Category: NFL

The emotion belonged to Mike McDaniel. But it should be everybody’s emotion right now. The words he chose should be everyone’s words when considering Tyreek Hill’s incident with Miami-Dade police now that an officer’s body-camera video has been released. “Really, the time since (Sunday) to now I think for me personally, it’s been hard for me not to find myself more upset the more I think about it,” the Miami Dolphins coach said Monday. Everybody loses. That’s the saddest part of this incident. Everybody comes out looking bad or feeling worse because Miami-Dade police overreacted,...

MIAMI GARDENS — Miami Dolphins fans are at the point where they get nervous about their ability to watch games that aren’t played on Sunday afternoons, such as Thursday night’s game against the Buffalo Bills at Hard Rock Stadium. You become jittery about which app or streaming service you might have to purchase to watch a single game. Well, don’t worry. You can watch the game at 8:15 p.m. Thursday locally on regular TV — WFOR (Ch. 4/CBS) — if you live in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. If you live in Palm Beach County, however, you’ll need to stream the game on Amazon Prime Video....

His celebrating inside the stadium was tempered by his laying in handcuffs a few hours earlier outside it. His speed in Sunday’s game-changing touchdown was juxtaposed with his being stopped for speeding by police on his drive to that game. His answers about the Miami Dolphins’ 20-17 win against Jacksonville took a backseat to his question about being detained by police in the oddest season opener of them all: “What if I wasn’t Tyreek Hill?” he said. What if he wasn’t famous? What if he wasn’t rich? What if teammates didn’t come to help support him as he lay on the ground in handcuffs —...

Here’s a look at how the Miami Dolphins and Jacksonville Jaguars match up in six key areas ahead of Sunday’s season opener at Hard Rock Stadium (1 p.m., CBS and Paramount+): When the Dolphins run: Miami returns the No. 6 rushing offense, which was tops in the NFL in 2023 in terms of yards per attempt as the team was in the middle of the pack in terms of rushing attempts. The Jaguars have a top-10 run defense from last season, finishing ninth in that regard. The Dolphins ground game returns the Raheem Mostert-De’Von Achane combination and added rookie Jaylen Wright out of Tennessee as a...

Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said he wanted to put the backup quarterbacks Mike White and Skylar Thompson in “adverse situations” to judge them. I’m not sure how that factors into Thompson looking like the better quarterback Friday night in the preseason finale against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and seemingly to finish grabbing the job. Thompson’s stats Friday through three quarters: 15 of 18 for 149 yards and a touchdown. That’s the best preseason performance for either quarterback this summer. The only way it could not be Thompson’s job is how this “adverse situation” factors in....

Five thoughts on the Miami Dolphins’ preseason night against the Washington Commanders: 1. You couldn’t ask for a better opening drive for the Dolphins’ starting offense behind quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. There was no Tyreek Hill or Jaylen Waddle. But this offense still checked plenty of boxes: A. The first play was a signature quick strike from Tagovailoa to River Cracraft on the left side for 13 yards. Timing? Anticipation? Accuracy? All what you’d expect after watching this offense work last year; B. The second play went 5 yards to tight end Jonnu Smith, a sampling of what was to come at...

MIAMI GARDENS — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was nearly perfect Saturday night in his preseason debut against the Washington Commanders as the offense showed some of that toughness the team has been talking about throughout training camp. It was a good start for Miami, which took a 10-6 halftime lead in its second preseason game of the year on the way to a 13-6 victory. The Dolphins were aided by two missed first-half field goals by Washington, but things were still looking pretty good for Miami offensively to start the game while the defense might have some wrinkles to iron...

MIAMI GARDENS — Most of the Miami Dolphins’ top starters and top subs, including edge rusher Chop Robinson, the first-round pick from Penn State, were out of uniform for Friday’s preseason opener against Atlanta at Hard Rock Stadium. Dolphins quarterback Skylar Thompson, who is battling Mike White for the No. 2 job, got the start. Neither was overly impressive. But don’t start the calls for free agent quarterback Ryan Tannehill just yet. Friday was just one game. Most likely the Dolphins will stick with Thompson and White as their backup quarterbacks. Beyond that, the 2024 draft class had a...

MIAMI GARDENS — The Miami Dolphins kicked off the exhibition season Friday night at Hard Rock Stadium, and with several starters and veterans sitting out the preseason opener against the Atlanta Falcons, rookie running back Jaylen Wright was among standouts. Wright ran for 55 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries. The fourth-round draft pick showed a physical brand of running, going for 10 yards to the left side, with a nice seal block from fellow rookie left tackle Patrick Paul. Later, he scored a 6-yard touchdown up the middle where he refused to be denied. In the second half, he took a...