
Nobody needed to tell the Dolphins’ players where they stood on Halloween morning.
They’d just been blown out after hanging around in the first half against the Ravens in a home Thursday night game. Their general manager of the last decade, Chris Grier, had been let go. They were 2–7, so the idea of making the playoffs was laughable. All of which put everyone in the building, from head coach to quarterback, on notice. And with the trade deadline looming, the team wouldn’t wait to make changes.