No NFL figure seems more aware that football is indeed a game, and how everything is supposed to be in good fun, than Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel.
Fans at SoFi Stadium saw an excellent example of McDaniel’s mischievous streak during Miami’s Week 1 matchup with the Chargers. NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah, who calls color commentary on the Chargers’ radio broadcasts, recalled McDaniel’s attempt to prank the opposing sideline on his podcast, Move the Sticks.
As Jeremiah explained, the SoFi Stadium scoreboard shows both teams’ coaches on its video screen during replay challenges. Aware he was on camera for everyone to see, McDaniel pulled aside his headset microphone and explicitly shouted out the words, “Run the ball the next five plays!”
