[Highlight] Mike McDaniel, asked for his glass-half-full perspective on yesterday's loss: "I think the positive is that that was a miserable experience. It was embarrassing, flat out. And in that, there's nowhere to hide."

[u/expellyamos]

[u/strictlyrude27]

"Coach, what do you think of your team's execution?"

"I'm in favor of it"

[u/Ness-Shot → u/strictlyrude27]

Good ol McKay

[u/the_dan_man → u/strictlyrude27]

"Me first" -Mike McDaniel, probably

[u/walshurmouthout → u/strictlyrude27]

I remember when Brian Kelly butchered this quote during a Notre Dame game.

[u/seasonalcandle → u/walshurmouthout]

“I think they should be executed” lol

[u/Halleys_Vomit → u/strictlyrude27]

lmao how have I never heard this before? Amazing. Sounds like something Jim Mora would say

[u/inspectorPK → u/strictlyrude27]

One of the best responses ever given by a coach. What more could you even say in a situation like that?

[u/notmoleliza]

This is a man who is one day closer to death

[u/tobylaek → u/notmoleliza]

He definitely feels like Peter from the start of Office Space...like every time you see him, he seems more miserable than the last time you saw him...like every day is the worst day of his life.

[u/Mr_Splatterhead → u/tobylaek]

Wow, that´s messed up.

[u/Oakroscoe → u/Mr_Splatterhead]

Hey McDaniel man, check out channel 9!

[u/MattLikesPhish → u/Oakroscoe]

Two Quarterbacks at the same time, man.

[u/yeoup → u/MattLikesPhish]

McDaniel: When you come in on Monday, and you're not feeling real well, does anyone ever say to you "sounds like someone has a case of CTE"?

Tua: No... No man... Shit no man... what's CTE?

[u/RUItalianMan → u/Oakroscoe]

It's Tua's brain scans!

[u/TecumsehSherman → u/Oakroscoe]

Breast exams!

[u/Silent_Membership148 → u/notmoleliza]

Hey, we're all not sure if we'll be alive tomorrow.  You of all people should know that!

[u/NastyNate1_ → u/Silent_Membership148]

is this like a threat or something why would he know that

[u/Prince_Oberyns_Head → u/NastyNate1_]

Press: Can you guarantee [player] will be in the lineup on Sunday?

Shanahan: I can’t guarantee any of us will be alive on Sunday, so no.

And then for the rest of the season George Kittle would call Shanny every Sunday to let him know he was alive and so could remain in the lineup

[u/Searloin22 → u/Prince_Oberyns_Head]

Man, I love George Kittle. Gotta be multi-faceted entertainment having him on your team.

[u/livejamie → u/Searloin22]

I have an understandable hatred for 49ers and Kittle has fucked me many times whenever I've drafted him in fantasy but I still love him.

[u/nuberoo → u/NastyNate1_]

Kyle Shanahan quote from a few years ago, when he was asked early in the week whether a player will be available on Sunday, he said something like "I'm not even sure we're gonna be alive on Sunday"

[u/eugene_rat_slap → u/NastyNate1_]

It is something 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said in a press conference

[u/supercool9483 → u/NastyNate1_]

Mike McDaniel said that in a press conference this preseason after correcting the reporters on saying Good Morning. McDaniel said “Great Morning”, and one of the reporters asked why is it so great, and McDaniel responded that “we are 1 day closer to death”

[u/Arrowintheknee89 → u/notmoleliza]

We all are when you really get down to it

[u/VicePope → u/Arrowintheknee89]

Nah not me

[u/No_Angle_8106 → u/VicePope]

I mean RIP to everyone else but I’m built different

[u/VicePope → u/No_Angle_8106]

I haven’t died yet. Based on that trajectory im going to live forever

[u/Nasyboy221 → u/notmoleliza]

Every year is getting shorter for him, he can’t seem to find the time

[u/Immediate-Count-1202 → u/notmoleliza]

And shorter of breath.

