Mike McDaniel's final shot to stop panic from becoming a full Dolphins collapse

Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel | Rich Storry/GettyImagesThe Miami Dolphins opened the 2025 campaign with questions already swirling around their direction, and two weeks in, those questions have only grown louder.

Head coach Mike McDaniel entered the year on the hot seat, and his grip on it looks increasingly unsteady after a pair of losses that paint a troubling picture of a team losing its identity.

Week 1 was nothing short of a disaster.

Miami didn’t just lose to the Daniel Jones-led Colts in Indianapolis -- they were embarrassed. Falling behind 30-0 before finally scraping together a late touchdown in a 33-8 rout, the Dolphins looked like a team completely unprepared to compete in…