Miami Dolphins Have Unclear Plan With Quiet Trade Deadline, Miami Dolphins Fans Furious With State Of Team

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What is the Dolphins plan going forward this season? Mike McDaniel lets it be known if the Miami Dolphins are buyers or sellers? We take calls from frustrated Dolfans on state of the franchise.

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00:00Mike McDaniel, there was a, uh, there was a blurb from Drew Rosenhouse yesterday where

00:05he had said the dollars were making calls to improve like a few weeks ago, but he does

00:09not believe the dolphins are given up on the season.

00:12Obviously it does a lot of work with Chris.

00:13Grary said that on WSVN, uh, Mike McDaniel, uh, on the idea of the dolphins are buyers

00:20or sellers.

00:21Here's here.

00:22Oh, he answered.

00:23Yeah.

00:24He answered.

00:25Here is Mike McDaniel.

00:28If the dolphins are buying two things, um, exist, uh, and, uh, one of which I think there

00:37there's no real label on, um, what we're, what we're doing just because, um, you know,

00:43I know one thing that Chris career and I both share a very strong conviction, um, and belief

00:51in this and this team and what it looks like.

00:54If you, if you can find a way to get over the hump, which we fully expect to at the

00:59same time, um, you know, Chris Greer's job is to, um, uh, to, to field all, uh, all business

01:08and, um, listen, uh, and think both in the short and longterm of, of, uh, the best interests

01:16of the franchise.

01:17And then, um, he, he comes to me with any and all business that's, that's real.

01:24Um, and we discuss, um, uh, you know, from there and he hasn't brought anything that

01:29is, that is real, um, uh, to me, but, uh, I know first and foremost, um, we are absolutely

01:38convicted in, uh, this, this, this team being better than, um, the one loss column right

01:46now and believe that it can, uh, it can make a turn.

01:51Um, and that's what we're, how we're approaching each and every day.

01:54If there's nothing going on on trade deadline day and they know nothing's going to happen,

01:58can they all just take it off?

02:00So here's the deal.

02:03And I kind of said this earlier, I think they'd be more days off.

02:08I commend them for not necessarily doing anything because there's nothing that you

02:16can do with the current status of your team.

02:20That's not going to jeopardize the future of your team.

02:22So if you want to get a pass rusher, you might have to give some up.

02:28Yes.

02:29That being said, your issue is your pass rushers are injured.

02:33Right.

02:34So.

02:35And supposedly coming back.

02:36One of them is right.

02:37So from that standpoint, to make all these knee jerk moves to appease, everybody doesn't

02:43put you in a better situation.

02:45It just makes it the only good.

02:47The only thing that you can look at is, is there a move at the point you are this season?

02:52Do you have something on your roster that somebody would give you a haul for?

02:55And I don't really think there is, there's not, because at this point in time, nobody

03:00on the team has had enough success or can afford the players that you've paid, right?

03:06So you're talking about Tyree waddle.

03:08Okay.

03:09Those are the only two guys that I can think of.

03:13Maybe one of the running back.

03:14Yeah.

03:15The only young piece that's not got a contract is going to be Holland.

03:18And I don't know what you give for it.

03:19I don't know what somebody wants for Holland and he's banged up.

03:22Right.

03:23So, um, and, and that's fine.

03:26That's fine because, um, I'm happy with this team.

03:29They're just not healthy and it sucks.

03:33But think about this.

03:37And I know what people are going to say about what I'm about to say.

03:41And I would just say, stop it.

03:44Okay.

03:45But I don't understand why with the heat we go down, we just heard, right?

03:56But with the dolphins, you go same old crap for the last 25 years.

03:59I don't think the heat are getting a pass from anybody.

04:00No, no, no.

04:01I mean, I don't think the heater.

04:04What did they have with the same guys?

04:05I don't think so.

04:06I think people were, were tired of it last year on a running back year.

04:09I think the, I think, but again, nobody was healthy.

04:14I understand.

04:15So what role does that, like we, we sit here and I see all the comments about what the

04:19team should do and fire this guy and fire this guy and fire that guy.

04:22When you pay the upper end of your, uh, roster and they get hurt, it makes it difficult.

04:32But they have been healthy the last two weeks and the last three weeks they've had the game

04:37and they've had a critical mistake that has cost them the game.

04:41Yeah.

04:41Like, and by guys that you rely on, not by their backups.

04:45No, I know.

04:45Like that's, that's the thing that's frustrating about it.

04:48And that's when it goes to, they say, Oh, we're more talented or we're better than my

04:53your records.

04:53And I'm like, yeah, the names and the resumes are, but when they start making mistakes,

04:57what does that mean?

04:59Here's the problem.

05:00Okay.

05:02You're in a position right now that you can't afford the mistakes that you're having.

05:07Yeah.

05:08And so when they come, they hurt that much more.

05:11And that's, what's been plaguing this team is that you finally get healthy.

05:16You're moving the ball.

05:17You're scoring 20 plus your defense is hanging in there.

