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Mike McDaniel’s NSFW Speech After Dolphins’ ‘Embarrassing’ Week 14 Loss Was So Good

NFL fans saw a different side of the Miami Dolphins coach in this speech.
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Mike McDaniel’s NSFW Speech After Dolphins’ ‘Embarrassing’ Week 14 Loss Was So Good
Mike McDaniel’s NSFW Speech After Dolphins’ ‘Embarrassing’ Week 14 Loss Was So Good

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The Dolphins lost in surprising fashion to a Titans team they probably had no business losing to back in Week 14. Miami made up for the loss by pounding the AFC East-rival Jets in Week 15, but not before coach Mike McDaniel tapped into a different side of himself. 

McDaniel, known for his quirky sense of humor and mad scientist-level schemes on offense, seems to have a more laid-back approach to coaching than some of his peers. But McDaniel ditched that style for a moment, delivering an impassioned—and NSFW—speech to the Dolphins with HBO’s Hard Knocks cameras rolling.

It’s worth watching in its entirety. 

“When you lose a game like that—that was embarrassing, humiliating. But, what I do know is if you’re trying to do anything this league, bottom line is, you have to go through s— together. Together! We lost that together. But I know who’s in this room and what we’re going to make of it. You with me? So we’re going to hit this, if it’s brutal, f— yeah! Bring that s---.”

In an electric speech, McDaniel told his team that the loss to the Titans was the “greatest thing that ever happened to them,” because it’s adversity that they went through together.

It appears that the Dolphins responded, as they throttled the Jets despite multiple players’ missing the game due to injury. 

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Tim Capurso
TIM CAPURSO

Tim Capurso is a staff writer for Sports Illustrated, primarily covering MLB, college football and college basketball. Before joining SI in November 2023, Capurso worked at RotoBaller and ClutchPoints and is a graduate of Assumption University. When he's not working, he can be found at the gym, reading a book or enjoying a good hike. A resident of New York, Capurso openly wonders if the Giants will ever be a winning football team again.

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