Before new Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel approached the microphone at the NFL’s annual league meeting for his first public comments since his team’s big offseason haul, a soon-to-be adversary stopped him to say hello.
It was a pairing of old school and new school in the AFC East as New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, stationed to speak next to McDaniel on Monday morning at a ballroom at The Breakers, had a quick conversation with the new division rival.
“I feel like I’m a couple of wins behind him in the win-loss column,” McDaniel said of interacting with Belichick, who is 321 regular and postseason wins, to be exact, ahead of the first-time head coach. “I have the utmost respect and admiration for a coach of his caliber. One of the best ever, if not the best ever to do it.