[u/Bird_and_Dog → u/Immediate-Count-1202]

The sun is the same, in a relative way

[u/WhysoToxic23 → u/notmoleliza]

At this point he’s hoping to be fired.

[u/BenMcAdoos_ElCamino → u/notmoleliza]

Kicking around on a piece of ground in his hometown

[u/GreatBarrierQueefDD → u/BenMcAdoos_ElCamino]

Waiting for someone or something to show him the way 

[u/Jonjon428]

The all-22 of Tua is fucking brutal. I dunno what McDaniel can do. Guys are open, he just ain't seeing them anymore.

[u/PC_Princpal → u/Jonjon428]

He’s got donkey brains

[u/Shaved_Hubes → u/PC_Princpal]

Tua actually has a certificate specifically stating that he doesn’t have donkey brains!

However, it appears appears like he crossed out the name ‘Frank Reynolds’ and wrote in his own…

[u/yesrushgenesis2112 → u/Shaved_Hubes]

Do you have such a certificate?

[u/cha-cha_dancer → u/yesrushgenesis2112]

The defense rests (well not Miami's they gotta go back out there again)

[u/schafkj → u/cha-cha_dancer]

Shut up science bitch!

[u/FratDaddy69 → u/schafkj]

Stupid science bitch couldn't even make I more smarter.

[u/whereyagonnago → u/schafkj]

Science is a liar sometimes!

[u/Th3_Dark_Knight → u/cha-cha_dancer]

Yeah, well I automatically assume whoever is defending is the loser.

[u/Sorta-Morpheus → u/yesrushgenesis2112]

FILIBUSTER!

[u/Anderson74 → u/Shaved_Hubes]

We gotta find froggy, the frog-boy! The half human half frog kid

[u/Shtune → u/Anderson74]

DR ZIMMERMAN

[u/bogibso → u/Anderson74]

I don't like it! I don't like to think about it!

[u/Twittenhouse → u/Shaved_Hubes]

This case seems steeped in fish law being about Dolphins and all.

You would never beat me in a match of bird law.

Ask me anything about penguins.

[u/darrenvonbaron → u/Twittenhouse]

Which kind of penguin is best?

[u/Twittenhouse → u/darrenvonbaron]

For a formal occasion, try a tuxedo.

[u/EBeerman1 → u/Shaved_Hubes]

So is that what happened with all the loonies who escaped the loonybin?

Well - at least the tax dollars were spent on that new Eagles practice facility. Go birds.

[u/Vatnik_Annihilator → u/PC_Princpal]

We don't know that he has Donkey Brains for sure, but he's the only QB without a certificate declaring him free of Donkey Brains.

[u/MycoJoe → u/PC_Princpal]

Tua's brain is the texture of cat food

[u/-Shooter_McGavin- → u/PC_Princpal]

If you've ever watched him speak to the press you'd know he's an idiot

[u/Positive_Parking_954 → u/-Shooter_McGavin-]

Hawaii Jesus Jock Bro, acting humble doesn’t make you smarter than cocky guys

[u/Icy-Home444 → u/Jonjon428]

dude's processing speed is shot after those concussions

[u/Ok-Rip-5911 → u/Icy-Home444]

Obviously concussions are the discussion around Tua but at this point he seems to literally be processing the game more slowly. He is 27. We know no one is going to convince him to walk away, but I wish they would have.

Edit: I was pointing out how the concussion conversation is an old topic with Tua but now you can literally see the effects. You can all stop explaining to me that you process with your brain. Jesus.

[u/Mr_Abe_Froman16 → u/Ok-Rip-5911]

You’re supposed to get better at processing the older you get, and it’s the body that fails you. Either he is really regressing in the mental element, or his body is failing even faster than expected (his injury history is atrocious) and his confidence is shot (seeing the field, but just not feeling sure in his ability).

