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Dan Day and Chico break down the Miami Dolphins' frustating 24-19 loss to the New England Patriots on Gameday Uncensored Postgame. From callers demanding discipline to Ollie Gordon II’s costly penalties and constant trash talk, Dan pulls no punches on why the offense stalled.
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00:00If you're a real Dolphins fan, you're proud of this team.
00:04They played well, but you're also concerned about a few things,
00:07including the quarterback, whose decision-making has been a little slower than you'd like.
00:12If you're a real Patriots fan, you're probably at the game leaving right now pretty wet,
00:17but you're pretty happy because you found a way to win, especially in the second half.
00:20If you're a fake Patriots fan, we still want to hear from you.
00:23305-567-0560.
00:25Back to the phone lines, 104.3 FM, WQAM.
00:28What's your name? Where are you calling from?
00:31Go ahead.
00:32Hello?
00:33Yeah, go ahead.
00:34Hey, this is Joey in Texas.
00:36Joey, what part of Texas?
00:39We're southwest of Houston out in Hungerford.
00:41We call in all the time.
00:42Me and my son called.
00:44Oh, yeah, what's up, man?
00:45Howdy.
00:46Big pimp it.
00:46Go ahead.
00:47Howdy, man.
00:48Hey, if any of y'all want to mail me those Dolphin tickets instead of giving to these damn Patriot
00:52fans,
00:53we'd die to go to a damn game over there.
00:55We'd like some real Dolphins fans in the house.
00:57Thank you, Joe.
00:58I mean, it's embarrassing.
00:59It's embarrassing.
01:00I was listening to Joe Rose on the radio, and all I hear is the loud screams, and that's
01:04when the Patriots are doing good.
01:06I mean, I just don't get it why y'all are always giving them damn tickets to them Patriot fans.
01:11This is the thing, Joey.
01:12It's called Stockholm Syndrome.
01:15For so long, the Patriots ran the league, and they ran us into the ground that I know a lot
01:19of guys and girls down here that are born and raised in the 305 and the 954, and they're Patriots.
01:25Hey, Dan.
01:26I know, Dan.
01:27They've never even had a clam chowder.
01:29They've never had a clam chowder, and they're going, go Patriots, go Sox.
01:33Yeah, it's annoying, man.
01:34I mean, I'm over here in Texas, and it's just embarrassing.
01:37But we played good.
01:38The refs kind of hosed us on that one call, but the offensive line was terrible, man.
01:44Y'all are getting on Malik Willis.
01:45And, I mean, he didn't have a chance, really.
01:49Yeah, and I sang the praises of Jonas Savionaya this week, saying we haven't called his name all year long.
01:55He's having a great bounce-back year today.
01:57He got his first holding penalty.
01:58He wasn't very good.
01:59Caden Proctor was out.
02:00That had something to do with it.
02:02The offensive line was pretty bad today.
02:04Yeah, you're right.
02:05There was no run.
02:05I mean, Ollie Gordon II was getting hit in the backfield.
02:09So, yeah, took a step back today.
02:11He makes a difference.
02:12But, David, can I leave my number off air and any of these Dolphin fans,
02:16if they want to give them tickets to them, I'll just buy them from them.
02:19Yeah, just text us, 305-567-0560.
02:21Just say it's Joseph from Texas, and we'll make sure to get you some tickets,
02:24and you can represent wear your Dan Marino jersey out there.
02:27Or maybe go hardcore and wear something like a Jacob Rodriguez or something.
02:31Zach Thomas?
02:32Yeah, I met Zach Thomas not too long ago at the card show.
02:35He's my idol.
02:36That's a Texas guy right there.
02:38I like to hear it, Joe.
02:38Yeah, yeah.
02:39Deep in the heart of Texas, represent for the Dolphins.
02:41We need you, as always, 305-567-0560.
02:46Let's go.
02:46Back to the phone lines, 104.3 FM, WQAM.
02:48What's your name?
02:49Where are you calling from?
02:51Hello?
02:51Hey, what's up?
02:53My name is George, and I'm calling up from South Carolina.
02:56South Carolina.
02:57Come on and raise up.
02:59What's on your mind, George?
03:00Yeah, I was raised in Miami.
03:02I'm a big Dolphin fan.
03:03I even have the little box, so I can see all the Dolphin games from up here.
03:07Fins up.
03:08But, Jeff Hasley, he's got to get these players disciplined.
03:13When he came in here, he said his coaching thing was on discipline.
03:19These Dolphin players are making too much mistakes, especially with, I think, Ollie Gordon might have cost us the game
03:26today.
03:26I'm going to tell you this.
