Here’s why Mike McDaniel has a chance: He didn’t excuse the game like you did. He didn’t discuss the day as ruined by injuries like losing your best cornerback and top tackle or being on your third quarterback in rookie Skylar Thompson, who threw his first NFL pass Sunday.
Every team has an excuse, if they want it, and the Miami Dolphins had plenty of valid ones Sunday starting with quarterback Tua Tagovailoa out with a concussion and backup Teddy Bridgewater gone after one godforsaken play against the New York Jets.
With players collapsing across the roster, it looked like Armageddon for the Dolphins everywhere but on the scoreboard. Everything was fine there. It was Jets 19, Dolphins 17 early in the fourth quarter. The challenge was to grab an unlikely win as they faced first down at the Jets 41 yard line.
