Bradley Chubb Exposes Dolphins' Fake Culture Change: We Were Lying

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Bradley Chubb has dropped a truth bomb about the Miami Dolphins' 2024 season, calling out the team’s so-called “culture change” as a complete lie. In this video, we break down Chubb’s brutally honest comments, what really went wrong in the Dolphins' locker room, and why the team failed to live up to expectations last season. Was it the injuries? The lack of chemistry? Or something deeper within the organization? Head Coach Mike McDaniel responds, and Chubb reveals what’s different heading into 2025. Don’t miss this explosive take on one of the NFL’s most talked-about teams.

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00:00There was plenty of focus on a culture change prior to the Miami Dolphins 2024 campaign.

00:06Dealing with a torn ACL, Bradley Chubb didn't play a down for the Dolphins last year,

00:11but he was close enough to see any talk of a difference in ethos was a farce.

00:16I'm going to say last year, we were lying, honestly. Chubb said this week, via team transcript.

00:23Point blank, period. We felt it. We put our toe in the water,

00:28but we didn't dive all the way in. We didn't get all the way there with each other.

00:33We weren't making the effort to go the extra mile and I would say this year, we're doing that.

00:38Mired by injuries and underlying disharmony, Miami turned in an underwhelming 8-9 2024 season.

00:45It was the franchise's first losing campaign since 2019,

00:50and it seemed evident that a lack of team chemistry was prevalent.

00:53Ahead of the season, changing the Dolphins' culture was a prevailing topic,

00:59with the team aiming for a more united front and a tougher exterior.

01:03Perhaps doing away with the narrative that's followed them of struggling outside sunny Miami

01:07and against physical opposition. Chubb, the now-retired Terran Armstead and quarterback

01:13Tua Tagovailoa were among many in the pod who were sidelined during the season with injuries.

01:17Meanwhile, the prolific Dolphins' offense went from No. 2 in points scored and No. 1 in total

01:24offense in 2023 to No. 22 and No. 18, respectively. Miami was 3-6 on the road and after a season

01:32opening win was never above .500 again. Perhaps most notably, the year culminated with wide receiver

01:40Tyreek Hill exiting the team's season finale before the final whistle, concluding a season marked by a

01:46wrist injury and subpar production. This offseason, however, is different, Chubb believes even though

01:52that was the same narrative offered a year ago.

01:55I'm not sure how it's going to turn out for us, but we are putting forth that foot to change it

02:00because last year, like I said, we said we wanted to change, yeah, we're doing this, we're doing that,

02:06but it's not going exactly how we want to, Chubb said.

02:10But this year, I feel like everybody has the right mindset and moving forward, so if it works out,

02:16it's going to work out. If it doesn't, we're going to get back to the drawing board and make

02:21sure it works out. Snapping a five-season playoff drought, the Dolphins made back-to-back

02:27postseason trips in 2022 to 2023. However, they were one and done on each occasion as the club still

02:34longs for a playoff victory, something the Dolphins haven't achieved since the 2000 season.

02:40With a roster brimming with high-priced talent, there was plenty of needed rosters shuffling

02:45ahead of last season and there's been plenty this year, too. Notably, the team lost Calais Campbell

02:51and Armstead, two of the team's most respected leaders. Jalen Ramsey remains on the trade block

02:58and his departure seems as though it's more of a when than an if. So, all is not sunshine and

03:04rainbows in South Beach as the long-sought culture change is still to be strived for.

03:09It would have been awesome if he would have told me on the front end when they were lying.

03:14McDaniel said Thursday when asked about Chubb's comments.

03:17Beyond that, 2024, unless I'm using it directly for an analogy, I'm much more concerned with 2025.

03:25I think you do a lot more for the organization if you spend your time thinking forward in terms of not

03:30this, that, or the other, or whose fault it was. No, we want it like this. Let's do it like this and

03:37this is who we are. I don't even what year did you speak of. I guess I'll read about that in history

03:43books. Chubb is looking forward, though, and is optimistic his teammates will finally buy in and

03:49change their outlook and fortunes. Along that gaze, he also underscored that it's not about McDaniel,

03:55who coached the team to playoff berths in each of his first two seasons at the helm,

04:00altering his approach. It's about the guys on the field.

04:04It's not necessarily him changing, Chubb said. It's more about us, man, about how we accept what

04:11he's telling us. Like he may have a joking way of getting a serious point across, but it's up to us

04:17in the room to be like, okay, he might have said it funny, but at the end of the day, this is what

04:22we're doing and this is how we're moving about it, and as a team, this is what we're going to do.

04:28So not much of him has changed. I would say the people around him and the buy-in of the players

04:33that he wants has changed and guys are taking accountability of how we want it to look out

04:37here because he can only do so much in terms of with the game plan, the team meetings and all that,

04:43prepping and putting us in the right position, but we've got to go out there and execute.

04:47It's not about the coach needing to change. It's about us, the players.

04:53He might say something serious in a joking way, but it's our responsibility to understand the message.

05:00He can make the game plan and guide us in meetings, but it's up to us to execute it on the field.

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