{"id":48331,"date":"2025-05-15T02:54:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T02:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=48331"},"modified":"2025-05-15T02:54:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T02:54:53","slug":"former-dolphins-s-jordan-poyer-makes-ridiculous-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=48331","title":{"rendered":"Former Dolphins S Jordan Poyer Makes Ridiculous Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 season for the\u00a0Miami Dolphins\u00a0was a disappointment. From the injury scare to\u00a0Tua Tagovailoa, to the Dolphins potentially losing\u00a0Tyreek Hill\u00a0and Jalen Ramsey after the year, 2025 was not the season Dolphins fans or players expected.<\/p>\n<p>Poyer played his 12th season in Miami after being with the\u00a0Buffalo Bills\u00a0from 2017 to 2023. After his short stint in Miami, Poyer had a bold statement on Good Morning Football about the Dolphins<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-twitter-embed\">\n<figure class=\"m-embed mm-embed--twitter l-inline\">\n<div class=\"rna-container rh-ineligible\" data-embed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FinsXtra\/status\/1922713259171279132\" data-rhp=\"1\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1922713259171279132&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fathlonsports.com%2Fnfl%2Fmiami-dolphins%2Fjordan-poyer-makes-ridiculous-claim&amp;sessionId=efecbc935a2522b5537180c216ad0e62fe4a3194&amp;siteScreenName=athlonsports&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1922713259171279132\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Last<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last year was an extremely tough year on so many levels. Our team wasn&#8217;t very good, I didn&#8217;t play as well as I wanted to play&#8230; It was just a really tough year, obviously transitioning from Buffalo to Miami, [the] cultures being different, systems being different, it just didn&#8217;t work out the way that anybody had hoped.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Poyer&#8217;s statement that &#8220;Our team wasn&#8217;t very good&#8221; is a claim that&#8217;s ridiculous to make amid his departure. Most players won&#8217;t say that their team was bad, even if the team didn&#8217;t play well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"l-inline tml-image m-detail--tml-image--inline\"><a><picture class=\"is-loaded\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MjE0ODk4ODMwMzg5MjkwNzg4\/usatsi_24189024.webp 380w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MjE0ODk4ODMwMzg5MjkwNzg4\/usatsi_24189024.webp 620w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjE0ODk4ODMwMzg5MjkwNzg4\/usatsi_24189024.webp 700w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MjE0ODk4ODMwMzg5MjkwNzg4\/usatsi_24189024.jpg 380w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MjE0ODk4ODMwMzg5MjkwNzg4\/usatsi_24189024.jpg 620w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjE0ODk4ODMwMzg5MjkwNzg4\/usatsi_24189024.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"m-detail--tml-image m-image\" src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjE0ODk4ODMwMzg5MjkwNzg4\/usatsi_24189024.jpg\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"Miami Dolphins safety Jordan Poyer (21) runs onto the field before the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Hard Rock Stadium.\" width=\"6208\" height=\"4141\" data-src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjE0ODk4ODMwMzg5MjkwNzg4\/usatsi_24189024.jpg\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--tml-image-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"m-detail--tml-image-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>\n<p class=\"tml-image--caption\">Miami Dolphins safety Jordan Poyer (21) runs onto the field before the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Hard Rock Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tml-image--attribution\">Sam Navarro-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>For Poyer, a player who was in Miami for just one season, to willingly say how bad the team was in 2024 is a bad look for the former Dolphins and Bills safety.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\" data-zone-count=\"4\">\n<div data-google-query-id=\"CI7e9Nu7pI0DFcpFwgUdV_QgBA\" data-ad-size=\"adhesion\">\n<p>Poyer acknowledged that he wasn&#8217;t very good in 2024. According to Pro Football Focus, Poyer&#8217;s defensive grade overall was the worst it&#8217;s been since 2016, when he was a member of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/cleveland-browns\/\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Pro Football Reference, Poyer allowed 490 yards in coverage, the most he&#8217;s allowed in a single season by far since 2018. While he gave up just two touchdowns, his passer rating when targeted was 111.2, the second worst since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The former All-Pro didn&#8217;t play close to his potential with Miami compared to with the Bills. Poyer had one of the worst seasons of his career in his age-33 season with the Dolphins.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the circumstances the Dolphins dealt with in 2024, while the Dolphins may have struggled, having a former player call them bad is a step beyond what most players do.<\/p>\n<p>Dolphins fans and players would have reason to be upset with Poyer&#8217;s statement on Good Morning Football.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 season for the\u00a0Miami Dolphins\u00a0was a disappointment. 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