Adam Schefter’s Latest Update On Dolphins Head Coach Mike McDaniel Underscores Uncertainty In Miami
Miami Dolphins face fresh uncertainty as conflicting reports swirl about Mike McDaniel’s job status and a potential Tua Tagovailoa exit. Could a coaching change or quarterback shakeup reshape the team’s future? Kyle Crabbs analyzes insider updates from Adam Schefter and Ian Rapoport, exploring the leadership qualities Miami desperately needs and the franchise’s history of head coach hires. Major decisions loom as the Dolphins approach a critical turning point.
De’Von Achane earns his first Pro Bowl nod while standout performances from Aaron Brewer and Jordan Brooks go unrecognized—costing Brooks a significant contract incentive. Crabbs spotlights the impact of this year’s free agency moves, questioning the team’s costly investments in James Daniels and Zach Wilson that yielded minimal on-field returns. With playoff hopes fading and key players sidelined, can the Miami Dolphins retool and realign for success before next season?
00:00 Dolphins Insider Drama Unfolds
05:53 Miami Dolphins’ Coaching Carousel
08:20 NFL Leadership: Beyond X’s and O’s
13:20 “Should Brewer Be Extended?”
15:53 “Jordyn Brooks’ Pro Bowl Snub”
17:38 “Pro Bowl Snubs and All-Pro”
21:46 “Costly Contracts, Limited Impact”
24:55 “Dolphins’ Missteps and Future Questions”
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Adam Schefter’s Latest Update On Dolphins Head Coach Mike McDaniel Underscores Uncertainty In Miami
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47 comments
Mike needs to go
I knew from McDaniels first season that he was not a “leader of men” type of coach. He didn’t demand respect and his players had no discipline and were never held accountable for their mistakes. Penalties were ignored. At an early season press conference, players were calling him Mike, in his presence. I could never see players calling Shula, Parcells, Ditka or Mike Shanahan by their first names. He was a nice guy and his players enjoyed the easy ride, but nice and easy doesn’t cut it in the NFL.
This is why Steven’s needs to sell the team leadership breads leadership and he’s not a good leader
Great show. I've learned to appreciate your opinion even though I may disagree with it. You don't have an agenda when you make a report, you just give what you see as the issue without any Narrative that you're trying to enforce. It's not about you being right, it's about you looking at the landscape and making a commentary on what you see. I said a mean thing in the past about your opinion being worth 2 cents. I take that back and humbly apologize. It was mean and unnecessary and I wish to God that I never said it. I was just speaking out of emotion because I didn't like what I was hearing and I lashed out.
Again, my humble apologies.
It was past time for Grier to go.
It's also past time for McDaniel and Tua to go.
Sadly, I have no confidence in Ross to hire anyone worth a damn.
I am still extremely upset that we took Waddle over PSII who is the NUMBER ONE CB IN THE LEAGUE and the son of a former Dolphin who was really good. Waddle isn’t even worthy of a 1st round pick or a #1 WR position!
Also Kyle, do you like “Any Given Sunday” or “The Replacements?”
I prefer The Replacements.
Clean house everybody needs to go. I was expecting a fire sale at trade deadline did not get that.
Get McDaniel out of the building today please
Mike needs to stay.
This is the least engaged I’ve been I a Dolphins season in 30 years! If they keep that imbecile of a coach around I’m done, just done with this team.
I see people wanting Mike to go but who is the replacement? Look around the league, look at our 2023 season. Who could replicate that? He has the ability, it just seems like the pieces around him are what is lacking.
The way the organization runs the office is usually a direct reflection of the product on the field. Especially when the two sides don’t see the game the same way. We need an established HC that understands the office side also. Let him ok the GM or bring in a GM that can get one of those coaches. Enough with the young to the position coaches. We need some old school.
Fire. Them. All.
Down to the dood who is charged with polishing the Shula era Lombardi trophies.
Fire. Them. All. They have all failed this franchise, its players, and the entire fan base.
When is Adam Schefter ever right about anything?
14:00 They could have had Creed Humphrey.
But…NOOOO. They HAD to trade up and draft Liam Eichenberg.
How did Daniels miss whole year for chest injury that required no surgery? Either lame or bad doctors.
McNerd is a FRAUD not headcoach material he's a run coordinator send his ass back to the Niners.
WE – Need to go out and get – Louis Riddick- GM. Then, go get Chucky- HC. NEED AN OLD- SCHOOL/ TOUGH MANAGEMENT. NO MORE, SOFT- AS* – BULL-SHIT 😮😅😂😂
Flo.- woulda, been a Good HC, but, the SOFT Players, were CRYIN. 😮
CUT HIM- LOSE!!! COME-ON MAN. WTF.
McD didn’t grow as an OC or HC. That’s why i think it’s time to move on. Scapegoats and all. Time to move on and build the team the only way that seems to be consistently successful, trenches.
If you can't get Signetti, bring in Mike Singletary 💪
I want Gruden or John Harbaugh
What is usually the norm is for the new GM to be paired with a new HC of his choice and also new QB in this case. They don’t want the new GM to say well this wasn’t my choice of coach or QB. The irony is that McDaniel job was doomed because of the former GM fails. That may be his saving grace that he’ll be given a second chance working together with a new GM that’s aligned with his offense.