03:27Ollie Gordon, and I'm not trying to be mean, he needs to shut his mouth and play football.
03:31He talks more and more.
03:33And he got caught today with his hand in the cookie jar.
03:36They need to bench him.
03:37He needs to learn that this can happen.
03:39This is not McDaniel's regime.
03:41This is a new regime.
03:42And these Dolphin fans expect better from him and expect better from these players.
03:47They need to step up.
03:49I'm not expecting that they're going to do anything this year.
03:52I'm still watching the game.
03:54I'm still a diehard Dolphin fan.
03:55I'm not expecting a lot from them.
03:57And I hope that a lot of these Dolphin fans, wherever they're from, wherever they're at, California, Texas, know not
04:03to expect a lot from them this year.
04:06But next year, there should be no excuses for this team.
04:10Next year, in 2028, there should be no excuses for this team not to be competitive.
04:17Us as Dolphin fans, we are tired of mediocre.
04:21We are tired.
04:22Can we get a Super Bowl before this?
04:24First, before this next year or the following year ends.
04:29Can we get a Super Bowl, please?
04:30We'll get snow.
04:31I'm praying for a Super Bowl.
04:33Three things, George, that you brought up.
04:34And I want to touch on all of them because they're very, very good points.
04:37Number one, Ollie Gordon does need to shut his mouth and play football.
04:40I don't mind a little bit of trash talking, but it's very, very obvious.
04:43And you know what?
04:44Yeah.
04:45Win some games.
04:45I don't know you're having a good season, but shut your mouth a little bit and play some football.
04:49He got penalized today.
04:51Not very good on him.
04:52The only problem with benching Ollie Gordon Jr. is there's no one else.
04:56You want Jalen Wright getting in there?
04:58He had a paltry two carries for five yards.
05:00He's not our running back.
05:01He's not going to make this team next year, probably.
05:04So you can't really bench him.
05:06Number two, you do like the fact that this team with Jeff Halfley has totally changed the narrative.
05:13Remember how soft and how much of a joke we were around the league?
05:16They are a tougher team this year, and I do like that they are built around this toughness and this
05:21physicality.
05:21I did notice that today, and even the announcers said it.
05:24So I know as the Dolphins are saying, George, you're probably happy with the change in the culture.
05:29And one more thing before you hang up on me.
05:31I'm also a Dolphins fan.
05:34Let's go, Canes, baby.
05:36Oh, yes.
05:37That's all we have to hope for this year is that the Canes can win the national championship, and next
05:41year maybe our Dolphins will be competitive.
05:44So all these Dolphin fans, calm down.
05:46Calm your horses down.
05:47Next year we should be competitive.
05:49I don't think we're – you know, this is the third thing I wanted to touch on, George, from South
05:52Carolina.
05:53Of course, thank you for calling us, Dolphins Nation, representing all over the world.
05:56The other thing is I will give Jeff Halfley this credit, not just as he changed the culture, made this
06:01team more physical, more tough,
06:03and it's very obvious they are not the soft joke they were the past couple of years.
06:06And we're going to talk about Mike McDaniel, who I'm checking periodically to see if he's going to get fired.
06:10I have some intel on Mike McDaniel that we'll get to later, but this isn't a Mike McDaniel show.
06:15Not only has Jeff Halfley changed and made this team physical, tough, and nasty, but also he has not made
06:22excuses this year.
06:23He has not gone out and said, I got a lot of rookies.
06:26We got a lot of first-year guys.
06:28We got a lot of dead money.
06:30He's sitting there, and he made the mistake earlier saying, you know, this season can't be judged in wins and
06:35losses.
06:35Rookie coach mistake.
06:37He's come back on that and says, no, wins are important.
06:40We want to win.
06:41We want to compete.
06:42We're not looking towards anything but that.
06:44This team doesn't make excuses.
06:46They're physical.
06:47They're tough.
06:48They might not be the most talented, but at least you know you have that.
06:52And I want to give Jeff Halfley credit for that.
06:54Now, he got out-coached today.
06:56I'll give him that.
06:57He's a rookie.
06:58He's going to get out-coached.
06:59You know, it's going to happen.
07:01You said something about Ollie Gordon, Dan, that I can't – usually I would disagree with, but I can't disagree
07:05with.
07:05You know, he does a lot of chirping, a lot of chirping, but if you're going to do a lot
07:08of chirping, you better know how to fly.
07:09I see a lot of chirping, and I don't see a lot of flying, so you've got to deliver if
07:12you're going to be that aggressive.
07:13So I get you, Dan.
07:14And he's having a great season, and today he had 69 yards.
07:19But he had an okay game, and he's got hit in the backfield a lot.