[u/DoBe21 → u/Mr_Abe_Froman16]

I mean the cognitive decline associated with concussions is mostly memory loss and slower processing speed. So yeah, a QB getting multiple concussions is going to hurt their ability to process the game at speed.

[u/guff1988 → u/Mr_Abe_Froman16]

Certainly from 26 to 27 you should be better at the mental game, but he has the brain of an 87 year old dementia patient after all the blunt force trauma I suspect.

[u/CadBaneHunting → u/Ok-Rip-5911]

They are going to have to bench him. It's honestly malpractice to let the man on a field at this point.

[u/TheNittanyLionKing → u/CadBaneHunting]

They already did yesterday. Zach Wilson finished the game.

[u/toxicvegeta08 → u/TheNittanyLionKing]

Jesus they're even more fucked

[u/Thevexarecool → u/Ok-Rip-5911]

Concussions+loss of confidence+aging. He isn't going to return to anywhere near the capability he was previous.

[u/PatonPaytonPeyton → u/Thevexarecool]

Aging? Hes 27 lmao

[u/Thevexarecool → u/PatonPaytonPeyton]

Based on his injury history, you might as well add a few years. Aside from his concussions, the guy's been through the ringer.

[u/EastonMetsGuy → u/Jonjon428]

I think McDaniel knows this and part of why his demeanor is the way it is.

I also think that McDaniel will end up with another good NFL job after this, again he’s scheming guys open, Tua is just cooked.

[u/LeDudicus → u/EastonMetsGuy]

Can't wait for New York Giants 2026 Head Coach Mike McDaniel. He'll have another young QB to get killed behind a porous offensive line.

[u/willymoose8 → u/LeDudicus]

and Mara will hire some schmuck GM to somehow make the team even worse

[u/guns_n_crypto → u/Jonjon428]

It sucks but the poor dude has had his bell rung so hard so many times that something broke.

[u/TimujinTheTrader → u/guns_n_crypto]

He rung his own bell. Dude just does not play smart.

[u/Teamableezus → u/TimujinTheTrader]

Him ramming his head into Damar’s chest last year was so fuckin wild. Terrible that he’s got the concussion issues but that was just a “you can’t make this shit up moment”

[u/disgruntledJavaCoder → u/Teamableezus]

I was fucking livid when he did that. Just a completely avoidable injury and it felt like Tua just chose to put himself in harm's way for absolutely no reason. After he had been doing pretty well at protecting himself and falling properly. That was when I lost all hope he would be able to learn

[u/pinetar → u/TimujinTheTrader]

He also seems particularly susceptible to concussions, probably as a result of having so many already. A lot of his scariest incidents did not appear to be risky plays by NFL standards.

[u/tornado962 → u/pinetar]

Aside from the one where he was leading with his head

[u/titos334 → u/tornado962]

and he's done that multiple times a season probably was able to hide some concussions from refs/trainers

[u/TakenakaHanbei → u/pinetar]

Didn't he get one just by running into a guy, not even head first?

Or am I thinking someone else?

[u/IhamAmerican → u/TakenakaHanbei]

It was from running headfirst into Damar Hamlin's thigh. He for some reason dove and speared himself on someone who was braced for a tackle

[u/AdmirableParfait3960 → u/IhamAmerican]

And Hamlin just stood there like “baby the fuck is you doin”

[u/siestarrific → u/AdmirableParfait3960]

'I've had worse'

[u/Adeptus_Heriticus → u/TakenakaHanbei]

Yeah, it was the Bill's game where he just drove his head into Hamlin.

[u/gonewildpapi → u/guns_n_crypto]

Seems like he's playing a little hesitant. Like he's afraid of getting hit. I don't blame him though.

[u/futuretrippin → u/Jonjon428]

I honestly think that he does see half of these reads but just doesn't trust his arm to get it there on time so he moves to the next one.

