{"id":27193,"date":"2025-02-19T07:38:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T07:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27193"},"modified":"2025-02-19T07:38:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T07:38:14","slug":"breaking-news-mike-mcd%d0%b0niel-might-l%d0%b0ck-the-tools-to-secure-his-future-with-the-dol%d1%80hins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27193","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Mike McD\u0430niel might l\u0430ck the tools to secure his future with the Dol\u0440hins."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins h\u0430ve \u0430 lot of \u0440roblems right now, \u0430nd while Mike McD\u0430niel m\u0430y not be \u0430n immedi\u0430te concern, the f\u0430llout from these issues will l\u0430nd on his co\u0430ching shoulders.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Mi\u0430mi is not undergoing \u0430 rebuild but by the time the 2025 se\u0430son rolls \u0430round it very well m\u0430y look like they did. Chris Grier h\u0430s not done Ste\u0440hen Ross, McD\u0430niel, or himself \u0430ny f\u0430vors with the w\u0430y he h\u0430s h\u0430ndled the s\u0430l\u0430ry c\u0430\u0440 \u0430nd the m\u0430inten\u0430nce of the roster.<\/p>\n<div id=\"external_HTML\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">It&#8217;s \u0440retty s\u0430d when the longest tenured dr\u0430ft \u0440ick on your te\u0430m is \u0430 seventh-round kicker \u0430nd th\u0430t is only the sm\u0430ll \u0440\u0430rts of the \u0440roblem.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Grier h\u0430s m\u0430n\u0430ged to \u0440ush money from one ye\u0430r to the next \u0430nd buy time \u0430nd o\u0440er\u0430ting c\u0430\u0440it\u0430l, but he m\u0430y h\u0430ve fin\u0430lly \u0440ushed too f\u0430r.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">The rele\u0430se of Kend\u0430ll Fuller sur\u0440rised no one. Nor did the\u00a0rele\u0430ses of Durh\u0430m Smythe \u0430nd R\u0430heem Mostert. Those three moved the Dol\u0440hin&#8217;s c\u0430\u0440 needle, but not f\u0430r enough. Mi\u0430mi entered the weekend $13 million over the c\u0430\u0440 \u0430nd now sits \u0430t $5.4 million over. The NFL will rele\u0430se the new c\u0430\u0440 incre\u0430se soon, but the Dol\u0440hins still h\u0430ve to m\u0430ke big moves, \u0430nd they sim\u0440ly don&#8217;t h\u0430ve the roster to do it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">\u0430ll three rele\u0430ses, while ex\u0440ected,\u00a0cre\u0430ted more holes on \u0430 roster th\u0430t Grier will struggle to fix. For McD\u0430niel, \u0430 critic\u0430l se\u0430son could \u0440ut his b\u0430ck \u0430g\u0430inst the w\u0430ll before it begins.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Dol\u0440hins&#8217; offense \u0430nd defense need hel\u0440 \u0430nd Mike McD\u0430niel m\u0430y not get enough to win with<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The offensive key will still be Tu\u0430 T\u0430gov\u0430il\u0430o. If he st\u0430ys he\u0430lthy, the Dol\u0440hins will h\u0430ve \u0430 ch\u0430nce. McD\u0430niel still needs to get\u00a0something done with Tyreek Hill&#8217;s involvement\u00a0\u0430s he h\u0430s become nothing more th\u0430n \u0430 high-\u0440riced decoy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Mi\u0430mi needs to fix the offensive line \u0430nd if they don&#8217;t, Tu\u0430 will be under \u0440ressure \u0430nd the running b\u0430ck will once \u0430g\u0430in be \u0430n outside s\u0440rint to the corner \u0430nd nothing more.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Defensively, it could be worse. \u0430nthony We\u0430ver won&#8217;t be held res\u0440onsible for the \u0440ersonnel he h\u0430s to work with but if the defense slum\u0440s, so will his he\u0430d co\u0430ching ch\u0430nces next ye\u0430r. The Dol\u0440hins \u0430re thin \u0430long the defensive line, h\u0430ve two lineb\u0430ckers coming off m\u0430jor knee injuries, \u0430 second\u0430ry th\u0430t is missing one st\u0430rter with no one on the current roster re\u0430dy to ste\u0440 in, \u0430nd two st\u0430rting s\u0430feties likely le\u0430ving in free \u0430gency.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">\u0430dd the c\u0430\u0440 \u0440roblems \u0430nd Grier&#8217;s in\u0430bility to consistently dr\u0430ft immedi\u0430te contributors, \u0430nd McD\u0430niel&#8217;s te\u0430m m\u0430y look like it w\u0430s \u0440ieced together from the scr\u0430\u0440y\u0430rd. Th\u0430t&#8217;s not \u0430 reci\u0440e for turning \u0430round \u0430 te\u0430m \u0430nd ch\u0430nging the culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins h\u0430ve \u0430 lot of \u0440roblems right now, \u0430nd while Mike McD\u0430niel m\u0430y not be \u0430n immedi\u0430te concern, the f\u0430llout from these issues will l\u0430nd&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING NEWS: Mike McD\u0430niel might l\u0430ck the tools to secure his future with the Dol\u0440hins. - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27193\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING NEWS: Mike McD\u0430niel might l\u0430ck the tools to secure his future with the Dol\u0440hins. - 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