{"id":12797,"date":"2025-10-20T19:40:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T19:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/12797\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T19:40:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T19:40:18","slug":"dolphins-not-expected-to-fire-mike-mcdaniel-following-embarrassing-blowout-vs-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/12797\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins not expected to fire Mike McDaniel following embarrassing blowout vs. Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Article-featuredImageImg\" alt=\"mc.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mc.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"433\" width=\"770\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/MIA\/miami-dolphins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Dolphins<\/a> fell to 1-6 on Sunday following a 31-6 loss to the previously one-win <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/CLE\/cleveland-browns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>. It&#8217;s fair to say that coach Mike McDaniel is firmly on the hot seat, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1980268453824024652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">but no changes are expected at this time<\/a>, according to NFL Media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Ian Rapoport reported that Dolphins owner Stephen Ross likes McDaniel and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/dolphins-owner-stephen-ross-will-be-patient-with-coach-mike-mcdaniel-firing-not-imminent-per-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wants this hire to work out<\/a>. Ross even invested in McDaniel last year by signing him to a contract extension that goes through 2028. However, if fans stop showing up to games and McDaniel loses the locker room, that could lead to a change.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the Dolphins offense recorded 219 total yards, converted just 1 of 13 third downs and lost the turnover battle 4-0. <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2741209\/tua-tagovailoa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tua Tagovailoa<\/a> became the first quarterback to throw three interceptions in two straight games since <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/493041\/philip-rivers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philip Rivers<\/a> in 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The way I look at this job is I find it very offensive to all parties involved if I&#8217;m thinking about having the job &#8212; I need to be doing my job,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/46652499\/mike-mcdaniel-focus-1-6-dolphins-not-my-own-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">McDaniel said following Miami&#8217;s loss to Cleveland<\/a>. &#8220;So, for as long as I coach for the Miami Dolphins and this organization, they&#8217;ll get everything from me. And I refuse to spend my time thinking about [my job security] &#8230; You have a job, you do your job and you do it to the best of your ability. That&#8217;s where my concern lies. I think it&#8217;s offensive to all coaches, players and the organization if I&#8217;m spending that precious time thinking about myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2023, Miami led the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> in total offense with a whopping 401.3 yards per game, but those days feel long ago.<\/p>\n<p>Dolphins under Mike McDaniel (since 2022)<\/p>\n<p>Record<\/p>\n<p>20-14<\/p>\n<p>9-15<\/p>\n<p>Points per game<\/p>\n<p>26.3<\/p>\n<p>20.2<\/p>\n<p>Yards per game<\/p>\n<p>382.9<\/p>\n<p>311.9<\/p>\n<p>McDaniel has gone 29-29 in his four seasons with Miami. He has a 3-15 record vs. winning teams, and a 26-14 record vs. teams .500 or below. He&#8217;s made the playoffs twice, but failed to win either postseason appearance. The Dolphins are in the midst of the longest active playoff win drought in the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a>, dating back to 2000, and the fourth-longest active division title drought, dating back to 2008.<\/p>\n<p>McDaniel isn&#8217;t expected to be fired this week, but it&#8217;s clear something has to change with this team. The Dolphins return to action next week in Atlanta, and will take on <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/3168163\/bijan-robinson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bijan Robinson<\/a> and the 3-3 <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/ATL\/atlanta-falcons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Falcons<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images The Miami Dolphins fell to 1-6 on Sunday following a 31-6 loss to the previously one-win&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[11558,11559,10575,123,1763,11557,125,124,3003,11556,119,11560,1762],"class_list":["post-12797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-bijan-robinson","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-miami-dolphins-coach","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-mike-mcdaniel","tag-mike-mcdaniel-hot-seat","tag-nfl","tag-philip-rivers","tag-tua-tagovailoa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}