{"id":682202,"date":"2026-01-16T16:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/682202\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:49:17","slug":"darren-waller-says-dolphins-owner-crashed-exit-meeting-to-fire-mike-mcdaniel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/682202\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Waller Says Dolphins Owner Crashed Exit Meeting To Fire Mike McDaniel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Darren Waller
\n ‘Fins Owner Crashed My Exit Meeting
\n To Fire Mike McDaniel<\/p>\n

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\n January 16, 2026
\n 7:48 AM PST\n <\/p>\n

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Glory Daze Podcast<\/p>\n

Darren Waller<\/a> believes he was the last person to interact with Mike McDaniel before he was fired … revealing he was “at the scene of the crime!”<\/p>\n

The Miami Dolphins tight end sat down with Johnny Manziel<\/a> on his “Glory Daze” podcast … where he spoke about the bizarre experience he had during his exit meeting with McDaniel.<\/p>\n

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He said the two were reflecting on the season and the future … when all of a sudden, Stephen Ross, who owns the team, busted the door open.<\/p>\n

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“He comes in and, like, joins the conversation,” he said. “We’re just all talking, reflecting on the year and Stephen Ross was like, ‘Love to have you back next year.'”<\/p>\n

Waller said the conversation hit a lull … and Ross was just looking at him. Manziel translated what he thought that meant.<\/p>\n

“It’s time for you to get the hell out,” Manziel said.<\/p>\n

Waller said Mike told him they would finish their exit meeting later. However, they didn’t get the chance to do that — after getting a massage, he checked his phone and saw the team had kicked McDaniel to the curb.<\/p>\n

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“Damn,” Waller said after learning of the move. “This s*** cold for real.”<\/p>\n

Luckily for McDaniel, reports indicate there are plenty of suitors for his services next year … and he’s been garnering interest for both head-coaching and offensive coordinator gigs.<\/p>\n

As for what’s next for the 33-year-old, he told the Miami Herald<\/a> he’s unsure of his playing future … but will take time to look at his options.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not leaning one way or the other right now. Just focusing on enjoying these moments we\u2019ve got.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Darren Waller ‘Fins Owner Crashed My Exit Meeting To Fire Mike McDaniel Published January 16, 2026 7:48 AM…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":682203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[217,7,216,251,2087,88,6,9,266,4429],"class_list":{"0":"post-682202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-dolphins","8":"tag-dolphins","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-miami","11":"tag-miami-dolphins","12":"tag-miamidolphins","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-sports-news","17":"tag-tmz-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115905808643276886","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}