The Miami Dolphins are falling apart

[BigAl2526]

Not a question of "if" but a question of "when" Mike McDaniel is canned.  I agree with Casey that he has a good offensive mind.  I would never consider him as a head coach.  However, if Joe Brady moves to a head coaching opportunity elsewhere, he does offer something as an OC.  There are some questions about fit, however.  McDaniel built the Miami offense for speed.  Last season, they had the fastest WR corps and the fastest RBs in the league.  He wouldn't have anywhere near that in Buffalo.  Curtis Samuel and Elijah Moore have some speed, but they barely get on the field.  James Cook has enough speed, but nothing like the pair of Raheem Mostert and Devon Achane.  In 2025 Achane's backup, Jalen Wright is faster than Cook.  The question is, what would McDaniel do with Buffalo's far more pedestrian team speed? 

[HappyDays]

1 hour ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Excellent news 😂😂

 

Given Stephen Ross' history, I wouldn't be surprised if his plan is to leave McDaniel in place all year to maximize the tank. Interim coaches occasionally give their team a bump. I think he is gunning for the #1 pick.

[DrDawkinstein]

2 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

Given Stephen Ross' history, I wouldn't be surprised if his plan is to leave McDaniel in place all year to maximize the tank. Interim coaches occasionally give their team a bump. I think he is gunning for the #1 pick.

 

Agreed. McDaniel and Grier will both be fired after the season, but not any earlier.

 

They're stuck with Tua for one more year, and currently are the only team with less cap space than the Bills. So tanking this year and getting the best picks possible is the only option for giving the new regime any hope, even with a grace year.

[frostbitmic]

14 minutes ago, BigAl2526 said:

Not a question of "if" but a question of "when" Mike McDaniel is canned.  I agree with Casey that he has a good offensive mind.  I would never consider him as a head coach.  However, if Joe Brady moves to a head coaching opportunity elsewhere, he does offer something as an OC.  There are some questions about fit, however.  McDaniel built the Miami offense for speed.  Last season, they had the fastest WR corps and the fastest RBs in the league.  He wouldn't have anywhere near that in Buffalo.  Curtis Samuel and Elijah Moore have some speed, but they barely get on the field.  James Cook has enough speed, but nothing like the pair of Raheem Mostert and Devon Achane.  In 2025 Achane's backup, Jalen Wright is faster than Cook.  The question is, what would McDaniel do with Buffalo's far more pedestrian team speed? 

He'd likely be told the same thing Brady is told ... Keep it short, we want long time consuming drives, keep the Defense off the field as much as possible.

[H2o]

1 hour ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Excellent news 😂😂

A live look at the Dolphins behind the scenes...

[SoTier]

2 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Watch the Jets get the first pick, and owner Woody bollocks it up with some trade for an over the hill veteran at an exorbitant price. 🤨

 

I see Woody picking a QB who fails again while some other team or maybe even two hit it big in the QB lottery.   It's what Woody does.

[BillsFooteball]

6 hours ago, SoTier said:

 

I see Woody picking a QB who fails again while some other team or maybe even two hit it big in the QB lottery.   It's what Woody does.

Of course! NFL draft is in April and Madden isn’t released until August so what is he to do?!!

[Pete]

17 hours ago, HappyDays said:

 

Given Stephen Ross' history, I wouldn't be surprised if his plan is to leave McDaniel in place all year to maximize the tank. Interim coaches occasionally give their team a bump. I think he is gunning for the #1 pick.

Saints are giving fierce competition.  They want hometown hero Archie, and will stop at nothing to get him.  
 

This makes Olave and Shaheed possible

[dave mcbride]

2 hours ago, Pete said:

Saints are giving fierce competition.  They want hometown hero Archie, and will stop at nothing to get him.  
 

This makes Olave and Shaheed possible

There is basically no chance that Manning gets selected in the first round at this point, and I doubt he comes out this year anyway.  He was 12 for 27 vs Kentucky this past Saturday.

[BuffaloBillyG]

20 hours ago, HappyDays said:

 

Given Stephen Ross' history, I wouldn't be surprised if his plan is to leave McDaniel in place all year to maximize the tank. Interim coaches occasionally give their team a bump. I think he is gunning for the #1 pick.

Watch. They will can McDaniel the week before the Bills game and get the bump then. Lol.

 

And really, he better be happy with the #2 pick. I don't think even the Jets can mess that up this year. 

[JÂy RÛßeÒ]

6 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

And really, he better be happy with the #2 pick. I don't think even the Jets can mess that up this year. 

meaning the top 2 picks come into our division.   nice.

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

6 minutes ago, JÂy RÛßeÒ said:

meaning the top 2 picks come into our division.   nice.

Jamarcus Russell and Ryan Leaf incoming

[BuffaloBillyG]

44 minutes ago, JÂy RÛßeÒ said:

meaning the top 2 picks come into our division.   nice.

Yeah but these are teams that don't know what to do with them. 

