The Miami Dolphins may have changed the culture, but they definitely haven’t changed the results. The team is currently 1-6 through seven games of the 2025 season. Their latest performance—a 31-6 blowout loss to the previously 1-5 Cleveland Browns—could be the last straw for head coach Mike McDaniel, and possibly for general manager Chris Grier as well.
This disappointing loss comes just one week after quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who threw three interceptions in Sunday’s game, publicly called out unnamed teammates for showing up late to or skipping player-only meetings.
According to a source speaking to Pro Football Talk (PFT), owner Stephen Ross entered the season intending to give the current coaching regime the entire year to turn things around. However, the inability to win games—aside from a Monday night victory over the still-winless New York Jets—might force Ross to make a change as soon as tomorrow.
Ross has a history of making midseason coaching changes. He previously fired Tony Sparano in 2011 after 13 games and Joe Philbin in 2015 after just four games.
If Miami decides to make a coaching change, potential interim replacements include associate head coach and running backs coach Eric Studesville, who was an interim head coach in Denver 15 years ago; quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator Darrell Bevell, who served as interim head coach in Jacksonville four years ago; and defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver.
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