05:21Boom, turnover, fumble, boom, boom, boom.

05:23Game over most 61 yard field.

05:26Now let's be clear.

05:28It doesn't help that your mistake is always followed by the other team's best.

05:35Yeah.

05:35Like a 61 yard field goal, dude.

05:37And he couldn't, after you said, after we've had for the first five years, Oh, if we need

05:42to go down the field and score two, it can't do it.

05:44And he did it.

05:45Yeah.

05:47And you lose.

05:48And we're going to just throw that out.

05:50Right.

05:51That's something we haven't seen.

05:53We haven't seen.

05:54So there are positive things you can pull from it.

05:58It's just that they're not in a position.

06:02And what I said to you two weeks ago, right now, the only team this need, this team needs

06:08is wins.

06:09I don't care how you do it.

06:10I don't care how bad it looks.

06:12We'll fix all the crap later.

06:14Right now you do what you got to do to win.

06:17That's the problem.

06:19You could have very easily won the last three games.

06:21Yep.

06:22And you didn't for whatever reason, you can say the team looks better.

06:26You can say everybody's back.

06:27But in the end, all you care about is winning, winning Tobin, not looking good.

06:34Winning.

06:34Okay.

06:35But I don't know what, but they've made mistakes.

06:37Like style styles be damn.

06:39But I said, I don't care about all that.

06:41I know, but even the ugly style or the pretty game.

06:45They both lost the same.

06:47They both lost the same.

06:48By the way, stop.

06:49We've had these conversations before all these.

06:51But it would be like your argument would be better to me.

06:53If like two went out there and he chucked three picks because he was airing it out.

06:59Well, I mean, not really.

07:01It really wasn't much.

07:02It was like it was more successful because you had a quarterback and it was more fun.

07:06But like the indie game, two fumbles.

07:09Right.

07:09The Arizona game.

07:11I mean, old shortstop McGee out there, Stonehands.

07:16And then this game, forget about it.

07:19Fumble running into a frigging receiver.

07:25And these are veterans, dude.

07:27We're the old guys.

07:30Crazy, man.

07:31Let's hear a little bit more from McDaniel.

07:33Do we?

07:33Yeah.

07:34Why not?

07:35He says, this is why that often shouldn't trade away vet pieces.

07:40I think that the answer to that question is found.

07:43You get no greater insight into who people are than times like these.

07:51And I think they have each and every day to make the argument for themselves as well as we do.

08:00That's what you fight for in the National Football League.

08:03So I think that the only positive in a luster of adversity is that you get clarity into

08:19each and every person who's part of the solution, who's part of the problem.

08:25And I think that's the ultimate accountability for the National Football League that we all

08:30have to bear.

08:34And I think the argument for anybody's existence is in their hands to a degree

08:46with all the football that's left to be played.

08:52Nope.

08:53What was that phrase?

08:55Luster of adversity.

08:57Luster of adversity.

09:00I've done some Googling.

09:09I don't think that's a thing.

09:12I don't know.

09:13What about the free?

09:14Oh, yeah.

09:15No, that's the first one I looked up.

09:19It doesn't even come up with.

09:20No, it's not.

09:21AI.

09:21Not even AI.

09:22It's like, I don't understand this.

09:26I think Google just said, are you serious?

09:30What's even crazier is I'm looking up the meaning of luster.

09:34Just because I've heard of lack luster.

09:37And unfortunately, they gave me the lost.

09:39It's luster.

09:40Yeah, exactly.

09:41It gave me the definition for lust.

09:43No, I don't think he was talking about this.

09:46I'm looking for that.

09:47Trust me.

09:47Hey, he's talking about blue to listen.

09:49Trust me.

09:50If you're lusting for adversity, the dolphins are for you.

09:52Oh, yeah, that's it right there.

09:55Your fix.

09:56Like that is their top category on Pornhub is just it's just lust and adversity.

10:02That's the dolphins right there.

10:07Oh, man.

10:08Let's hear from Tony.

10:09What's up, Tony?

10:12Tony, what's up, bro?

10:14Hey, guys, I'll be quick.

10:16Just wanted to respond to the heat dolphins comparison.

10:19You know, the heat have given us two titles since 2020.

10:22We have a little bit more patience for the heat.

10:24The dolphins, it's the same story every year.

10:27How do we draft a quarterback in this class?

10:30How do we not pick somebody up?

10:32I mean, it's the same story.

10:35It's just it's Tony quarterback.

10:37Isn't your problem.

10:38So why do you want a quarterback?

10:41Could I help this the last couple of weeks or, you know.

10:45But quarterback isn't your problem.

10:47Why do you want to draft a quarterback?

10:49I mean, if we got a handcuffed tour every year, it's the same thing.

10:54He's he's he helps us.

10:57He's awesome.

10:57He's unbelievable.

10:58He goes down and we're in ruins for the three or four weeks.

11:01He's out.

11:02Let me ask you a question.

11:04OK, this is a football question.

