McDaniel said his message was still going through.
“I think if it was something that would lend me to believe that messages were not received, you will address those things,” he said. “For me, I think I have seen a team that is trying to do everything they can to win and come short and push forward and try to change them.”
The players defended the coach and noticed that he is not the one on Gridiron who needs to make the plays.
“At the end of the day, it’s not him out there on the field,” said line baker Robinson. “We’re out there playing the game, making the mistakes on the field and stuff. So at the end of the day it can look bad for him, but it’s really for us. We have to do it better.”
Miami’s defense has been cruel to start the season. It was foreseeable that the college would fight, but the front was equally impotence has been disappointing.
Dolphins allowed points on 12 opponents in a row as a drive back to week 18, 2024, the longest such rope of any team that has been at least 1993, per NFL research. Miami allowed points on 10 straight anti -drive to start 2025 (longest since 1993).
The offense showed a little more promise on Sunday after a bad week 1. Tua Tagovailoa was 26 out of 32 who went to 315 meters, two touchdowns and one interruption (115.5 rating) in week 2, his fourth game since 2022 with 80 plus-closing percent and 300-plus passing (most
Patrick Paul, left tackle, supported his coach when asked about noise around McDaniel.
“He is a coach of players who believe in his players,” he said. “He encourages us and speaks confidence to us and lets us go there with urgent and confidence with the technology that all those coaches he has brought to us. We love him.”
McDaniels, who is not yet losing the entire locker room, could give him a little leash for the 0-2 dolphins. However, if the victories do not start to stack, nothing will save their job.
Prietime cycle in week 3 against Juggernaut Buffalo Bills could show whether McDaniel truly still has the locker room next to him or whether it is simply the Performance Theater.