The Miami Dolphins are 1-2, but right now it seems more like they have no wins. Tua Tagovailoa suffered a concussion in Week 2, and the Dolphins have been dealing with quarterback woes since. In Week 1, the team overcame a late deficit to defeat the Jacksonville Jaguars. They have lost their last two games, so it hasn’t benefited them on the field. We may now have a stronger explanation for the Dolphins’ lack of inspiration in their lopsided Week 3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks than just the quarterback problems. The Sun Sentinel’s Dave Hyde claims that the Dolphins “don’t practice very hard”.
It’s well known throughout the league that life is simple at the Dolphins,” Hyde remarked. “I have to admit by the way they’re playing that it looks like they, you know… [sic] they weren’t ready for the season or they’re just not playing well.” Dolphins reporter criticizes team in recent remarks Hyde related a tale about how, in the midst of training camp, Washington’s players would be wearing full pads while the Dolphins players would be running routes in shorts and without helmets. After practice, he claimed, the Dolphins players would simply stroll off, whereas the Falcons would run sprints.
Hyde said he asked Mike McDaniel about it once and McDaniel responded that the Dolphins don’t do sprints because they “want to do more reps.” He also said he spoke with Calais Campbell about the Dolphins’ training camp and Campbell described it as “easy.”
After watching the Dolphins get blown out in consecutive weeks, is anyone really that shocked to hear these accusations? The Dolphins have played uninspired football, and it’s such a shame after the year they had in 2023.
Yes, Tua getting injured is a bummer, but even before he went down in Week 2, the team was still getting the crap kicked out of it. These comments from Hyde aren’t a good look for McDaniel or the Dolphins franchise as a whole right now.
