The Miami Dolphins plan to run issues again for not less than yet another season.
Regardless of a nightmare 2024 marketing campaign for Miami, Dolphins proprietor Stephen Ross on Sunday backed each head coach Mike McDaniel and basic supervisor Chris Grier. Ross released a statement to precise his help following the Dolphins’ season finale in opposition to the New York Jets.
Ross additionally took accountability for the crew’s shortcomings this season.
“Because the proprietor of this crew, I’m in the end accountable for our successes and failures,” the assertion learn. “We fell in need of our expectations this season, and I perceive and share within the frustration in our efficiency on the sector.”
“As we now look in the direction of 2025, our soccer operation will proceed to be led by Chris Grier and Mike McDaniel with my full help. Their optimistic working relationship is an asset to the Dolphins, and I consider within the worth of stability.”
Ross clarified that the Dolphins’ choice doesn’t equate to complacency. He added that the crew will nonetheless take a “onerous look” at what went mistaken in 2024.
The Dolphins began the yr with a win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, then proceeded to lose six of their subsequent seven video games. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa also dealt with yet another head injury scare that had some calling for the Dolphins star to retire.
The crew closed the yr with a 6-3 document over its final 9 video games. Nonetheless, it wasn’t sufficient to get the Dolphins again within the playoffs for a 3rd straight yr.