07:22The thing is, I don't mind trash-talking.
07:24I don't mind letting him know.
07:25That can actually be part of your game.
07:27It gets you fired up.
07:28But you've got to do it.
07:28But you can't do it to the point that it's so obvious after every play, and then now you're going
07:33to start getting penalized.
07:34And if you noticed, after Ollie Gordon got that penalty, they started hitting him a little bit harder, trying to
07:39get under his skin.
07:40Again, you don't want to be that player known like that because it will bring the ramifications and the repercussions
07:46that Ollie Gordon started facing.
07:48Plus, can't bench him because you don't want Jalen Wright in there.
07:51I'm sorry.
07:52I've given up on Jalen Wright as a running back.
07:54Now, returning kicks, whatever.
07:56I'm just being honest with you.
07:58I've given up on Jalen Wright as a running back.
08:00Ollie Gordon's all we got.
08:01305-567-0560.
08:03How you feeling?
08:04104.3 FM, WQAM.
08:06What's your name?
08:06Where you calling from?
08:09Woo!
08:09Jake from Coconut Creek.
08:11What's up?
08:13It's Jake from Coconut Creek.
08:14How you doing all day, Dan Day?
08:15Man, I've been here all day, all night, man.
08:17No sleep, but, you know, lots of coffee and lots of dolphins and lots of canes, too.
08:21So, we got it going on.
08:23Hey, Dan, you're the hardest-working person I know at 560, man.
08:26You're always on the air.
08:27I appreciate you.
08:29So, I got two things for you.
08:31One is the rest of the bad calls.
08:34I know the bad calls to perfect canes when we got no run game going.
08:38And then, the other thing is, yeah, trash talk, discipline.
08:43What happened to that?
08:44I remember, I know Coach Haft, he did bench Ollie Gordon in the preseason for a penalty just like that.
08:49It needs to happen again.
08:51Maybe not for a game, but, like, set the tone straight.
08:55Yeah, so, if you couldn't hear what Jake was saying, you go, what happened to Jeff Happily when he came
08:59in and said, you know, we're not going to stand for players getting meaningless, pointless penalties.
09:05Why is he not enforcing that more?
09:07This is the thing.
09:08And I think we got Jake back.
09:09Jake, I'm sorry about that.
09:10Jake, this is the thing.
09:12In practice and in theory, it was the right thing to say.
09:15The problem is, when Ollie Gordon gets a penalty for talking too much, he looks down the bench and goes,
09:22I got nobody else, man.
09:24I can't give Jalen Wright the ball.
09:26He averages a yard of carry.
09:28I got no other running back.
09:29Like, we got Malik Washington as our backup running back.
09:34It's one thing to come in and say, I'm going to bench anybody that gives us a personal foul penalty.
09:38But then when you don't have anybody else, you got to go, don't do that again.
09:42You saw he called him over, Ollie Gordon, you know, you got to get back in there.
09:46It's unfortunately the hand that he's been dealt.
09:49So, that's kind of the thing.
09:50So, yeah, Jake, there's really nobody else.
09:53So, we're just going to have to kind of deal with that.
09:54Maybe he needs to give him a little bit of a financial reason to not get these penalties.
09:59That might be the next step for these Dolphins.
10:02Yeah, that would hurt.
10:03Yeah, perfect.
10:04And what do you think about the draft?
10:05Do we continue to tank or do we beat the Chargers and we beat the Jets one more time?
10:09Definitely beat the Jets.
10:10I don't care.
10:11I hate the Jets.
10:13I am chomping at the bit to dive into the Chargers because I got some intel, some inside information on
10:19Mike McGann on the Chargers.
10:20And if you're a Dolphins fan, you're going to want to hear it because, whoo, he is in trouble.
10:26But we're going to get to that later because we're talking about the Dolphins.
10:29Because right now, look, I think this Dolphins team now, I've seen enough to know this is a decent enough
10:34team to win four or five games this year.
10:37I don't think they're going to be anywhere near the first overall draft pick.
10:42I know we just lost and we're one and six.
10:45But I don't know about you, Jake, but I feel as though there's some wins in there in the next
10:49ten games.
10:51I'm going with the ride, Dan.
10:52Hey, thanks for taking my call, man.
10:54I appreciate you.
10:54That's it.
10:55Hey, look, it's not where you draft.
10:57That is important.
10:57I get it.
10:58It's how you draft.
10:59And we know, at least from one draft, John Eric Sullivan and Jeff Haffley, pretty darn good.
11:05We saw some players today on the rookie side.
11:08Jacob Rodriguez, he had the peanut punch out, forced fumble.
