The Miami Dolphins are off to a rough start in the 2025 season. After losing to the New England Patriots by 27-33 on Sunday, they are now 0-2 in the season. This has fueled frustration among the fans, and now they know exactly who to blame. The head coach of the Dolphins, Mike McDaniel, is now on the hot seat. With the home-opener loss on Sunday, some experts also took to the sky to express their displeasure with the Dolphins’ HC.

Damien Harris, a former Bills RB, voiced his blunt opinion about McDaniel. “Mike McDaniel is a lost cause. We can sit up here and talk about the hot seat, but he’s out of here. He needs to be gone,” Harris said on CBS Sports after the game. “I would want out of there as fast as possible, because, from you know, whether it’s Mike McDaniels, whether it’s TUA, whether it’s the defense, whatever it is, this is an organization that has no foundation. They have no plan. They have nothing to build on. There’s no direction, there’s no discipline, there’s no execution.”  Harris stated the sorry state that Miami is in now. The lack of discipline and execution is a worrisome state, and McDaniels needs to go because he can’t help the team anymore. There is nothing much he can do over there. Concluding by saying, ” Me as a player…. I would not want to be in a place. That is a complete dumpster fire, which is where Miami is.” Calling them a dumpster fire this early in the season may be uncalled for, but looking at what happened last season, it won’t take long for Miami to nosedive.

Fans have been vocal about wanting McDaniel to leave as well. Their frustration was seen on Sunday when some Dolphins fans publicly displayed a banner that was flown over Hard Rock Stadium, which read, “FIRE [Dolphins’ GM Chris] GRIER. FIRE MCDANIEL.” They also started a GoFundMe page last week, raising $1,918 to pay for the banner.

Dolphins’ rough season start

Though it is too early to decide the fate of any team just now, no team looked worse than the Dolphins in Week 1. They were completely outplayed by the Indianapolis Colts, a team that hardly anyone expects to make the playoffs. The Colts won easily, 33-8, shutting out the Dolphins until the last few minutes. Miami’s defense struggled badly, giving up 418 yards to a Colts offense that wasn’t even considered very strong. Fans watching felt embarrassed and worried, seeing the Dolphins get dominated in nearly every part of the game. This was a tough blow and made everyone wonder if the Dolphins can fix their problems this season.

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While playing for Miami, QB Tua took 5 sacks and threw 1 interception. He completed 26 of 32 attempts. And threw for 315 yards with 2 touchdowns. Miami’s defense surrendered 33 points. Allowed a 58.3% conversion rate on third down, worst across the entire NFL in Week 2. Chris Kouffman posted on X,

“Not counting kneel downs, the Dolphins defense has allowed offenses to score on 12 of 14 drives this season, including 6 TDs and 6 FGs, with an average time of possession of 5 minutes. And one of those stops was because of a bad snap. Unbelievably embarrassing for the defense.” Even though the offense did a fairly good job, they lacked steam. After impressively overturning a 0-12 deficit to take a 17-15 lead early in the third quarter, Miami’s offense simply ran out of gas. The team didn’t manage a single offensive touchdown in the second half.

The Miami Dolphins really want to avoid starting the season 0-3 when they head to Highmark Stadium to play the

Buffalo Bills next Thursday night. The Bills are off to a strong 2-0 start, so it’s going to be a tough game. Miami needs to work hard on its offense, especially quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. Coach Mike McDaniel should find a way to bounce back and pull off a big, historic win to show this rough start was just a bump in the road, and that he has built a team ready to compete for the championship.