As we sit here in January, the Miami Dolphins are at one of the most uncertain crossroads the organization has faced in years.
The decision to move on from Mike McDaniel signals more than just dissatisfaction with wins and losses. It reflects a franchise recalibrating its identity, its leadership structure, and ultimately its long-term plan. And when coaching turnover meets a roster that is expensive, uneven, and still incomplete, the most important question becomes simple but uncomfortable: who actually matters moving forward?
For Miami, identifying true core pieces is not a long list exercise. It is a filtering process.