If Mike McDaniel had one chance to clap back at the crowdsourced banner carrying ‘Fire McDaniel,’ Thursday Night Football was the day. He’d tell the team it did not matter if it was 0-2 or 2-0 entering Week 3; their single goal was to reverse the course against the charged Buffalo Bills in the nationally televised game. The Dolphins needed it. The HC needed it.
McDaniel has landed far away from being a guy who led the Dolphins to 20 wins in his first 33 games. Today, he’s a coach who struggles against good teams, who can’t win on the road, and whom the bookies are betting on to get fired this season. A win against the Bills would have been an answer to every doubt. But come Thursday night, it remains a ‘would have been’. Sean McDermott’s squad surged ahead for a 3-0 start to the seaso