[SCBills]

Super cool having these sellers in division so we’d have to pay a premium or be blocked entirely to make a trade. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

On 10/20/2025 at 12:16 PM, BigAl2526 said:

Not a question of "if" but a question of "when" Mike McDaniel is canned.  I agree with Casey that he has a good offensive mind.  I would never consider him as a head coach.  However, if Joe Brady moves to a head coaching opportunity elsewhere, he does offer something as an OC.  There are some questions about fit, however.  McDaniel built the Miami offense for speed.  Last season, they had the fastest WR corps and the fastest RBs in the league.  He wouldn't have anywhere near that in Buffalo.  Curtis Samuel and Elijah Moore have some speed, but they barely get on the field.  James Cook has enough speed, but nothing like the pair of Raheem Mostert and Devon Achane.  In 2025 Achane's backup, Jalen Wright is faster than Cook.  The question is, what would McDaniel do with Buffalo's far more pedestrian team speed? 

My question is...based off what, exactly? He took Shannahan's system, got some really fast guys, matched them with a noodle armed QB and had some success initially. Then when teams figured him out he's been unable to adapt and evolve on his own. 

 

Dolphin fans that watch him week in and week out are disgusted by his play calling. He abandons the run for huge chunks of the season. 

 

He's shown absolutely zero ability to create on his own. He lacks awareness. He's not a good offensive mind in any way shape or form IMO.

5 minutes ago, SCBills said:

Super cool having these sellers in division so we’d have to pay a premium or be blocked entirely to make a trade. 

It really stinks when the 2 worst teams in football are in your division and you know it's an extreme longshot they would off load any players of value to us without a significant overpay.

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

6 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

My question is...based off what, exactly? He took Shannahan's system, got some really fast guys, matched them with a noodle armed QB and had some success initially. Then when teams figured him out he's been unable to adapt and evolve on his own. 

 

Dolphin fans that watch him week in and week out are disgusted by his play calling. He abandons the run for huge chunks of the season. 

 

He's shown absolutely zero ability to create on his own. He lacks awareness. He's not a good offensive mind in any way shape or form IMO.

It really stinks when the 2 worst teams in football are in your division and you know it's an extreme longshot they would off load any players of value to us without a significant overpay.

 

But it is kinda like 4 free wins.. and considering you need like 10-11 to make the playoffs thats a nice leg up.

 

Also if these players were so good, the team wouldn't suck so hard.

[BuffaloBillyG]

1 minute ago, Bleeding Bills Blue said:

 

But it is kinda like 4 free wins.. and considering you need like 10-11 to make the playoffs thats a nice leg up.

 

Also if these players were so good, the team wouldn't suck so hard.

 Bro, and I mean this in the best possible way. I have no idea what you're talking about. Did you mean to quote someone else? What you replied has nothing to do with anything I said. 

[corta765]

On 10/20/2025 at 9:31 AM, SoTier said:

 

I think it's pretty clear that the real problem with the Jests is the ownership.   Until that changes, the Jests are going to rinse-and-repeat ad infinitum, just like the Bills and the Lions did for decades until new ownership changed the mindset at the top.   The last decent NFL QB the Jests drafted was Chad Pennington in 2000.  The last successful HC the Jests had was Rex Ryan who left after 2014.

They may accidently walk into a coach like Bowles who is pretty good and get a QB who is a journeyman like Fitz who is hot to get a wildcard spot. But it will be more accidental then intentional. The great irony is that in the current playoff format the Jets would have made the playoffs as the 7th seed and played New England who they did beat once and lost by 7 the other time. 

 

The owner has no ability just to step back and let actual football people run stuff. It was beyond evident last year and continues to be this year.

Edited October 21 by corta765

[Sweats]

On 10/20/2025 at 12:16 PM, BigAl2526 said:

Not a question of "if" but a question of "when" Mike McDaniel is canned.  I agree with Casey that he has a good offensive mind.  I would never consider him as a head coach.  However, if Joe Brady moves to a head coaching opportunity elsewhere, he does offer something as an OC.  There are some questions about fit, however.  McDaniel built the Miami offense for speed.  Last season, they had the fastest WR corps and the fastest RBs in the league.  He wouldn't have anywhere near that in Buffalo.  Curtis Samuel and Elijah Moore have some speed, but they barely get on the field.  James Cook has enough speed, but nothing like the pair of Raheem Mostert and Devon Achane.  In 2025 Achane's backup, Jalen Wright is faster than Cook.  The question is, what would McDaniel do with Buffalo's far more pedestrian team speed? 

 

 

 

 

He would do the same thing that us Bills fans do...........question the FO, question the direction that the franchise is headed, question our life choices that got us to this point and bang his head against the wall all season long for good measure.

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

35 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

 Bro, and I mean this in the best possible way. I have no idea what you're talking about. Did you mean to quote someone else? What you replied has nothing to do with anything I said. 

 

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