11:07If I take two out and replace him with another quarterback.

11:13In the same search circumstances of this year.

11:16You think their record is much better?

11:18You think their record is much better?

11:20I think I think they they went in Indy and I think.

11:26You know, I think they went in Indy and having one more win right now.

11:30Gives us a totally different direction.

11:33So you're you're you're willing to draft.

11:37A quarterback for one more win than the quarterback you have.

11:42I just think it's a long season and we were we're basically tied up with a quarterback.

11:48That you're not tied up with a quarterback.

11:50He was 25 of 28 and the next and the conversation we're having after that game is the quarterback.

12:05Tony, if you want, you could just say screw you, Leroy.

12:07If you want, you could just say screw you, Leroy.

12:12I have no problems with two.

12:14I think he's unbelievable.

12:15But now back to back years where, you know, this is where we're at.

12:19He's going to go down.

12:21I'm going to be in protocol.

12:22We're going to be three or four weeks where who are we going to depend on?

12:26Some some guy else, somebody else's practice squad.

12:29It's a 17 week season.

12:31You know, I just think in this day and age, you need somebody there that can get you through.

12:36Definitely your easy weeks.

12:38I'm not expecting to go into Buffalo, but if we're going to be with our second string guy,

12:42maybe we can play an indie play, you know, play in Arizona at home.

12:46So that I agree with that.

12:48I agree with that.

12:50They thought that Skylar Thompson was the answer and we didn't find out until they were

12:560 and 2 when him in that it didn't work out.

13:01So that I agree with.

13:04But to put what has happened to the Dolphins this year.

13:08On tour, it's like we need to get over that.

13:14Two ain't a problem on this team.

13:16Well, except for dropping the snaps.

13:19OK, but come on, man.

13:21All right.

13:21Bumble.

13:23Oh, my goodness.

13:24Thank you, Tony.

13:25Thank you, Tony.

13:27You scared him.

13:28No, I didn't scare him away.

13:29Listen, I get here.

13:31Here's the deal.

13:32And I'm gonna be I'm gonna be straightforward.

13:34You guys tired.

13:35I'll be straightforward.

13:36You guys, everybody blows gas on, you know, and want to come in and say what the answer

13:41is.

13:41Right.

13:42And my thing is, is that everybody wants to spit out the problem.

13:47Tell me what a solution is.

13:49So, Tony, the quarterback, the quarterback, the quarterback.

13:53I'm like, so you think if you next year draft another quarterback.

13:58Even if you could get rid of tour, you think your team would be better and it'd be worse.

14:05Again, there you go.

14:07It's like you think you're going to be high enough to get Cam Ward with the Carolinas

14:13and the Saints and like, come on, the Raiders.

14:16Oh, please.

14:17Shador, Travis Hunter.

14:20I hate the idea of him on the Travis Hunter is not a quarterback.

14:22I know, but that's a whole different situation.

14:26That'll take.

14:26But what I'm saying is stop putting what has happened to the dolphins on tour.

14:32Kind of sounds like it's not kind of sounds like though.

14:34If it was Cam Ward, you'd be into that.

14:35No, I wasn't.

14:37Because your response was there to take.

14:40Here's what I would say.

14:42Here's what I would say.

14:43Tour is a really good quarterback.

14:45I agree.

14:45I'm a tour fan.

14:46And for people to say that all of this is on a quarterback and what I would say to you

14:54is this.

14:55Instead of spitting out gas and telling everybody what the problem is, give me a solution.

15:03Because you say, oh, if we had a different quarterback, we, you know, blah, blah, blah,

15:07blah.

15:07But I say this.

15:09Would the team be better if you just had the two pass rushers?

15:12Probably a lot better.

15:13You see what I mean?

15:14That's real or real or.

15:17But you can't come in here and bitch and moan about a quarterback right after a game.

15:23It was 25 or 28 and drove the team down the field to tie the game.

15:27Yep.

15:27You can't come in and complain about the quarterback last two weeks.

15:30He's had the lead untied, right?

15:33So let's if you got a problem with the team.

15:38Didn't at least make valid points, but every single week coming in here talking about.

15:46The quarterback.

15:48We're the only fan base that complained about a quarterback that went 25 or 28.

15:53Drove the team down the field, which is something you said he couldn't do.

15:57You should be talking about the real issue, which is we just signed a long snapper named

16:00Tucker Addington.

16:04This is why I do a show with a buffoon.

16:06Y'all get mad at me because I tried that.

16:09Like we sit here, have a real talk.

16:12This guy's talking about Patrick Harrington.

16:17Tucker Paddington talk about Joey Harrington, right?

16:22Like, what are we doing?

16:24Dude, if the long snapper walked in a dolphin uniform and snapped the ball through that

16:29glass, you'd say, who the hell is that?

16:31Yeah, well, I've never, I mean, he's new.

16:32I don't know.

16:33I've never seen him before.

16:34Because nobody's heard of a football player named Tucker Paddington.

16:38Nobody Paddington.

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