MIAMI GARDENS — Mike McDaniel was introduced to the intensity of the rivalry between the Miami Dolphins and Buffalo Bills by a middle finger, as he put it.

It was the image of former Dolphins linebacker Bryan Cox, in 1993, walking out through the tunnel at Rich Stadium, now known as Highmark Stadium, greeting Bills fans with two outstretched arms and middle fingers.

“I was like, ‘Woah, that’s intense’ when I was young,” said McDaniel, who would’ve been 10 years old at the time and a young Denver Broncos fan growing up in Colorado. “As a kid and off the rip, I was like, ‘That’s a different set of fanbases that are both very prideful, so stuff is going to pop off.’ ”

Thirty-two years later, it seems possible the Bills could present McDaniel, who said he has been on the receiving end of

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