MIAMI GARDENS — Here’s what’s happening with the Miami Dolphins right now — we’re watching the general manager Chris Grier / coach Mike McDaniel / quarterback Tua Tagovailoa era descend from mediocrity to failure. It’s an alarming slide.

I’ve written that this season was going to be mediocre and that a full-blown rebuild was coming in 2026. There’s no guarantee on either of those happening. I spoke to six players Wednesday in the locker room, some on the record and some off the record. They still believe this is a talented team and they can turn things around.

The ultimate judgment of the Grier-McDaniel-Tua era, an era that had high hopes and lots of talent, depends on such a turnaround.

McDaniel could end this season, and his era, as the most disappointing Dolphins c

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