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21 plus only must be physically located in North Carolina. TNC Supply in app only. Gresham for JR tonight, and there have been rumblings for a while that maybe things aren't great in Miami. It didn't end great last year when Tyree Kill decided to say, nah, maybe I don't want to do this for this team anymore. It was a part of the talk going into the year, a disaster.
Of a performance in Indianapolis. More off-field issues. Just how bad is it in Miami? Let's find out. Chris Perkins covers the Dolphins for the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
He is with me here on the Infinity Sports Network. Chris, Andy Gresh, how are you? Andy, I think I'm better than Mike McDaniel. I'll put it to you like that. Yeah, I mean, is it as bad as it seems to be from afar?
It's bad. I don't know if it's as bad as it seems to be from afar, but I'll tell you this. They need to win in the worst way on Sunday because week three has them going to Buffalo on Thursday night. Mike McDaniel is one and six against Buffalo on a six-game losing streak, and he's lost all four games up there at Highmark Stadium. I don't believe that there's ever a such thing as must win in week two of the NFL.
But this game comes about as close as you can get to it. Because I think a lot of players would lose faith in Mike McDaniel if they don't win this week. Yeah, Chris, can you provide a little perspective on the whole players-only meeting that went down? Was it like in the preseason? Was it recently?
What can you tell us all about the team gathering without the coaches, which is always a good sign? Yeah, you know what? I'm a little unclear on it.
So I know that they met this week. I wasn't out there today to kind of expound on it, but I'll tell you this. In November, I wrote a column about the team meetings that they had had last year. That was at the time that they were two and six. And I went to four veterans that I trust.
Fullback Alec Ingold, reserve offensive tackle Kendall Lamb, starting offensive tackle Teron Armstead, and starting defensive tackle Zach Seeler. And I asked them about the team meetings, and they said, Yeah, we've already had a few team meetings. And so they said that, you know, really it's just a chance for players to air what's going on and make sure that we're all on the same track. I know that that's kind of what happened. What I'm unclear on is, you know, Tua has kind of organized some team film watching sessions on Tuesdays.
And they told me last year when they have the team meetings, all 69 players are there, 53 active roster players, 16 practice players. Right.
So, and they get a conference room or a meeting room there on the facility. What I'm unclear on this year, this week, is if that meeting was all 69 players were there or just the guys who were there on Tuesday watching film on their off day and they decided, let's talk about some stuff. Having said that, though, there was a team meeting this week, and It's unusual to have a team meeting after week one, but with this team, it's not unusual to have team meetings. Like I said, by the halfway point last year, they had already had a few team meetings.
So I don't know the gravity of it, but yeah, it is a little unusual when you hear there's a team meeting after week one. Chris, before the latest off-field incident for Tyreek Hill. Where was his standing within the Dolphins? And I ask because of the end of last year and the comments at the beginning of training camp from Tua basically saying, Yeah, he's got to kind of earn some trust back. Where was Tyreek in that earning the trust back?
And then where do we kind of stand now with another off-field incident with him? I think the big thing with Tyreek is producing on the field. I think everybody knows that Tyreek has got some, for lack of a better term, knucklehead tendencies away from the field. And we saw that last season before the start, before the opener. Remember, he got detained by law enforcement right outside the stadium.
That's right. That's right, yes. And then he ends the season after the finale with the I'm out. You know, I don't wanna be here. And I'll say this: I was there for the, I'm out, I was there for all of this stuff.
Uh after the Jets finale, just for perspective. Tyreek did not want to speak. And I don't usually push a player. I was right there asking him to speak. He said no, he walked out of the locker room.
One of the media relations players made him come back in the locker room and speak. And at that point, I think Tyreek was a little bit angry and blah, blah, blah. And so the I'm out thing came out. I don't know that Tyreek really meant that, but whatever. He's responsible for what he says.
So Tua, you know, did say that he's got some making up to do. You know, I think they know that Tyreek is a little flighty. You know, again, he's got some knucklehead tendencies.
So I really, to me, it's about performance. I don't think that they really look to Tyreek to be a team leader. He was not voted a team captain this year after being voted a team captain the previous three years. I think players kind of understand where they are with Tyreek. But I'll say this, Tyreek is essential personnel.
And here's the stat that I always give for Tyreek with the Dolphins. Since 2023, they are 11-0 and average 35 points per game when he has 100 or more yards in a game. They're seven and 17 and average just 18 points per game when he has 99 or fewer.
So Tyreek is the key when averaging 35 points per game and being 11-0, Tyreek opens up so much stuff for other players on the field. He commands so much attention from the defense.
So he is what makes this offense go. The problem is, and I've said this all the time also. The Dolphins cannot beat good teams. And so in the last two years, they are 2-10 against playoff teams. Neither Tyreek nor Jalen Waddle has a 100-yard game in those 12 games.
And Tua has 15 touchdowns and 14 interceptions.
So it's a one-dimensional offense. It all depends on Tyreek. I think the players realize that with Tyreek.
So it's just to me, Tyreek standing is kind of get out there and produce. We're not going to really follow your lead. We're not going to look to you, but we need you to produce. To me, one of the keys this season is getting that tour to Tyreek connection going. Tyreek is a central personnel for this team.
Hey, Chris, defensively, where are the Dolphins and what exactly happened in Indianapolis? Listen up, football fans. You won't want to miss this. Right now, new BET365 customers bet $5 and get $300 in bonus bets, win or lose.
