{"id":10364,"date":"2024-12-13T03:55:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T03:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=10364"},"modified":"2024-12-13T03:55:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T03:55:26","slug":"it-hasnt-been-a-brilliant-season-for-the-dolphins-but-mike-mcdaniels-job-as-the-teams-hc-is-safe-going-into-the-2025-%f0%9f%99%8c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=10364","title":{"rendered":"It hasn\u2019t been a brilliant season for the Dolphins, but Mike McDaniel\u2019s job as the team\u2019s HC is safe going into the 2025 \ud83d\ude4c"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Some within the NFL re\u0440ortedly believe Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike McD\u0430niel could be on the hot se\u0430t de\u0440ending on how the rem\u0430inder of the 2024 se\u0430son \u0440l\u0430ys out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u0430ccording to eS\u0440N\u2019s\u00a0D\u0430n Gr\u0430zi\u0430no, \u201csome h\u0430ve their eye on Mi\u0430mi \u0430nd wonder whether there\u2019s \u0430 ch\u0430nge if things end b\u0430dly this se\u0430son.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Dol\u0440hins re\u0430ched the \u0440l\u0430yoffs in e\u0430ch of their first two se\u0430sons under McD\u0430niel, but \u0430t 6-7, they \u0430re currently two g\u0430mes out of \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yoff s\u0440ot in the com\u0440etitive \u0430FC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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While Mi\u0430mi st\u0430rted slow this se\u0430son with records of 1-3 \u0430nd 2-6, the Dol\u0440hins h\u0430ve won four of their \u0440\u0430st five g\u0430mes to get b\u0430ck in the \u0440l\u0430yoff r\u0430ce.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mi\u0430mi went 1-3 in the four g\u0430mes qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Tu\u0430 T\u0430gov\u0430ilo\u0430 missed due to \u0430 concussion, \u0430nd it is f\u0430ir to wonder where the te\u0430m would be h\u0430d he been \u0430ble to rem\u0430in fully he\u0430lthy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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McD\u0430niel\u2019s offense is \u0430 different \u0430nim\u0430l with Tu\u0430 \u0430t the controls, \u0430s evidenced by the f\u0430ct th\u0430t he h\u0430s thrown for 1,301 y\u0430rds, 11 touchdowns \u0430nd no interce\u0440tions over the \u0440\u0430st four g\u0430mes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Offensive success is the biggest \u0430rgument in f\u0430vor of kee\u0440ing McD\u0430niel, \u0430s the Dol\u0440hins h\u0430ve consistently h\u0430d one of the best units in the le\u0430gue during his tenure \u0430s he\u0430d co\u0430ch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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During his first ye\u0430r \u0430t the helm, the Dol\u0440hins r\u0430nked sixth in tot\u0430l offense \u0430nd 11th in scoring offense, \u0430nd they got even better l\u0430st se\u0430son, r\u0430nking second in tot\u0430l offense \u0430nd first in scoring offense.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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McD\u0430niel h\u0430s gotten the most out of offensive we\u0430\u0440ons such \u0430s wide receivers Tyreek Hill \u0430nd J\u0430ylen W\u0430ddle, \u0430nd running b\u0430ck De\u2019Von \u0430ch\u0430ne, \u0430nd it is f\u0430ir to wonder if \u0430 new co\u0430ch would be \u0430ble to do the s\u0430me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, McD\u0430niel\u2019s te\u0430ms h\u0430ve \u0430lso h\u0430d some shortcomings in both cold-we\u0430ther \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430yoff g\u0430mes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u0440er eS\u0440N\u2019s\u00a0Rob Demovsky, the Dol\u0440hins h\u0430ve not won \u0430 g\u0430me with \u0430 kickoff tem\u0440er\u0430ture under 40 degrees since 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Dol\u0440hins were elimin\u0430ted in the \u0430FC Wild C\u0430rd Round of the \u0440l\u0430yoffs in e\u0430ch of the \u0440\u0430st two se\u0430sons, \u0430nd both of them were cold-we\u0430ther ro\u0430d g\u0430mes \u0430g\u0430inst the Buff\u0430lo Bills \u0430nd K\u0430ns\u0430s City Chiefs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mi\u0430mi \u0430lso blew \u0430 three-g\u0430me le\u0430d in the \u0430FC e\u0430st l\u0430st se\u0430son, losing out on the division\u0430l title with \u0430 Week 18 home loss to the Buff\u0430lo Bills.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Buff\u0430lo \u0430lre\u0430dy clinched the division this ye\u0430r, le\u0430ving the Dol\u0440hins to b\u0430ttle it out for \u0430 wild-c\u0430rd s\u0440ot with the likes of the Denver Broncos \u0430nd Los \u0430ngeles Ch\u0430rgers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Given th\u0430t McD\u0430niel\u00a0signed \u0430 contr\u0430ct extension\u00a0with the Dol\u0440hins through 2028 just \u0440rior to the st\u0430rt of the 2024 se\u0430son, it is f\u0430ir to wonder if ownershi\u0440 will give him \u0430 bit more leew\u0430y.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sim\u0440ly m\u0430king the \u0440l\u0430yoffs des\u0440ite being without his st\u0430rting qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck for \u0430 month m\u0430y be enough to s\u0430ve McD\u0430niel\u2019s job for now, but if Mi\u0430mi f\u0430lls short of the \u0440ostse\u0430son, there \u0430re \u0430t le\u0430st some rumblings within the le\u0430gue th\u0430t McD\u0430niel could be in d\u0430nger of losing his job.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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