The Miami Dolphins plan to run issues again for a minimum of yet another season.
Regardless of a nightmare 2024 marketing campaign for Miami, Dolphins proprietor Stephen Ross on Sunday backed each head coach Mike McDaniel and normal supervisor Chris Grier. Ross launched an announcement to specific his assist following the Dolphins’ season finale in opposition to the New York Jets.
Ross additionally took accountability for the workforce’s shortcomings this season.
“Because the proprietor of this workforce, I’m in the end accountable for our successes and failures,” the assertion learn. “We fell wanting our expectations this season, and I perceive and share within the frustration in our efficiency on the sphere.”
“As we now look in the direction of 2025, our soccer operation will proceed to be led by Chris Grier and Mike McDaniel with my full assist. Their constructive working relationship is an asset to the Dolphins, and I consider within the worth of stability.”
Ross clarified that the Dolphins’ determination doesn’t equate to complacency. He added that the workforce will nonetheless take a “exhausting look” at what went unsuitable in 2024.
The Dolphins began the yr with a win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, then proceeded to lose six of their subsequent seven video games. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa additionally handled one more head damage scare that had some calling for the Dolphins star to retire.
The workforce closed the yr with a 6-3 document over its final 9 video games. Nonetheless, it wasn’t sufficient to get the Dolphins again within the playoffs for a 3rd straight yr.