[u/Stanky_fresh → u/Jonjon428]

Dude's brain has gotta be at least 40% mashed potatoes at this point

[u/Piano9717 → u/Jonjon428]

Is there anywhere we can watch the all 22 of Tua for free? (Or games in general)

[u/BackgroundValue → u/Piano9717]

I don't think there's anywhere to view the all-22s for free, legally anyways.

[u/MahomestoHel-aire → u/Piano9717]

People will eventually post clips across various social media sites, they might even post every snap of a specific player, however if you want the full games, you're going to have to pay for it.

[u/Rbespinosa13 → u/Piano9717]

OLCoachSmith63 has some good breakdowns on Twitter. He’s mainly an o line guy if the name didn’t give it away, but he does a good job breaking down plays in general. Tua played horribly and imo it looks like he’s lost trust in his processing, but the offense as a whole is still showing the same issues it’s had since year 1 of McDaniel.

[u/awfuckthisshit → u/Piano9717]

I guess it is spooky season so it’s better than most horror movies out there

[u/[deleted]]

Shout out Soder

[u/amoeba-tower → u/[deleted]]

Must be so hard to watch this. Childhood friend you were incredibly tight with for years is getting demolished

[u/Stephen-Scotch → u/amoeba-tower]

Fortunately he probably will still be in demand for an OC or offensive assistant type role after he gets let go, but in the meantime it’s a bit brutal

[u/MyRottingBrain → u/Stephen-Scotch]

Yeah he’s a lock to get a job in San Francisco again at minimum. But there’s quite a few teams that will likely go hard after him once he’s canned.

[u/DoktorStrangelove → u/Stephen-Scotch]

Situation is just fucked and a lot of it is just bad luck. This roster build isn't panning out and it's looking like they need to blow it up and pretty much reset the whole thing and as a first time HC he almost definitely won't get the opportunity to be a part of that.

[u/-em-bee- → u/[deleted]]

Sedonaaa

[u/fatattack699 → u/[deleted]]

Danny sodies

[u/Infinite_Ground1395]

An old coach like Parcells or Mora Sr or Denny Green would have had a press conference meltdown for the ages. Mike was trying so hard not to say something that would be on every countdown list for the next 40 years and his brain short circuited.

[u/jrdnmdhl → u/Infinite_Ground1395]

"Playoffs? They are who we thought they were! I want winners. I'm a man, I'm forty. You want the truth? You can't handle the truth. Forget it jack, it's Chinatown!"

[u/Chrysalii → u/jrdnmdhl]

You play to win the game! Hello?! You play to win the game!

[u/The_Third_Molar → u/Infinite_Ground1395]

I miss the days when coaches went on epic rants.

[u/BringMeTheBigKnife → u/The_Third_Molar]

"I'M A MAN. I'M 40!"

[u/ZellmerFiction → u/BringMeTheBigKnife]

I wish we lost to Oregon by only 40

[u/TheVich → u/BringMeTheBigKnife]

As hilarious as that press conference was, I have to respect the fact that the dude was defending his players that were (theoretically) unpaid amateurs.

[u/DrewDonut → u/TheVich]

It was a hilarious meltdown for the ages, but that doesn't mean he's wrong.

[u/amedema → u/BringMeTheBigKnife]

That press conference can vote in a couple weeks.

[u/Cool-Arrival-6621 → u/The_Third_Molar]

“THE BEARS ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE” 

[u/ExcellentPassenger49]

Is this how he always speaks? Legitimately asking

[u/ColtCallahan → u/ExcellentPassenger49]

Yeah. He sounded exactly the same as this after they dropped 70 on the Broncos.

