The third year of the Mike McDaniel era in South Florida is being approached with heightened urgency. The Miami Dolphins enter 2024 after failing to derail the league’s longest drought without a playoff win despite reaching the postseason in the last two seasons.
The Dolphins finished the offseason’s program last week with a three-day mandatory minicamp. McDaniel was asked to share his final message to players before leaving the facility until training camp in late July.
“Since you’re not with them every day, you try to have them understand what the six weeks and their decisions, how it relates to the overall football team,” McDaniel said Thursday. “There’s so often that – the work we put in is long and strenuous, and people do need life balance. But in that, there is a huge commonality that I think with the orchestration of what is currently orchestrated that when you get to the preseason, how much – or just you get to the season in general – how much is dependent upon those six weeks and you doing right by the team.
“What’s doing that, what’s doing right by the team? That’s showing up in shape for training camp, because if you show up in shape for training camp, check the box, we can work. All the things that you aspire for that season individually and as a team, those are on the table.”
The Dolphins plan to host 10 practices open to fans in Miami Gardens, beginning with ‘Back Together Weekend’ on July 30. Tickets are sold out for all but the stadium practice on Saturday, Aug 5.
