The last thing this team needs is distractions. I've never been a fan of hard knocks because I think it detracts from the sport aspect. The league is slowly becoming more and more of an entertainment league and less of a sport.
Flag football becoming an olympic sport in 2028 is also not a good sign for where things are going, neither for the Olympics nor the NFL.
This can play out two ways. If the Dolphins go on a deep playoff run or even make it to the Super Bowl, then this will be an awesome documentation of their storied season. If we can't beat any of the top teams and sputter out early in the playoffs, then it's a heartbreak and possibly a factor. So I won't have a real opinion on this until February...but I'm going to enjoy it for now.
Honestly tired of all the hype. They need to figure out how to beat good teams and figure out how to slow down NFL offenses.
Ross don’t care he makes money either way he also gets exposure for his team and money from filming. Playoffs cost him money
naw he doesn’t he’s a business man, he has to pay up to the cap, but if he was serious he would force Grier to be a gem and fill the depth with talent. Instead year after year we have gapping holes in offensive line, defense and corner, this team isn’t built for championships at this time.
I get we can criticise Ross for some things (especially the tampering) but he wants to win. He's never been afraid to write big cheques for players and he paid for the stadium upgrades out of his own pocket. As you say, there is a salary cap but you can't blame Ross for the squad not having depth. Nearly every team in the league has depth issues at OL and other positions. I'd bet if there was no salary cap the Dolphins would be one of the top spenders based on his history with the contracts he's handed out.
Plus, he opened the checkbook to get Fangio, who was his head coach’s top target at a critical position. No, Ross is no longer part of the problem.
You can't just keep losing body after body and not feel it. People exaggerate the kind of depth you can really have at these positions.
I don’t like this either but who knows…maybe it’ll help us become NFL sweethearts and the referees will start rigging games for us
Agreed. We're the "new hot girl" in the NFL right now, getting the national media and sports fans in general on our side has a lot of beneficial consequences. It may be a distraction for players but I think it's good for the organization overall.
I don't know if you have noticed but the NFL is getting very close to being a scripted reality TV show. IE: the Chiefs and Taylor Swift.
And do you think I like that? My wife and I on Sunday saw the camera pan to Taylor Swift and both of us and the same time “WHO CARES?!?!?!?!”
The Miami Dolphins are set to be the focus of the second edition of in-season "Hard Knocks" and for good reason: they have a team full of dynamic personalities (including their coach) and the team is in playoff contention. However, quarterback Tua Tagovailoa wasn't exactly thrilled by the idea of HBO's cameras being in the building. Admitting to reporters Wednesday, "That was not my best body language in the team meeting when we found out." Last year, the Arizona Cardinals were the first team to be filmed for the famed docuseries in the regular season. As all previous editions would follow a team during training camp. Mike McDaniel added that while it wasn't exactly the team's choice, he can see the positives of the situation: I don't think it's a bad thing for people to see our day-in, day-out hard work. I know there's some guys on this team that garner interest, and I think that a platform for them to showcase who they are, and really the fan base to get to know the players and coaches better - I can understand the value to the National Football League, to HBO, to NFL Films, and I can understand the value for the Miami Dolphins. It's something that I think this particular team is equipped to handle. The show will reportedly air on MAX later this fall. But an exact release date has yet to be announced.
Tua Tagovailoa, Xavien Howard among Dolphins unhappy about being on 'Hard Knocks'; CB calls it 'bulls---' Howard feels the show will create another challenge for his team By Bryan DeArdo "Hard Knocks" is coming to Miami, and Xavien Howard isn't happy about it. The Dolphins cornerback didn't hide how he felt when asked about his team being documented by HBO's film crew during the regular season. The show -- which documented the Jets earlier this year but only during the preseason -- will begin following the Dolphins after their Nov. 5 game against the Chiefs in Germany. "'Hard Knocks' is bull****, especially during the season," Howard said, via The Palm Beach Post. "No, I'm serious. I'm not a fan." Howard, who didn't like the timing of the news (it came after the Dolphins lost, 31-17, to the Eagles on Sunday night), feels the show will create an unneeded distraction for the Dolphins, who are currently 5-2 and atop the AFC East division standings. He also doesn't think Miami has done anything to warrant such attention. "I feel like being around cameras and stuff like that -- I feel like we've got to do better," he said. "We've got to beat teams with good records. So I feel like before we get all the little fame that's coming right now, I feel like we've got to put in work." Several other players had similar responses when asked about the situation. A general worry amongst the players was that things won't be the same once cameras are inside the facility. "It's impossible not to feel a camera in front of you, right?" said wideout Braxton Berrios. "The thing is we want to make it as organic as possible. We want to make our building as normal as possible. So obviously there's a fine line. … We're not here for a TV show. We're here to win games." When asked about "Hard Knocks," quarterback Tua Tagovailoa said he prefers to go about his work in a private manner. He added the team will have to figure out how to adjust to the cameras. "This isn't something that's for me. This is something for the entire team and the entire team has to figure out how they go about that as well," Tagovailoa said. "So I know having conversations with some guys in the locker room that for them, it's going to be tough as well." Head coach Mike McDaniel acknowledged that "Hard Knocks" could be a possible distraction, but he doesn't expect it to create a negative situation. He's also confident any sort of issues that arise between the team and the production team will be worked out before it goes to air. The Dolphins will be the third team to be showcased on "Hard Knocks" during the regular season, following the Colts (2021) and Cardinals (2022). After a 9-6 start, the Colts failed to quality for the playoffs that season after losing their final two games. Last year's Cardinals squad started 3-4 before losing nine of their final 10 games. Arizona's 2015 team, however, had success despite cameras being inside the facility during the regular season. The first team to allow cameras to document an entire regular season as the subject of the first season of "All of Nothing", Bruce Arians' team went all the way to the NFC Championship Game before falling to the Carolina Panthers. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...about-being-on-hard-knocks-cb-calls-it-bulls/
I know a lot of you are against this, but I'm really looking forward to it! Hopefully this is our year and it all gets documented, would be super cool for future generations.
