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It’s only Week 3, but Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel could be considered to be coaching for his job on Thursday Night Football.
The Dolphins make the daunting trip to upstate New York to face their AFC East rivals the Buffalo Bills having made a highly disappointing start to the season. With a humiliating loss to the Indianapolis Colts in Week 1 followed up by defeat to the New England Patriots in their home opener, the Dolphins are in a 0-2 hole.
That start has put McDaniel under huge pressure, with some uninspiring appearances at the press conference podium in the wake of those losses not helping the public perception around McDaniel.
Asked about his team’s final possession in their 33-27 loss to the Patriots, McDaniel offered a bewildering assessment.
“That’s kind of where the frustration lies for me is it wasn’t deciding [the play call] that cost us, or a late play call, which that happens at times,” McDaniel said. “But this was not one of those times. I got the play call in, but I need to do a better job supervising the orchestration within our multiple personnel groups.
“To win games, you have to win the game and not lose the game, honestly. And that is how you lose the game. You’re moving the ball down the field, you’re first-and-10 and then you find yourself at second-and-20. That was critical.”
The Dolphins odds of winning — or not losing — in Buffalo appear slim.
