{"id":28051,"date":"2025-10-31T14:37:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/28051\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T14:37:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:37:22","slug":"controversial-former-dolphin-richie-incognito-calls-for-mike-mcdaniels-firing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/28051\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversial former Dolphin Richie Incognito calls for Mike McDaniel&#8217;s firing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dolphins fans aren\u2019t the only ones campaigning for a coaching change after Miami was routed by the Ravens, 28-6, on \u201cThursday Night Football\u201d at Hard Rock Stadium. <\/p>\n<p>Former Pro Bowl offensive lineman Richie Incognito Jr., who played for Miami from 2010-13, said it\u2019s time for team owner Stephen Ross to blow the whole thing up. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen enough,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/68INCOGNITO\/status\/1984083460647256369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> Incognito posted on X<\/a> after the Dolphins fell to 2-7.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis team\u2019s quit on Mike McDaniel. Time for Mr. Ross to clean house and reset the culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel speaks during a press conference after a loss to the Baltimore Ravens, Thursday, October 30, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla.  AP<\/p>\n<p>Incognito is famous for his role in the Dolphins\u2019 2013 Bullygate scandal, where he was the alleged ringleader of the hazing of teammate Jonathan Martin.<\/p>\n<p>Incognito never played for McDaniel, who began<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/20\/sports\/mike-mcdaniels-dolphins-future-gets-murkier-with-embarrassing-loss\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> his Miami tenure<\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>NFL Network\u2019s Ian Rapoport said during Prime Video\u2019s pregame show that \u201cit\u2019s safe to say Mike McDaniel\u2019s job status is firmly up in the air, on the hot seat as they say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rapoport, who said Ross likes McDaniel and still believes in him, explained that the coach will be evaluated on how the players respond to him in the locker room.<\/p>\n<p>Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross walks on the field before an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons, Sunday, October 26, 2025, in Atlanta.   AP<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo they keep playing for him, or do they not, and do you see it? That is doing to determine whether he keeps his job,\u201d Rapoport said. <\/p>\n<p>Just last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1980266957992612278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rapoport said <\/a>Ross had no plans on making a coaching change and wants to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1980268453824024652\" rel=\"nofollow\">go forward<\/a>\u00a0with McDaniel following the Dolphins\u2019 31-6 blowout loss to the Browns in Week 7.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tmake every NFL game pay off\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36699206\" width=\"158\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761917779_154_UnderdogLogo_Final_stacked-black.png\" alt=\"underdog fantasy logo\" class=\"wp-image-36699206\" style=\"width:158px;height:auto;aspect-ratio:1;display:block\"  \/> Underdog Fantasy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.underdogfantasy.com\/p-new-york-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Underdog<\/a> is where football fans become winners.<\/p>\n<p>Easy player picks<\/p>\n<p>No season-long commitments<\/p>\n<p>Real prizes every single night<\/p>\n<p>Use promo code NYPOST5 to get $50 in site credits when you play $5!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tMust be 18+ (19+ in AL, NE; 19+ in CO for some games, 21+ in AZ and MAZ) and present in a state where Underdog operates. Concerned with your play? Call 1-800-GABMLER or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncpgambling.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ncpgambling.org<\/a>. NY: Call the 24\/7 HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369). New York Post receives revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and when you make a purchase. The Underdog promo code might vary by location.\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins\u2019 self-inflicted mistakes cost them early in Thursday night\u2019s loss.<\/p>\n<p>Miami\u2019s only points came via Riley Patterson\u2019s field goals of 49 and 43 yards, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins\u2019 defense also had no answers for Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, who threw for 204 yards and four touchdowns in his return.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson missed the last three games with a right hamstring injury.<\/p>\n<p>Former Dolphins lineman Richie Incognito in 2013. AP<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins were booed by the home crowd as they left the field. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, personally, you want to dictate the terms. You want to fix stuff, and yeah, it sucks. That sucks,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/mike-mcdaniel-shares-fans-frustrations-in-latest-loss-which-pushed-dolphins-to-2-7-it-sucks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">McDaniel said<\/a> after the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of that does. But I think it\u2019s a pretty consistent formula of fans enjoy winning and so our expectation is that we have to do the work and do the right things for fans to enjoy the experience and unfortunately, we didn\u2019t do that tonight, so we got to get back to work to give them something to cheer about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins host the Bills (5-2) in Miami next Sunday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dolphins fans aren\u2019t the only ones campaigning for a coaching change after Miami was routed by the Ravens,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10103,123,1763,125,124,3003,119,110,20823],"class_list":{"0":"post-28051","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-baltimore-ravens","9":"tag-miami","10":"tag-miami-dolphins","11":"tag-miami-headlines","12":"tag-miami-news","13":"tag-mike-mcdaniel","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-sports-media"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28051","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=28051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}