with for this day and I was in the room uh at the facility in Davyy with the conference room table where they signed all the contracts, did all of those things and it is Steven Ross and it’s Tony Spirano and it’s Jeff Ireland. None of them want to be in each other’s vicinity sitting there and having to admit to the fact that one of the most humiliating coaching circumstances we have seen in the NFL has just transpired and it is forced Steven Ross’s hand to sign Tony Spirano to an extension. And after that, Steven Ross has had an impossible time trying to separate himself from coaches he’s hired that he likes. He liked Joe Filman. It took him longer than he needed to. He liked Adam Gase. Took him longer than he probably needed to. The only coach he didn’t like is the coach who threatened to rat him out when Steven Ross was trying to get Tom Brady. That was one bridge too far. And that was Brian Flores, who he probably of all the coaches fired prematurely uh because he just didn’t like him uh for a a myriad of reasons. That’s I I I think it all stems though from the Harbaugh flirtation and that’s why Steven Ross is the way he is with these coaches. Okay. as you as you were talking, I just thought of one potential fly in the ointment of the whole theory with McDaniel quarterbacks and all that that by all indications, it was McDaniel who kind of banged the table and pushed for Ross to give to to sign off give the okay to the to a contract extension. So that would be maybe that would be one part where Ross is saying you’re I’m supposed to trust you with quarterbacks. Yes, you you did do good work with with Tua, but you also convinced me to give him a contract extension, and things have gone south since that happened. But then Steven Ross can rationalize that as, well, Tu has just damaged goods. Uh, Tu has lost his way. I saw what you did before Tua started suffering um very scary brain injuries and concussions. So, hey, let’s clean slate it. And and again, I want this is not myself or poop saying this. This is us trying to understand Steven Ross’s rationale because it’s become clear to me. Um his rationale when it comes to personnel changes very very different than maybe any other owner in in the entire NFL. Um Jerry Jones has a reputation for hanging on too long. Steven Ross has surpassed that by leaps and bounds. Yeah. And that the whole the whole point that we need to make over why why are we so quick to say that you know that Mag McDaniel should have been fired by now. This is not our words. This is Steven Ross put feeling the need to put out a statement at the end of the 20 24 season that he was bringing back McDaniel and Chris Greer with the the comment that the status quo will not be acceptable. Yep. And then the Dolphins get off to a 0 and3 start. Then it gets to be to one and five. And myself and a whole lot of the other Daily Dolphin reporters basically were saying Ross likes McDaniel. It would take something very embarrassing for Ross to be prompted to make a move. Well, it doesn’t get more much more embarrassing than what the Dolphins put out on the field against the Browns on Sunday. That’s why otherwise it would be like we wouldn’t be even talking about why is that has this not happened yet. It’s based on what Ross kind of set as a as a minimum or as a mandate in early January. One would think the move would have happened so far. So, and we have so now the question is why is it move not happened, right? I I just I I find myself extremely frustrated, not only for me, but for the entire fan base. And I understand that sometimes ownership sends something out or in the case of college football and AD sends something out and it’s just empty and it’s sort of uh you know, the fans say, “Oh, that didn’t make me feel any better.” But in this spot where you are, this is critical. like this is red flags are up, lights are flashing, there is a breach in the hall of the submarine. Like this thing is going down, right? And if if the captain of the submarine just decided not to to say anything over the PA and hey, everything’s fine. We’re good. Like that’s that is is is ignorance of the reality of the situation. And I’m not saying Steven Ross needs to step to a microphone. All right? But what I’m saying is that hell, go to Canva and type something out. put together a graphic and put it out there or send a telegram uh or or or something or say, “Hey, Chris Greer, you got to go address this.” But some sort of broadcast communication, any sort of communication, an SOS signal, a Morse code, something from Stephen Ross that lets the fans uh know that he understands the gravity of what’s taking place, that he is fully aware of just how critical mass uh we we have achieved here and something anything because every time we just hear from Ian Rapaort that there’s not going to any change with the the the coaching staff or any personnel. It is downright offensive and disrespectful to the Dolphins fan base that’s paying triple digits, quadruple digits to go watch this crapfest take the field every single solitary week. Just something, Stephen Ross, you don’t know me. You don’t care about me, but just something. Just trust me on this. something to satiate the fan base to let them know that you actually are aware of how bad this is. Yeah, I put out a tweet during the game against the Browns. Can you imagine had that game taken place at Hard Rock Stadium what the fan reaction would have been like? I mean, um, so some folks on on uh social media hit me up and suggested I bring back the history lesson uh because this this the present lesson is so discouraging. So, I will do this very quickly and we I’m gonna make it topical as well. 10 years ago, it was 2015 and as you recall, this was a year after Steven Ross in the locker room after a 3735 win against the Minnesota Vikings in the next to last game of the 2014 regular season. Even though the Dolphins had been eliminated in playoff contention, walked in and gathered reporters who were there, told us, “I’m going to give you an early Christmas present. you will not have to worry about a coaching search uh in the next couple of weeks because Joe Felin will be back four games into the next season. Joe Felin was fired. Um and this was a team he had lost a locker room. The players were not playing for him. And is one of those I’ve made this this argument before. If you have to put out a statement to justify bringing a guy back, generally speaking, it doesn’t work out well. And then the other very interesting thing about that 2015 season 10 years ago, that’s the last time the Dolphins brought back both their offensive and defensive coordinators. Yeah. Yeah. Which is which is kind of weird. You would think that would help that continu continuity would help it. Then and back then the OC was Bill Laser and the DC was Kevin Cole at the start of the season. Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And again, I I know sometimes these are just platitudes, the the these statements or the the vote of confidence, which vote of confidence probably 75 and I’m making up an arbitrary number, but this is how I feel on the inside and that’s all that matters. 75% of the time a vote of confidence means this is going south. But we’re not even getting that. Again, I’m so tired of seeing Ian Rapaort tell me what’s coming up here with the Dolphins, if there’s going to be any personnel changes. Silence is not the answer when you have stooped to this level. When you are approaching like James Cameron and his submersible the bottom of Mariana’s trench like we are we are getting close to that outside of a fist fight on the sideline. That’s the only way that this could crater any further. There needs to be some at least reassurance. I’m listening. I understand. And we are doing everything we can to evaluate as a franchise the best path forward. You can’t, unlike Tony Spano, Mike McDaniel can’t be the dayto-day no longer now, just based on his personality, he can’t be the the one that you’re solely trotted out there to speak for the organization. He’s just not adept enough at doing that when things go wrong. And or if Stephen Ross, if that’s the path he chooses, I think this also would be the time to put out a statement that we w we’re going to stay the course through the end of the season. We will evaluate everything at the end of the season. But that would be again that would be something um I’m sure Mike McDaniel certainly would appreciate it not only for the job security at least for for the next couple of months but also so he doesn’t have to keep answering questions about his job security which comes with the territory. It’s not like I’m going to be woo me I’m going to cry for the dude but uh I like Mike and it’s kind of uncomfortable to be asked and he needs to be asked and what the hell do we expect a guy to say? I mean seriously. Um, so there is some merit to maybe doing that, but I don’t know that it’s coming in the middle of the season. And the other point I would make, and this is a challenge to those of you watching, and I appreciate anybody who watches, please like, subscribe, comment, share, all that good stuff. Listening, listen wherever you get your audio podcast. Dolphins Collective, Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m., I will challenge you as well. anybody and I’ll do the research if it’s even possible. Has there ever been an owner putting out a statement for a vote of confidence on a head coach and that situation worked out well because Yeah. Yeah. You’re right. You’re right. Because I would say like Jerry Jones would have said it and then would have retained like Jason Garrett for an additional two years. But one Jerry Jones wouldn’t put out a statement. he would just find the nearest microphone and start talking uncontrollably into it. Uh because gladly welcome would welcome that actually all and and I speak for the the Dolphin writers. We would all welcome that. Like the fact that it got to it was like Joe Shad and and someone else who’s who’s at at the game in Cleveland. Um, the only the only indication we got that that Steven Ross may have been disappointed in what transpired on Sunday is that him and Tom Garfinko looked like they were in a bad mood walking into the Dolphins locker room. When we are when we’re on a stakeout for the facial expressions about the mood of Steven Ross as the team tumbles to one and six with no end in sight. That’s not good. that’s not encouraging to this Dolphins fan base. And I maybe I sound like a needy fan. Like, please, please do something for me. Don’t you think about me? But enough is enough already. Like, something. So, we know there’s a pulse in that building other than sending Mike McDaniel to the slaughter four times a week. That’s not good for anybody, including him. Uh since I likely will not be speaking to you before the game on your level of probability the Dolphins pull off the upset Atlanta on Sunday percentage. No no and I know Penn is banged up but I’ve I I don’t Kurt Cousins has plenty enough and they have enough of a run game. They have enough of a run game to uh to and and the Falcons aren’t perfect defensively, but the pass rush is just enough that I don’t see this this going well. It’ll be a little bit like that Cleveland pass rush as bad as they are. Pretty good. Pretty good. Anytime you have that Garrett guy, ah, you’re going to be okay. But I don’t Somebody giving me a number. I want a number. A percentage offense pull off the upset. 20 20%. Yeah. 20 20%. But I’m banking this on there’s still pride left in that locker room, right? And you don’t have to deal with conditions. There’s no conditions that are going to be problematic here. So that’s what I’m banking this on. But if you white flag it again that team after what took place Sunday, then I don’t know. I feel like we’re recycling the same thing. And hopefully it isn’t where’s the owner, where’s the GM, but I I don’t know. I mean, I said last week, if if the Dolphins go go collapse in Cleveland, you got to do something. I mean, that’s the Browns. If you come off of that and you’re not competitive again, I don’t know where we go from here. Like, I and I’m not I’m not cheering for people to lose their livelihoods. But for the love of God, you cannot keep every single week going through the motions of the same crap that have gotten you in this spot. You might even be you might even be left speechless if we have another performance like that, right? I don’t know about that. Okay, I was gonna say I’m going crazy here. Uh before I get even more delirious, we’re going to wrap it up. Ken, as always, thank you very much, my man. He is Ken Laa. Um check him out. He’s all over the place. You can’t miss him. ESPN radio talk show host, the voice of Florida Atlantic University athletics, the voice of Inter Miami. Got a playoff game Friday night. Are Aren’t you proud of me that I know that? That was really really impressive. I absolutely love that. And uh they they beat the hell out of Nashville over the weekend. Lionel Messi a hattick. And so we’ll see if they can uh keep it rolling on Friday. Think I’ve heard of that guy Messi before once or he’s okay. I know. He’s all right. He’s all right. If you’re into that kind of all-time greats, you know that. So, uh that’s going to wrap it up. Thanks everyone for watching. Enjoy the rest of your Tuesday.

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