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To me, the front seven of this defense has to lead the way early, especially until they can get the Tua to Tyreek connection going. But on the front seven, they're led by their edge rushers, Bradley Chubb, Jalen Phillips, Shock Robinson, Matthew Judon. They didn't get any pressure on Daniel Jones last week. They only had one sec, and so Daniel Jones has a good game. this week against Drake May coming into Hard Rock Stadium at one o'clock.
Where it's gonna be hot, it's gonna be humid. The edge rushers have to use that to their advantage. They've gotta get past Will Campbell, the rookie left tackle, and get some pressure on Drake May. You know, the inside backers, Jordan Brooks and Terrell Dodson, they've got to stop the running game. Last year, you know, this was the number four defense in the NFL.
They were number nine against the run, number nine against the pass. They've got to make this a one-dimensional offense for New England, stop the run, and force Drake made a pass. But I'll tell you this. These cornerbacks are not very good.
So, when you force this team to pass, you've got to hope that the front seven gets home because if you get into this secondary, you have an opportunity to make some plays. They do have safety Minka Fitzpatrick, but aside from that, It's a young, unproven secondary. You know Jalen Ramsey is gone. Their best cornerback was Cater Kohu, the slot. He was injured in training camp with a knee injury last week.
The second best cornerback, Storm Duck, one of the outside corners, sustained a foot or ankle injury. He's gonna be out for a few weeks.
So the secondary is very weak.
So it's kind of strange to say you want to make New England one-dimensional. but you need to rely on the front seven and the pass rushers specifically. And by the way, I mentioned the edge rushers. Defensive tackle Zach Seeler is coming off back to back 10 sack seasons.
So you need to get some push up front and on the edges. That front seven is gonna be the key to the game to me. Chris Bergens of the South Florida Sun Sentinel breaking down some Dolphins football and just how bad it is down there in Miami right now. With me here on the Infinity Sports Network. Chris, how long do you think the runway is for Mike McDaniel?
And Is he already kind of on notice? Is the watch begun? Does it get to a point to where he kind of would be on notice? What's your best read on sort of the the the safety of the head coach right now? He's 100% unnoticed, no doubt.
Mike McDaniel has a 28 and 24 record. In three years with the Dolphins 28 and 26, if you include the 02 mark in the playoffs, and you know, really to me, the big thing is I've always said about this team they have underachieved and they've disappointed, you know. And this is a team that should be doing much better than they're doing. I'm not saying that we they need to be going to a Super Bowl. They're not nearly that good.
But they should have won a playoff game by now. And when you look at really what they've done recently, you know, in 2023, They started out 9-3. They had a loss to Tennessee 28 to 27, which has been a crushing loss. Since then, they're 10 and 12. You know, they haven't really recovered from that loss to Tennessee.
I don't make the excuse about, you know, they were missing Tua for a lot of the time last year. Tua did miss six starts last year, but it was up to Mike McDaniel to find a better backup quarterback. One of the problems with the backup quarterback thing, now they didn't have great backup quarterbacks with Skylar Thompson and Tim Boyle and Snoop Hunt Lee. That's the Dolphins' fault. That's not some act of the football gods.
It's up to them to do it. And when those quarterbacks were in, The offense was not quarterback friendly for them. In other words, it still played to the strengths of Tua, the quick reads, the accurate passes. Those guys can't do the same things that Tua did. This all falls on Mike McDaniel.
This is why he's under so much pressure. That the loss last week, they just looked terrible last week, losing 33 to 8. If you look terrible again this week, I, you know, I don't know. I just see very little hope for them winning in Buffalo.
So I think if you're 0-2, you're pretty much 0-3. And at that point, I'm not sure that there's much that can save Mike McDaniel week four, they host the Jets. But boy, if they start off 0-3 or even 1-3, still the players are going to. be a little bit shaky. Mike McDaniel definitely, definitely on the hot seat.
Chris, who makes that call? That's a good question. You know, Chris Greer, the general manager, is on the hot seat right along with Mike McDaniel. He's gone nine years without winning a playoff game. He is the longest tenured GM in the NFL to not win a playoff game.
So they're both on the hot seat and they work very well together. I kind of call Mike, Mike, Chris Greer Instacart, because he does the shopping for Mike McDaniel. Mike McDaniel has a, he kind of makes the shopping list. He's got a lot of authority here. And one of the problems with Chris Greer is he doesn't have a vision for the team.
You know, he's not like a, you know, Howie Roseman or a Jason Light. where you've got a vision, you've got a system, and you recruit to the system. Chris Greer allows his coaches to kind of pick whatever system they want.
So, whether it's Adam Gates or Brian Flores or Mike McDaniel. He changes, you know, he does whatever the coach wants. That's a flaw with the GM. You're the head guy. I, you know, owner Steve Ross, he's been complicit because he allows Chris Greer to have this system in place.
You know, Chris Greer has got to be better. He's got to be a stronger GM.
So Who makes that decision? I guess ultimately it's probably Steve Ross. It should be Chris Greer, the GM, but. Chris Rear is complicit.
So, you know, if Mike McDaniel doesn't make it through the season, I strongly doubt Chris Greer makes it through the season.
Now, GMs don't get fired mid-season. That happens at the end of the year. But to me, those two are tied together at the hip. Either both stay or both go. Yeah, I'm 100% with you on that.
And hey, Chris, thanks for the breakdown and have fun covering Bill Belichick's first year next year. Thanks a bunch. I'll talk to you like that. Listen up, football fans. You won't want to miss this.
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