Just a remembrance of the only player to be named all pro at three positions in the same year, cornerback,punter and Quarterback Mr Sammy Baugh
That whole organization was sold on Tua until he started opening his big mouth, pride got him gone. #lessonslearnedFolks Mike isn't going anywhere. Ross won't trade him.
Why mess up something y'all have going on keep tua and go on from there then you have to start all over again
Obviously Tua is history, they probably pulled him to prevent potential injury before they try to trade him and recoup some of the money from that disastrous decision
Any Head Coach that drives by the Elbow Room to troll Bills fans deserves 1 more year.
Stop with the Bullshit Flores knew Tua was Garbage 🗑️ and some of us did too 😂😂
I agree, I don’t think anyone outside of Ross knows what the future holds for McDaniel and the GM
mcdufus is a bad coach…can't scheme up a game…no discipline….and i don't give a fk if he is a good human..!!!!!!!…can he do a good job for us???…NO…!!!!!
We need Jon Gruden now
Here we are again everyone should have been gone this time last year and we are talking about doing it again? Come on man
I say bring in Gruden!
Now if the NFL doesn’t like that, and probably won’t. lol
Then bring in Rex Ryan, he ain’t the long term answer . He will change the culture.
Kyle, Doug had his baby in the video today, and the comments section was very positive. It's time to let the wife know you need a baby to soothing the savage audience. You're welcome. 🤓 😬
Side note: I understand the network tie-ins that the NFL has with national media outlets, but why is it that team news is always provided by them and not the so-called "juiced in" local media like Omar, Poupart, Hyde, Perkins, etc…? They like to flaunt their closeness to the team in our faces but apparently they aren't close enough to break important team news. They learn just like we do.
Obviously someone is carrying water for McD. And nobody is trading for Tua
Coach Um Uh McDaniel
Flores is an asshole. And McDaniel is a dumbass. Tua isn't the problem. I'll take that to the bank. If I was the Fins coach we would whoop everyone ass. They need a coach that really loves the City and the Team. People who r truly from Miami. Not some fried shrimp from out of town
McDaniel should have been a quarterback coach not a head coach
I will disagree with you about Mike McDaniel I think he is a good coach. Not great, just good. And is hard to find his genius in the NFL. I also like what I see from Weaver the things that he was able to do with gum and paper clips and the secondary is just way underrated in my book he's gotten a lot more with a lot less and the fact that the young guys came around in the backfield came around even though they didn't have big names back there shows that this coaching staff is able to coach up their players. Now you can only do so much with the talent that you have and they don't have a lot of great talent on the team and who knew that tour would bottom out this year like he has what did Tyreek Hill and Daniels the guard will get hurt or losing your kicker for the whole season or you're starting right tackle being out for most of the season I'm sorry I just think that there's a lot of things that went haywire against the Dolphins and they didn't have the talent to overcome it so from that perspective I think make me Daniel did pretty well by holding this team together he is not looked upon as the kind of guy that you would run down a foxhole for but you haven't been in that locker room or in those interview rooms when they're going over what they did wrong what they did write or what they need to do to prepare for the next team the last game was just a combination of bad brakes that just snowballed and went out of control I hate when people judge people for things that are not in their control this is a good decision this is a bad decision based upon something that they had no idea what happened to criticize them for that is I'm going to try not to be rude but honestly it's just stupid clearly the Dolphins were not meant to be successful this year and sometimes those things are not controllable you have no control over what will be look at the Baltimore Ravens I don't think New England is really that good it just did get a lot of fortunate bounces and very little injuries that affect how well they play and I like the coache they have. And then there are some who criticized them for bringing in Zach Wilson who has like you said all the tools that you want from a quarterback because of what happened last year and then when we do take them because like you said we're not aware that or yours is going to be made available then he gets criticized because you just became available and therefore Zach Wilson is not the guy that you need this is not an exact science and just having a different GM is not going to change the fact that they're going to have things going to happen that you can't control Melissa Jim has a crystal ball he's just not going to always get it right it's going to blow up in your face from time to time and it just seems to happen to the Dolphins a lot more than other teams so maybe getting another person in here is going to change that. No‼️ There is something else in my opinion going on with this franchise that has more to do with.., let's just say, things that we have no control over. I believe you can bring in the best gm and coach in the history of the NFL and it was still turn out to be mid until the man upstairs allows us to be great. Unfortunately there's nothing we can do about that. Because if he be for you, who can be against you. But the opposite is also true if he be against you who can be for you.🤷♂️
And for some reason that God seems to favor the Patriots🤷♂️
Kyle what do you think told take to get tanner McKee
There not cutting Tua,They may trades him,but no, no cutting here😮
8:39 a little weird ,with those bug eyes he was way out there😳
I mean how can they know what direction they will take with Tua, nothing can be done or even discussed with another team until after A) the season is actually over and B) they hire a GM that has can execute a trade or released based on their own opinion of what way to go, bottom line is they have no clue what is even possible right now other than a cut…