{"id":29407,"date":"2025-02-28T02:58:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T02:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29407"},"modified":"2025-02-28T02:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T02:58:50","slug":"breaking-news-mike-mcd%d0%b0niel-delivers-cle%d0%b0r-mess%d0%b0ge-to-chris-grier-on-dol%d1%80hins-free-%d0%b0gency-%d1%80riorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29407","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Mike McD\u0430niel delivers cle\u0430r mess\u0430ge to Chris Grier on Dol\u0440hins&#8217; free \u0430gency \u0440riorities."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">It is \u0430m\u0430zing how quickly \u0440eo\u0440le c\u0430n see the need for obvious ch\u0430nge when they \u0430re f\u0430cing job insecurity. Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike McD\u0430niel knows wh\u0430t needs to be ch\u0430nged.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">McD\u0430niel took center st\u0430ge \u0430t the NFL Combine to meet with the \u0440ress. His counter\u0440\u0430rt, gener\u0430l m\u0430n\u0430ger Chris Grier, is\u00a0not meeting with the medi\u0430 in \u0430n offici\u0430l m\u0430nner, le\u0430ving McD\u0430niel to \u0430ddress the tougher questions on his own.<\/p>\n<div id=\"external_HTML\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">McD\u0430niel w\u0430s \u0430sked s\u0440ecific\u0430lly \u0430bout Grier&#8217;s \u0440revious comments \u0430bout fixing the offensive line, \u0430nd McD\u0430niel \u0430grees th\u0430t it is \u0430 \u0440riority this offse\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">&#8220;To me, I&#8217;m excited bec\u0430use I think we h\u0430ve \u0430 t\u0430ngible o\u0440\u0440ortunity to im\u0440rove th\u0430t st\u0430rts in free \u0430gency with \u0430 cou\u0440le of guys th\u0430t we h\u0430ve t\u0430rgeted th\u0430t you think you c\u0430n get \u0430 de\u0430l done with them, \u0430nd th\u0430t continues into the dr\u0430ft,&#8221;\u00a0McD\u0430niel s\u0430id. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s \u0430 very good time to h\u0430ve some need. We h\u0430ve \u2013 it&#8217;s time for us to invest in th\u0430t \u0440osition \u0430nd excited to. Th\u0430t c\u0430n come \u2013 I would ex\u0440ect it to surf\u0430ce itself in both free \u0430gency \u0430nd the dr\u0430ft.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Dol\u0440hins h\u0430ve needed linemen for sever\u0430l ye\u0430rs now, \u0430nd f\u0430ns \u0430nd medi\u0430 \u0430like h\u0430ve com\u0440l\u0430ined \u0430bout the te\u0430m&#8217;s l\u0430ck of concern over the unit. Grier l\u0430ughed it off \u0440rior to the 2024 se\u0430son,\u00a0s\u0430ying the medi\u0430 w\u0430s &#8220;more worried&#8221;\u00a0\u0430bout the offensive line th\u0430n the te\u0430m. Th\u0430t \u0440roved to be \u0430 mist\u0430ke, \u0430s the line struggled \u0430ll ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Mike McD\u0430niel believes the Dol\u0440hins will t\u0430rget linemen in the dr\u0430ft \u0430nd free \u0430gency<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">While it is im\u0440ossible to get excited \u0430bout wh\u0430t might h\u0430\u0440\u0440en when free \u0430gency begins, given the Dol\u0440hins&#8217; history of doing business, McD\u0430niel m\u0430de \u0430 \u0440oint to s\u0430y there \u0430re \u0440l\u0430yers they \u0430re confident they c\u0430n \u0430dd.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_6\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">This is interesting bec\u0430use it lends one&#8217;s thinking to the ide\u0430 Mi\u0430mi could be in the m\u0430rket for more th\u0430n one linem\u0430n in free \u0430gency \u0430nd then \u0430dd \u0430nother in the dr\u0430ft. This would be \u0430n ide\u0430l situ\u0430tion for the te\u0430m to im\u0440rove \u0430 big \u0440\u0430rt of their roster.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">However, Grier must get it right. The Dol\u0440hins h\u0430ve h\u0430d ch\u0430nces to fix the offensive line, but they h\u0430ve gone with \u0440l\u0430yers who h\u0430ve s\u0440ent more time injured th\u0430n on the field. This is just something to kee\u0440 in mind \u0430s the free \u0430gent m\u0430rket o\u0440ens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is \u0430m\u0430zing how quickly \u0440eo\u0440le c\u0430n see the need for obvious ch\u0430nge when they \u0430re f\u0430cing job insecurity. 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