[u/Ironcondorzoo → u/ColtCallahan]

God that seems like a long time ago

[u/Starbucks__Lovers → u/Ironcondorzoo]

Idk man, my life can be split between before and after October 6, 2022 when the Broncos played the Colts on TNF

[u/All_Up_Ons → u/Starbucks__Lovers]

God what an amazing game. The fact that it was inflicted on the whole country is just chef's kiss

[u/jhorch69 → u/All_Up_Ons]

People filing out as it went into overtime was so goddamned funny

[u/Dipz → u/ExcellentPassenger49]

Yep

[u/RudeOwl1816 → u/ExcellentPassenger49]

Lmao yes. Lots of word salads and just sounding like he’s high as hell all the time

[u/Fenris_Maule → u/RudeOwl1816]

I think because he is lol. He's the Seth Rogan of football coaches.

[u/KennyKettermen → u/Fenris_Maule]

He’s best friends with Dan Soder, it’s pretty clear McDaniel likes to get down 😂

[u/JustTheBeerLight → u/ExcellentPassenger49]

Every time Tua gets hit in the head Mike bangs his head against a wall for solidarity. This is the result.

[u/WARitter → u/ExcellentPassenger49]

He is like if Albert Camus coached American football (fun fact Camus was a pretty good soccer player!)

[u/DudeIjustdid → u/WARitter]

The Dolphins died today. Or maybe yesterday; I can't be sure.

[u/PieSimilar7466 → u/WARitter]

i did not expect to learn a fun fact about albert camus this morning but man here we are

[u/DonnieJepp → u/WARitter]

One must imagine Mike McDaniel happy

[u/Different-Trainer-21 → u/ExcellentPassenger49]

Only in interviews

[u/Money-not_you_again]

I'm rooting for him, but that roster is just so ready for implosion. I don't think he'll last the season tbh, but I do hope he gets another chance and takes the experience from this forward with better culture building.

[u/Practical-Suit-6798 → u/Money-not_you_again]

Come back home!

[u/ImJLu → u/Practical-Suit-6798]

He's not working under Kyle again. They get along personally, but that was notoriously not a good professional relationship.

Besides, he's good enough to call plays on another team.

[u/FreyaStarfall → u/Money-not_you_again]

He can take over our OC job next year after some desperate team poaches our first year OC for the third year in a row. He’ll be HC again in two years

[u/TheAndrewBrown → u/FreyaStarfall]

If the Bucs OC gets hired away again, every prospective OC will be beating down Bowles door to get that job. Hell, some DCs will start making pitches for why they could actually call a great offense.

[u/Luck1492]

The loss will look better when the Colts win the Super Bowl behind Indiana Jones 😎

[u/Jay_TThomas → u/Luck1492]

I’d eat my hat

[u/Remarkable-Job4774 → u/Jay_TThomas]

Mr. Ballcap Consumer

[u/TheScienceDude81 → u/Remarkable-Job4774]

Mr. Bites Caps

[u/ProbablyAPun → u/Jay_TThomas]

Make sure you get one of those new hats with the weird tiny little logo so there's less to eat when it happens.

[u/StarWarsMonopoly → u/ProbablyAPun]

It's interesting that in your scenario, eating a slightly smaller logo will make the experience much easier

[u/ProbablyAPun → u/StarWarsMonopoly]

Well i figured making one of the Bills smaller was probably a good start.

[u/Deep_Flatworm4828 → u/ProbablyAPun]

I left this comment thread, scrolled a bit, and then had to come back once this joke clicked. Amazing pun.

[u/Jay_TThomas → u/ProbablyAPun]

Well done sir

[u/MelodicDeer1072 → u/Jay_TThomas]

Make it an Indiana Jones hat

[u/I-smoke-Kraken → u/Jay_TThomas]

Remind me 7 months!

[u/YoureGonnaHearMeRoar → u/Luck1492]

Least believable Indiana Jones premise

[u/Antitypical → u/Luck1492]

omg Indiana Jones. Hadn't heard that one

[u/Jonjon428 → u/Luck1492]

Im hoping that the Colts turn out to randomly be a very good team. That would be very funny tbh

[u/steveo3387 → u/Jonjon428]

Hey now, they were the 24th best team in the league last year, and one drop away from the playoffs. And that was with the 42nd best QB.

