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• Phinsider Question Of The Day: What If It All Goes Wrong Edition

None of us know what will happen with our Miami Dolphins in 2025. We all hope for a considerable improvement of the product on the field over last season, but there are never any guarantees. The assumption among much of the fan base is that there are a lot of jobs on the line if the team does not, at the bare minimum, make the playoffs and possibly win at least one game. If neither happens, it's r...2025
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• Zach Wilson Makes Feelings Clear About Dolphins HC Mike McDaniel After Joining Miami
Miami Dolphins' latest addition Zach Wilson shares strong take on head coach Mike McDaniel's leadership skills....2025
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• Outside The Confines: The sights of Opening Day

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images We missed you, baseball, welcome back! After a long, cold winter, an opening series on the other side of the world, and a ton of very intriguing free agency signings and trades, the 2025 baseball season is officially underway. There was plenty of action to keep an eye on for Opening Day, but as is usual with the start of the season, there was also a lot of ...2025
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• Miami Dolphins Free Agency: James Daniels doesn’t care where he lines up; excited to play in Mike McDaniel’s Offense

Photo by Mark Alberti/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Left Guard? Right Guard? Doesn’t matter to James Daniels — he’s just excited to be playing for the Miami Dolphins! #FinsUp Two weeks after 2025 NFL Free Agency kicked off, I think it’s safe to say that the Miami Dolphins' most-prized free agent was former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman James Daniels. Daniels, 27, signed a thre...2025
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• Phinsider Question Of The Day: What Are Their Actual Plans Edition

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images I have no doubts that Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel and general manager Chris Grier appreciate starting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa as a person. He certainly seems like a genuinely friendly and good person. Unfortunately, while having players with those qualities is tremendous and even preferred, it’s not what he or any player in the NFL is bein...2025
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• Dolphins get Zach Sieler a running mate in latest 2025 NFL Mock Draft

Photo by Andy Altenburger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images In the latest 2025 NFL Mock Draft from CBS Sports’ Pete Prisco, the Miami Dolphins fill a massive need in the middle of Anthony Weaver’s defense. Before we get started, let me remind you of a phrase I live and die by: “Mock drafts are like buttholes, everyone has one, and they all stink!” Now that we have that out of the way, let’...2025
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• Miami Dolphins Free Agency: James Daniels doesn’t care where he lines up; excited to play in Mike McDaniel’s Offense
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• Dolphins clear additional cap space with Austin Jackson restructure

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Are the Miami Dolphins and Chris Grier about to make a move? Lost among the Benito Jones signing was this lovely little nugget from the Miami Herald’s Barry Jackson that the team has restructured a key player — freeing up additional cap space for general manager Chris Grier and head coach Mike McDaniel to use in free agency and the draft. According to J...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Is Mookie Betts trading strike-outs for strikes?

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images (It’s a very clever joke because he bought a bowling league franchise.) It’s not mystery that baseball players, being athletes, are often fond of more than one sport. Plenty of baseball players were on multiple teams in high school and college, lots of guys play golf (some, like Justin Verlander were actually semi-pro, at least according to his old T...2025
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• NFL free agency’s 6 biggest bargains in 2025 on offense

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images Here are the savviest free agency moves so far on offense. Super Bowl winners aren’t based entirely on superstars; they’re created by filling all the holes on their rosters intelligently and with the right money allotted to the right talent. As much as the 2024 Philadelphia Eagles had it going on with Jalen Hurts, A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith, the best offens...2025
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• Dolphins free agents 2025 day one grades: How did Miami do as free agency begins?

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images How do you think the Miami Dolphins did on their first day of the NFL’s 2025 free agency period? The official start of the 2025 NFL free agency period is not until Wednesday at 4 p.m. Eastern, but the “legal tampering” period - officially called the negotiating period - began on Monday and news immediately started flying. Teams were agreeing to deals wit...2025
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• 8 Players The Miami Dolphins Should Target in NFL Free Agency

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images With a plethora of needs heading into 2025 NFL Free Agency, here are eight players I THINK the Miami Dolphins should sign as Legal Tampering begins! #FinsUp The 2025 NFL legal tampering period officially kicks off later today, which means any second now, NFL insiders will be reporting on contracts that definitely weren’t being discussed before today. More i...2025
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• NFL’s Top 50 free agents, ranked, with predictions for where they’ll land

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Let’s rank the best 2025 NFL free agents, and prediction where they will land. NFL Free Agency officially begins on Wednesday, March 12 at 4 p.m., but as usual we’re going to start hearing about deals far before that. The league’s legal tampering period opens at noon on Monday, March 10 — and this is when deals can start being made and agreed to, even if...2025
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• Phins fans weigh in on the team trying to fix the offensive line

Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images Last week, I posted the following question: Do you think this new focus on finally getting the offensive line right is enough to get the Dolphins back to where they want to be and, in turn, save Mike McDaniel and Chris Grier’s jobs, or do you think it’s too little too late, and why? Below are some of your thoughts and answers- Jptapt no longer believes,...2025
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• 2025 NFL Combine: 5 prospects who reportedly met with the Miami Dolphins

Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images Here’s some of the players Miami spent time with ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft. With all 32 franchises in Indianapolis for the NFL Combine, draft preparation is well underway. Prospects are meeting with teams between measurements and drills, potentially offering clues about their NFL readiness. The Dolphins enter draft season with 10 selections, but with onl...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Spring Training stories

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Injuries, excitement, sneaky showcases... Spring Training has it all. We’re finally into spring training in a real way, with actual gameplay and so much is going on. Pitchers are getting fired up about ABS... and ABS might also be proving some players have been lying about their height. Three Twins players had a scary near-miss, meanwh...2025
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• Patrick Paul preparing to start for the Miami Dolphins as Terron Armstead weighs his future

Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images No matter what veteran left tackle Terron Armstead decides to do, Patrick Paul is hungry and looking to start for the MIami Dolphins in 2025 and beyond! #FinsUp The Miami Dolphins have important decisions to make this offseason, but none bigger than Chris Grier’s decision to finally upgrade the offensive line. Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel reiterat...2025
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• The Linc - Derrick Henry to the Eagles?
Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 4/22/23. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Eagles Rumors: Is Philadelphia closing in on a big deal for Derrick Henry? - PSNThe Philadelphia Eagles have been as relevant as they can be this off-season. After signing Jalen Hurts to a historical deal, it has been rumored that they are not done yet. Accordi...2023
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"Fans have been frustrated by the regression seem by the team in 2024, and there have been plenty of vocal calls for changes with the team, especially when it comes to head coach Mike McDaniel and general manager Chris Grier."

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"Mike McDaniel was an offensive assistant under Dan Quinn with the Atlanta Falcons."

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"Mike McDaniel snaps at reporter questioning Tua Tagovailoa's success in Dolphins offense: 'Who the F cares?'"

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"The Dolphins have agreed to a deal with Mike McDaniel to make him their next head coach, the team announced."

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"San Francisco run-game coordinator Mike McDaniel is getting a promotion."

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"Other candidates on the Browns’ radar include Josh McDaniels, Eric Bieniemy, Greg Roman, Kevin Stefanski and 49ers assistants Robert Saleh, Mike McDaniel and Matt LaFleur."

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"Browns to interview Mike McDaniel, Mike LaFleur for head coaching vacancy, report says"

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"Falcons offensive assistants Mike McDaniel and Mike LaFleur, as well as offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan worked for the Browns when Patriots DL Jabaal Sheard and RB Dion Lewis played in Cleveland."

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"BEREA, Ohio (AP) Mike McDaniel will not return to the Cleveland Browns next season as wide receivers coach."

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"“Without a doubt [he understands it],” receivers coach Mike McDaniel said, via Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer."

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• Miami Dolphins Free Agency: James Daniels doesn’t care where he lines up; excited to play in Mike McDaniel’s Offense
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• Phinsider Question Of The Day: What Are Their Actual Plans Edition
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• Dolphins get Zach Sieler a running mate in latest 2025 NFL Mock Draft
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• River Cracraft will be missed by fans and players alike

Photo by Ken Murray/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Former Miami Dolphins wide receiver River Cracraft signed a one-year deal with the Seattle Seahawks over the weekend. If you had asked me a few years ago who River Cracraft was, I’d joke about him being a Witcher or a character on Dungeon and Dragons or something like that. But then, in February 2022, the 6-foot, 198-pound wide receiver...2025
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• Dolphins clear additional cap space with Austin Jackson restructure
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• Outside The Confines: Is Mookie Betts trading strike-outs for strikes?
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• NFL free agency’s 6 biggest bargains in 2025 on offense
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• Phinsider Question Of The Day: Champ Kelly Edition

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images During a busy week of notable free agent player signings and losses, our Miami Dolphins also made a noteworthy addition to their front office. Miami added former Las Vegas Raiders assistant general manager Champ Kelly. Kelly is well-respected around the league and has been interviewed by several NFL franchises for their open GM positions in the past few y...2025
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• REPORT: Miami Dolphins sign punter Ryan Stonehouse

Photo by Bryan Lynn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Miami Dolphins special teams’ unit just got a massive upgrade with the signing of former Tennessee Titans punter Ryan Stonehouse. #FinsUP After years of being one of the league’s worst ranked units, the Miami Dolphins are finally making changes on special teams. The first of those moves, came shortly after the 2024 NFL season, when...2025
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• River Cracraft will be missed by fans and players alike
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• Outside The Confines: Is Mookie Betts trading strike-outs for strikes?
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• Phins fans weigh in on the team trying to fix the offensive line
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• How should the Dolphins approach their backup quarterback search?

