MIAMI GARDENS — When the words “players-only meeting” are mentioned in sports, alarms start sounding.
Are there internal problems within the team? Are players not accepting the coaching of their head man? Is a proverbial panic button being pushed within the walls of team facilities?
For the Miami Dolphins, it occurred one week into their 2025 season .
Dolphins players led their own meeting this week, following their season-opening debacle of a 33-8 loss to the Indianapolis Colts , which was firmly the worst Week 1 performance by any NFL team.
According to linebacker and one of the team captains, Jordyn Brooks, as the team turns the page to a home opener against the New England Patriots , it was about keeping teammates “locked in.”
“Losing the way we did Week 1, it can be discour