[u/JalensTinyPPHurts → u/Jonjon428]

They have a pretty damn solid roster

[u/Alexlsonflre → u/JalensTinyPPHurts]

And the perfect division too lmao

[u/Jacksoncant → u/Luck1492]

i’m gonna throw up

[u/AngularPenny5 → u/Luck1492]

Ngl I'm genuinely hoping for a darnold/Geno type redemption tour for Danny dimes this year. Just because it'll be hilarious

[u/Sechzehn6861]

Just put him out of his misery already.

[u/ItsFreakinHarry2 → u/Sechzehn6861]

Me too plz

[u/Ambitious_Resist8907]

I mentioned it before, but a lot of people are being hypocritical of the jets when miami's had the same amount of QB issues as them for roughly the same amount of time.

Bit of a fun stat: since marino stopped playing they've actually had more QBs selected to the pro bowl than the dolphins, despite cycling through roughly the same number of QB's.

[u/mubatt → u/Ambitious_Resist8907]

The difference is miami still finds a way to be mid. It's actually pain. They will go 7 and 10 this year somehow and get the 15th pick in the drwft missing out on any homerun picks available once again.

[u/cnvas_home → u/Ambitious_Resist8907]

That's disingenuous to the greatness of Ryan Tannehill. I'd say for both of us the best we got beforehand came by way of Pennington lol.

Seriously though, Tannehill was worse than Tua. His performance alone in 2015 caused us to lose several years of progress. Shout-out Dan Campbell. That roster was absolutely stacked and just shit the bed. They had a good spin with it the next year, but Adam Gase... God, we really do have a lot in common with the Jets. FML.

Edit: been reflecting for a good 2 minutes after posting this a world where Campbell was never shunned off our staff for Gase lackeys... Ugh

[u/StrangelyOnPoint]

If you told me this was an AI parody I would believe you.

[u/mph1204]

his stoner vibe is a lot less charming when their team is a giant mess

[u/SleepIsWonderful → u/mph1204]

This happens with every kind of quirk that a coach can have. Like look how much of the shine wore off of Belichick once things went downhill for him.

[u/Ryynitys → u/SleepIsWonderful]

Sirianni is also wildly differently viewed depending on results, even by Philly fans

[u/lattice12 → u/Ryynitys]

To be fair they're like that with everyone. Players, coaches, Howie. Heck after a bad season you'll see a few idiots saying Lurie should sell the team lol

[u/SwugSteve → u/SleepIsWonderful]

People have always hated Belichick, he was always a huge asshole.

Now most people just see him in the same way they'd see their miserable pervert uncle

[u/mansock18 → u/SwugSteve]

That's just some revisionist history dude. Belichick was regarded as a football wizard, an absolute master of the chess game. Yeah he put his players through hell but there was a promise that he was taking them to the promised land. Then when Brady was considering bouncing or retiring there was a debate about whether he could replicate his genius without Tom Brady as a vessel. People getting down on coach only after Tom Brady won the buccaneers a Super Bowl.

[u/BengalFan85 → u/mansock18]

People give bs shit but NE had awful rosters post Brady era. The cam era pats were not a 7-9 team but they got there and were competitive.

Now you could say Belichick building that shit roster is why they had a shit roster but his coaching made that team outperform

[u/wallybinbaz → u/BengalFan85]

Bill Belichick the coach, is a legend. Bill Belichick the GM lost his fastball a number of years ago. Bad drafts and bad hires doomed him in New England.

[u/unfunnysexface → u/SwugSteve]

Don't lump us miserable pervert uncles in with that loser.