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Would you trust a rookie quarterback in a must-win season? The Miami Dolphins signed Tua Tagovailoa to a four-year, $200 million extension last offseason, but the quarterback position is far from secure. The Dolphins have appeared in three playoff games over the last 15 years — two of those starts were by backup quarterbacks. Finding one capable quarterb...2025
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• The Linc - Kevin Patullo is “well-deserving and a great, great coach”

Photo by Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 2/20/25. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Who’s Kevin Patullo? The new Eagles OC brings continuity for Jalen Hurts — but he insists he’s not an extension of Nick Sirianni - PHLY“I don’t know if there’s too many coaches that are more detailed than Kevin — extremely detailed, extremely d...2025
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• Outside The Confines: No deal for Vlad Jr. and the Jays

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images The face of the franchise will become the face of free agency this fall. Happy Wednesday BCB friends! We have some interesting stories ahead for you today, chief among them being that one of baseball’s biggest extensions isn’t happening. The Toronto Blue Jays and Vladimir Guerrero Jr failed to come to an agreement on extension terms. As a result, Vlad Jr,...2025
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• How the Dolphins stack up in void-year spending

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Miami ranks seventh in the NFL in void-year cap hits—should they push even further to win now? The Miami Dolphins began releasing players on Friday to clear salary cap space. While teams often operate under tight budgets, the salary cap sometimes seems more like a guideline than a rule. Void years have become an increasingly common way to manipulate the salary cap ...2025
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• Dolphins get Zach Sieler a running mate in latest 2025 NFL Mock Draft
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• Outside The Confines: Is Mookie Betts trading strike-outs for strikes?
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• Dolphins go for value in free agency - The Splash Zone 3/13/25

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Welcome to the Splash Zone, the quickest way to get your day started off right. We bring you a rundown of Miami Dolphins news from the last 24 hours. The legal tampering period began on Monday and now the moves are official since the new league year began yesterday. The Miami Dolphins started out pretty quiet and waited a bit before making so...2025
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• Dolphins free agents 2025 day one grades: How did Miami do as free agency begins?
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• 2025 NFL Combine: 5 prospects who reportedly met with the Miami Dolphins
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• Back-to-Back: Dolphins Rank 1st in 2025 NFLPA Report Cards

Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images Hang the banner because the Miami Dolphins have once again been ranked the league’s top team according to the NFLPA’s annual survey. #FinsUp For the second consecutive season, the Miami Dolphins have been named the top organization by the National Football League’s Players Association. The survey, which included 1,695 players, covered everything from fa...2025
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• The Linc - Kevin Patullo is “well-deserving and a great, great coach”
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• Outside The Confines: No deal for Vlad Jr. and the Jays
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• Random Ramsdom: L.A. to go from first to worst?

Jason Parkhurst-Imagn Images Los Angeles Rams News and Links for 2/15/25 You can check out a bold prediction about the Los Angeles Rams below, and please keep in mind this is a bold prediction, but long story short is the writer (Kyle Soppe) calls his shot that the Rams can go from the first in the NFC West to last. What do you think about that? I think that’s a exactly what the headlin...2025
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• Chiefs-Dolphins is shaping up to be one of the coldest games in NFL history, and that could be bad for Miami

Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports The Dolphins better bundle up. As Week 14 of the 2023 NFL regular season drew to a close, the Miami Dolphins held a 27-13 lead over the Tennessee Titans with under four minutes remaining in regulation. Had the Dolphins won that game, they would have improved to 10-3 on the year, giving them a three-game lead over the Buffalo Bills in the AFC East. Even had th...2024
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• Mike McDaniel snaps at reporter questioning Tua Tagovailoa's success in Dolphins offense: 'Who the F cares?'

McDaniel isn't trying to prove anything, and neither are his players...2023
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• Fins' McDaniel: 'Extremely proud' to be biracial

New Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel affirmed that he is "extremely proud" to be biracial while addressing his upbringing in an interview with ESPN....2022
• Dolphins' Mike McDaniel tells doubters buying media's easy-schedule narrative to 'F off, with all due respect'

Miami had the easiest strength of schedule from Weeks 1-15 (.393) but now faces the toughest to finish 2023...2023
• Dolphins' Mike McDaniel says he 'can see a hunger in' Tua Tagovailoa after injuries derailed 2022 season

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• Dan Campbell among top NFL coaches players want to play for

Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY Sports Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell is among the most popular coaches in the NFL per a recent player poll. On Tuesday, The Athletic dropped their annual anonymous NFL player poll, and it’s full of a bunch of goodies. A total of 85 NFL players were surveyed on a wide variety of topics—several of which relate directly to the Detroit Lions. Most relevant to L...2023
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• Dolphins' Tua Tagovailoa has another confirmed concussion; Teddy Bridgewater to start vs. Patriots in Week 17

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• Outside The Confines: Is Mookie Betts trading strike-outs for strikes?
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• Arrowheadlines: Steve Spagnuolo likens Bo Nix to other AFC quarterback

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Chiefs headlines for Saturday, January 4 The latest Chiefs’ Steve Spagnuolo Outlines Josh Allen Qualities He Sees in Broncos QB Bo Nix | SI In particular, Spagnuolo saw similarities between Nix and Allen as runners. “This might sound really shocking, but when he tucks it and runs, I get visions of Josh Allen,” Spagnuolo said Friday. “He can go, and he’s a pret...2025
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• New Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel says he would start Jaylen Waddle in fantasy football next season
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• Phinsider Question Of The Day: What If It All Goes Wrong Edition
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• Miami Dolphins Free Agency: James Daniels doesn’t care where he lines up; excited to play in Mike McDaniel’s Offense
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• Outside The Confines: Is Mookie Betts trading strike-outs for strikes?
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• NFC East news: Commanders, Eagles using trades in addition to free agency

Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images The NFC East has improved a ton this week Sources: Texans land S Gardner-Johnson from Eagles for OL Green - DJ Bien-Amie, ESPN Free agency isn’t the only way to acquire players right now. The Texans are trading for Philadelphia Eagles safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson in exchange for left guard Kenyon Green, sources told ESPN. The deal also includes a pick swap, with...2025
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• Dolphins free agents 2025 day one grades: How did Miami do as free agency begins?
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• NFL Mock Draft 2025: ESPN two-round mock addresses key Dolphins needs

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images The Miami Dolphins head into the 2025 offseason with a lot of questions and roster needs. In ESPN’s latest mock draft, they fill two needs in the first two rounds. The 2025 NFL Scouting Combine came to an end over the weekend, bringing us one step closer to the 2025 NFL Draft. While we still have free agency for teams to address needs and nearly two month...2025
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• 2025 Miami Dolphins bold prediction: Could Miami clean house during the season?

David Santiago/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Could the Miami Dolphins be headed to a in-season house cleaning? Pro Football Network predicts it could happen. As we slowly work our way from the Super Bowl to the start of the 2025 NFL league year, the speculation for next year is starting to build. Which teams are in a position to succeed in the next season? Which teams ...2025
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• Dolphins not expected to use franchise tag on Jevon Holland - The Splash Zone 2/20/25

Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports Welcome to the Splash Zone, the quickest way to get your day started off right. We bring you a rundown of Miami Dolphins news from the last 24 hours. The Miami Dolphins don’t have many candidates to use the franchise tag on, but safety Jevon Holland would have been one of them. It was reported the other day that the team would not use the tag on th...2025
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• NFL Black Monday 2025: Tracking the head coaching, GM changes as 2024 season ends

Photo by Billie Weiss/Getty Images The NFL season ended yesterday, which means today will be the biggest day of change around coaching staffs and front offices. We track all the firings and rumors as the day progresses. The NFL regular season ended just before midnight last night, which means owners have had a few hours to ruminate on what they want to do with their teams. As playoff teams...2025
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• Arrowheadlines: Steve Spagnuolo likens Bo Nix to other AFC quarterback
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• Diamonds In The Rough: The Dolphins Best 2024 Acquisition

Al Diaz/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Who has been the best addition to the Miami Dolphins this season? The big news story concerning the Miami Dolphins this week outside of quarterback Tua Taogvialoa’s injury status is the fact that the Dolphins do not have one current Pro Bowler on their roster. There are players worthy of a selection, and you can make convincing cas...2025
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• Browns history: WR Corey Coleman opens up to DBN about Hard Knocks scene, mental health and so much more

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images 25 questions with a former first-round draft pick The Cleveland Browns were looking for some offensive punch in 2016. With a new head coach who was an offensive mind in Hue Jackson, the franchise just wasn’t scoring enough. The thought process was to bring in a young guy with plenty of speed to take the top off the defense. WR Josh Gordon had been the NFL ...2024
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• Dallas Cowboys: Where NFL coaching careers go to die

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Why are almost no Cowboys coaches getting promoted to the next level with other NFL teams? At the end of the 2013 season, the Washington franchise fired their head coach Mike Shanahan after a 24-40 four-year record. Little did anybody know at the time that Shanahan’s list of assistants in Washington would read like a Who’s Who of NFL coaches 10 year ...2024
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