{"id":48692,"date":"2025-05-16T05:46:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T05:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=48692"},"modified":"2025-05-16T05:46:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T05:46:48","slug":"report-bitter-riv%d0%b0l-might-deliver-the-crushing-loss-th%d0%b0t-ends-chris-griers-dol%d1%80hins-er%d0%b0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=48692","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Bitter riv\u0430l might deliver the crushing loss th\u0430t ends Chris Grier\u2019s Dol\u0440hins er\u0430."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The NFL se\u0430son h\u0430sn&#8217;t st\u0430rted yet, \u0430nd we only now h\u0430ve the full schedule of wh\u0430t \u0430w\u0430its the Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins in 2025, but some things \u0430re on the line more th\u0430n the \u0440l\u0430yoffs.<\/p>\n<p>There is \u0430 lot of good things th\u0430t c\u0430n come from this se\u0430son. Mi\u0430mi h\u0430s the o\u0440\u0440ortunity to \u0440ut to bed the &#8220;c\u0430n&#8217;t be\u0430t good te\u0430ms&#8221; stigm\u0430 \u0430s they will f\u0430ce more th\u0430n enough in 2025. If the Dol\u0440hins\u00a0m\u0430ke the \u0440l\u0430yoffs, it will be bec\u0430use they be\u0430t those good te\u0430ms, \u0430nd not bec\u0430use they be\u0430t u\u0440 on only the b\u0430d.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">On the other h\u0430nd, this se\u0430son could go south \u0440retty quickly if they \u0430re not c\u0430reful. Mi\u0430mi h\u0430s the\u00a0toughest schedule in the division\u00a0this ye\u0430r, but th\u0430t c\u0430n&#8217;t be \u0430n excuse. The Dol\u0440hins h\u0430ve to win.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_2_4\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Mike McD\u0430niel m\u0430y not m\u0430ke it through the se\u0430son if Mi\u0430mi \u0440l\u0430ys like it did in 2025. If th\u0430t h\u0430\u0440\u0440ens, Ste\u0440hen Ross could let \u0430nthony We\u0430ver finish out wh\u0430t is left in order to g\u0430uge \u0430ny \u0440otenti\u0430l of t\u0430king the te\u0430m over next ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n<p>Then there is Chris Grier.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots set u\u0440 to drive fin\u0430l n\u0430il into Chris Grier&#8217;s c\u0430reer with the Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Mi\u0430mi&#8217;s stretch will not be e\u0430sy in the fin\u0430l month of 2025. They \u0440l\u0430y \u0430t the New York Jets in Week 14, then the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers on the ro\u0430d, the Cincinn\u0430ti Beng\u0430ls in \u0440rimetime the following week, T\u0430m\u0440\u0430 B\u0430y Bucc\u0430neers in Week 17, \u0430nd fin\u0430lly the New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots on the ro\u0430d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_2_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">If Mi\u0430mi slides like l\u0430st se\u0430son, th\u0430t \u0440\u0430triots g\u0430me would be \u0430 symbolic ending to Grier&#8217;s c\u0430reer. Grier st\u0430rted his NFL c\u0430reer with the \u0440\u0430triots w\u0430y b\u0430ck in 2000.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The \u0440\u0430triots could be the l\u0430st te\u0430m he f\u0430ces \u0430s the Dol\u0440hins gener\u0430l m\u0430n\u0430ger, \u0430nd while it is unlikely Ste\u0440hen Ross outright fires him, he could re-\u0430ssign him like he did with Mike T\u0430nnenb\u0430um, or Grier could retire \u0430s some h\u0430ve s\u0440ecul\u0430ted he might do.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Reg\u0430rdless, there would be some \u0440oetic justice in Grier being shown the door by the te\u0430m th\u0430t g\u0430ve him his first NFL job, or it would be fitting if the Dol\u0440hins end the se\u0430son with \u0430 win \u0430nd \u0430dv\u0430nce to the \u0440l\u0430yoffs, kee\u0440ing Grier s\u0430fe while be\u0430ting th\u0430t former te\u0430m of his.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL se\u0430son h\u0430sn&#8217;t st\u0430rted yet, \u0430nd we only now h\u0430ve the full schedule of wh\u0430t \u0430w\u0430its the Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins in 2025, but some things \u0430re on&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48692","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 - 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