Mike McDaniel, the head coach of Miami Dolphins, and where he is as a caller

Mike McDaniel’s reputation as a bright offensive mind can be the biggest reason why the Dolphins in Miami hired as head coach in 2022 and also played an important role in the team’s offensive success in his first two seasons.

But when things went south for dolphins this last season, as a small part, because the beginning of the quarterback Tua Tagovailoa missed six games, some fans and media members started suggesting that maybe McDaniel to give up duties to play.

“Yes, I think I always consider it, just because this is something I don’t go in for another reason, but I think the team is best served with me, who called the pieces,” McDaniel said during his press. End of the season the conference after the team finished 8-9 and missed the playoffs for the first time during his term. It is not a self -service process and a part of the evaluation process in general, I do this because I am the best person to facilitate this in this crime and our players, and the second that changes, I will change . “

McDaniel has always had the same answer when a game call was questioned after the fact, stressing that it is easy to guess the second when the result is not favorable.

And he’s right.

He was also right more often than a player.

Not by chance, the dolphins led the NFL in the total crime in 2023, after they were sixth in McDaniel’s first year in 2022.

And while things fell in 2024-Delphins gave up OT in the 18th place in total offense, McDaniel’s work as a call player is still respected at national level.

The 33rd team posted its top-caller ranking in the NFL which is heading off the 2025 offseason, And McDaniel came to number 8.

The only ones in front of him were Kyle Shanahan in San Francisco 49ers, Sean McVay from Rams, Matt Lafleur, from Green Bay Packers, Kevin O’Connell, Minnesota Vikings, Andy Reid from Kansas City, Ben Johnson from Chicago Bears and Sean Payton from Denver Broncos.

Note that the first four, as well as McDaniel, are part of the coach tree Mike Shanahan. Also, keep in mind that all the first eight are main coaches now, when Johnson has a new job after being an offensive coordinator of Detroit Lions.

“The crime in Miami is unique in the way it asks the quarter to get rid of the ball quickly, and the receptors will descend faster than any other crime in the league,” wrote Dan Pizzuta. “I saw how this does not work as well with the backs of the list. McDaniel was able to throw a change every year but did not have one this year. Tua Tagovailoa was better From the structure, but that was not so much in the game.

We can debate exactly where McDaniel belongs to this list, but it is quite clear that it should be in the upper half, and a top 10 ranking seems legitimate.

If McDaniel would eventually decide to religion these duties, as the head coach of Philadelphia, Nick Syriani, in his first season, because he wanted to be more involved on each aspect, dolphins do not would definitely be missing for other candidates.

Between the offensive coordinator Frank Smith, the QB coach/Coordinator, Darrell Bevell and the passing game coordinator, Bobby Slowik, McDaniel would have a lot of options.

The question is whether the time will ever come.

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