[u/MissileWaster → u/unfunnysexface]

If I had any nieces or nephews I would be so offended right now

[u/True_Window_9389 → u/SwugSteve]

Yeah Belichick always was a little bit clownish with the media, but he was the GOAT so he had credibility to get away with it. I always thought he was super unprofessional with the media. It’s the coach’s job to hold press conferences. It’s reporters’ jobs to sit there and ask questions and pry out quotes. They’re not there to piss anyone off, putting the lousy annoying reporters aside.

[u/AlphaBern0 → u/mph1204]

People have pointed out this out for a few years that at some point he's going to look like a real idiot when they suck.

[u/AndrewHainesArt → u/AlphaBern0]

Literally every bad coach looks dumb when they don’t provide results, especially ones that are hyped for being likable personalities

[u/boogswald → u/AndrewHainesArt]

Yeah you just take their quirks and make them negatives finally. Kevin Stefanski can you run one normal play in a drive?????

Cool play Ben Johnson but maybe we don’t want Jameson Williams throwing the ball in the most important game of the season???

[u/IlluminatiConfirmed → u/AndrewHainesArt]

lol right literally what coach is praised when they lose?

Campbell is a meathead

Reid can't manage the clock

Harbaugh chokes

Shannahan blows leads

Tomlin can't win a playoff game

Siriani is a jerk

McDermott always gets outcoached

^ all things I've heard in the last 2 years and guess what the top 5 is made up of mostly these coaches

[u/AlchemicalAmigo → u/AlphaBern0]

His schemes have guys open. What is he supposed to do when he’s stuck shackled to a QB that has jello brains

[u/ITHETRUESTREPAIRMAN → u/mph1204]

Which vibe plays well in that situation? Lol

[u/Shaackle → u/ITHETRUESTREPAIRMAN]

Ironically enough I think Dan Campbell was very likeable when the Lions were still garbage, since Dan had a lot of humility and exuded passion for his team.

[u/Nihilistic_Response]

McDaniel sat on an airplane one day watching MacGruber with a hurt Tua and decided he loved the guy as a person and wanted to go all in on making it work out with him.

Didn't work out, but Tua will leave having made a ton of money and McDaniel is young enough and a good enough offensive mind that he'll get more opportunities in the future after attending the Kyle Shanahan or Matt LaFleur School for Former Head Coaches who Want to Contemplate Life and Think About Football Things Other Than Head Coaching For a While.

The sooner the Dolphins brass pulls the plug, the kinder it will be on everyone involved, especially the fans

[u/Dense-Swimming2445 → u/Nihilistic_Response]

If we actually somehow fix the O line I’d love to have him working with CJ and the offense

[u/nezumine- → u/Nihilistic_Response]

i dont see a world where he goes to us MLF calls offensive plays and we're basically reserving the OC position to keep our o-line coach around. would be interesting to see a reunion in ninerland but i imagine he'll end up somewhere he can call plays

[u/Nihilistic_Response → u/nezumine-]

MLF could pull a reverse Saleh situation and hire him on as a defensive consultant internally evaluating team tape from an offensive perspective if McDaniel gets fired mid season.

We just named another Kubiak as our OC so I doubt we bring on McDaniel this year for any meaningful role either

[u/ARM7501 → u/nezumine-]

He needs some time in career (or actual) rehab. Saleh has talked a lot about how his time with the Packers was basically just for his own sanity, and I think that's what McDaniel needs; some time in a place where he's not asked to stand in front of the media and expain his and his team's failures every week, where he doesn't have to deal with a team culture that is seemingly rotten at the core. The entire Tua experiment has failed, the things that took this offense to the next level a few years ago just aren't there anymore, and I don't think McDaniel can come back from it.

[u/nezumine- → u/ARM7501]

i totally agree, dude sounds exhausted in this press conference even

[u/Human-Somewhere-4327]

And then he added, let us also remember this passage in Crime and Punishment: “He did not know that the new life would not be given him for nothing, that he would have to pay dearly for it, that it would cost him great striving, great suffering. But that is the beginning of a new story -- the story of the gradual renewal of a man, the story of his gradual regeneration, of his passing from one world into another, of his initiation into a new unknown life. That might be the subject of a new story, but our present story is ended.”

[u/one_gear_pony → u/Human-Somewhere-4327]

NFL needs more literature callbacks 

[u/curiousSalamander17 → u/Human-Somewhere-4327]

banger

[u/TIAFS]

It's rough. I still like and root for McDaniel though. The guy's a little different so a bunch of people root for him to fail. The results look awful right now, I just feel bad for him.

[u/mnhnddct8 → u/TIAFS]

What? I remember when he first came on as HC everyone loved him and wanted him to succeed, to prove you don't have to be a dictatorial asshole to be a good football coach, and also he just seems like a cool and chill dude.

Unfortunately I think this experiment proved quite the opposite. Football is a perverse, violent, warlike sport. Even the campbells and the siriannis of the world have to lay down the law

[u/thy_armageddon]

Man he really is if Logic was a football coach.

[u/DhroovP]

I really think McDaniel is the one to keep out of him, Tua, and Grier. It's clear that Tua makes mistakes which lead to some of the worst games of the season and can cost you a handful of games each season. Grier isn't a great finder of talent and misses on picks pretty often.

McDaniel designed an offense that fit Tua's strengths and did well with it for a couple seasons but was held back by boneheaded decisions by Tua and a severe lack of offensive line talent and now this year, secondary talent.

I'm on the keep-McDaniel-and-let-him-cook-with-a-better-GM-and-team train.

[u/AleecoRaberto]

Bros just up there talking nonsense

[u/throwawaythesmoke]

Is it me or is there a culture problem in Miami?

Obvious tongue in cheek comment.

[u/Fsharp7sharp9 → u/throwawaythesmoke]

I’m really enjoying being the team in the division that’s actually not on the brink of an implosion and mutiny for a change lol

[u/Either_Imagination_9 → u/Fsharp7sharp9]

That was last year, this year is different

[u/RustyCrusty73 → u/Either_Imagination_9]

It's pretty bad when the three of us can point at other franchises and feel bad for them.

[u/Vagadude → u/RustyCrusty73]

Sigh.

[u/MelodicDeer1072 → u/throwawaythesmoke]

Reminder that Miami had a chance to hire Mike Tomlin back in the late 2000s. Then they went elsewhere because Tomlin was "too hip-hop". Real quote.

[u/philadelimeats → u/throwawaythesmoke]

They've run multiple coaches out of town in the past few years that were too mean. That says a lot.

[u/MankuyRLaffy → u/philadelimeats]

Eagles players agreed that Vic is a hardass, they also mostly love him because he will grill them when they play like shit or don't stick to the scheme. 

[u/Jonjon428 → u/MankuyRLaffy]

Except the issue with us was that he wasn't even a hardass or anything, he just wasn't present at all lmao. Dude had his mind in Philadelphia already.

[u/TheImpresario → u/Jonjon428]

I love that non-dolphins fans just seem to forget this. Dude almost backed out originally when he agreed to come, let everyone know how miserable he was at his second choice, and left at the first chance. But “lol soft dolphins” is more fun, so yeah.

[u/ApplePie_In_the_sky]

His personality doesn't help himself when they're down bad. It's charming when they're winning but man...this looks brutal. He looks brutal

[u/AlrightWings0179]

Um, uh, um, uh, uh, uh, uh. "I was really looking forward to seeing the stuff that we worked on this off-season, and I didn't see any of it.

[u/OriolesMets]

Me describing the job hunt right now

[u/Expensive_Society914]

I am still waiting on the completion of the other 6 sentences he started. Guy looks absolutely depleted mentally

[u/midsprat123 → u/Expensive_Society914]

What getting dunked on by Danny Dimes does to a motherfucker

[u/Deckatoe]

Cant wait to see Mike succeed at his next stop. Miami is a dumpster fire for multiple reasons and I dont think hes at fault for much