11:12We saw Chris Johnson had an interception, but had some big plays in there.
11:17That was pretty good.
11:18We know Caleb Douglas.
11:18Kevin Coleman catches a touchdown pass.
11:21Chris Bell had some yards.
11:24Cain Proctor, he was hurt today.
11:26He makes a difference on the offensive line.
11:28Chop Robinson had some sex to do.
11:30Right, but I'm talking about the rookies on this team.
11:31The rookies, look, it's not always where you draft.
11:35It's who you draft.
11:37And if John Eric Sullivan this first year is representative of what he will be doing, we don't need the
11:42number one overall pick.
11:43I'm not 100% sold on Drew Mestamaker.
11:46Of course, I'm not 100% sold on Malik Willis.
11:49I think his decision-making and processing is a little slower than I'd like.
11:52But nonetheless, I'm okay with not having the number one overall pick.
11:57I'm all about one game at a time.
11:59Let's win against the Detroit Lions, who have no secondary defense, but they did win today.
12:03305-567-0560.
12:05Donald, what you got, man?
12:07Is it me?
12:08Is it me?
12:09It's you, Don.
12:09We got you.
12:10What's happening?
12:11All right, listen, I've been a Dolphin fan for 60 years, okay?
12:16I know what kind of team we got, but I bet on them today.
12:19I put money on the Fins today.
12:21Put your money where your mouth is.
12:23I knew they could win this game.
12:25I thought they were.
12:27The defense is as good as any defense could be with what we have.
12:31You're right.
12:32Okay?
12:32The offense has some players, but you know what?
12:37I believe I have to agree with you.
12:40What happened to the offense in the second half, and I believe Malik Willis, you know,
12:45God bless his heart, but he's not seeing the field.
12:48He's not getting it done.
12:50You're right.
12:51And the offense cost me my money today.
12:56Huh?
12:56Donald, you have a right to be upset because when someone hits you in the pocketbook,
12:59you should be mad.
13:00I thought the Dolphins were going to win.
13:02I thought the Dolphins were going to be up 13-3 at halftime, and they were going to find
13:06a way to score a touchdown, kind of like at the Jets game, kind of find a way to get
13:08a
13:08big touchdown here and there, keep the Patriot at arm length, and just kind of get through
13:13it all.
13:13And look, we were a couple of referee challenge and reviews away from winning this game.
13:19Unfortunately, I'll be honest with you, Donald, and be honest with me, and I know you just
13:22lost some money, the referees with the reviews did get it right.
13:25They did get it right that there was a touchdown on that long pass to, let's see, Kyle Williams.
13:31He did cross the goal line.
13:33And then when they went for it on fourth and down, fourth down, Chris Johnson looked like
13:36he got the stop, but I did see the replay, and it looked like they got it.
13:40So, can't catch a break, man.
13:41It's one of those things.
13:42And when it comes to losing money on the Dolphins, I have one...
13:45Sorry, go ahead.
13:46Had the offense played more on the field, been more on the field, you know, we could
13:52have kept them from scoring with our offense, but we weren't out there enough.
13:56And then that, the last drive where we got a touchdown before the end, there was no urgency.
14:01Nope.
14:01You know, it just wasn't there.
14:04Donald...
14:04And I know we have a ton of rookies on the team, but I just didn't see the urge to
14:10win
14:10in the second half today.
14:11I'm disappointed.
14:12We don't, Donald, have the personnel.
14:14We don't have the scheme to have any urgency.
14:17We are a team that's built for long, slow, methodical drives that keeps the ball out of
14:22the other team's hand.
14:23And when you have to flip that switch, it's just not there.
14:26You saw it today.
14:27One quick question.
14:28One quick question.
14:29Yes.
14:29Which quarterback do we take next year?
14:32I'll leave you with that.
14:33I'll leave you with that.
14:34I'll be with you, Donald.
14:35Look, I'm sad at this.
14:36And you know, everybody, and I think it's kind of a cop-out.
14:39I'll be honest with you.
14:40Maybe you feel differently.
14:41People always say, and they try to berate you for saying, give the quarterback time.
14:47You can't just, what if you give up on him too soon?
14:50Well, we sat around forever.
14:52Yeah, we did.
14:53Hey, Dan.
14:53Forever with Ryan Tannehill.
14:55Give him time.
14:56It's such a cop-out.
14:58Because you say, give him time.
15:00You're being, you're not being fair to the quarterback.
15:03And then when they don't produce, those people just disappear.
15:05Yeah.
15:05They make you feel bad for saying, you're not the guy.
15:08We took forever with Tua Tungvaloa.
15:11And by now we know, Tua sucks.
15:13I'm sorry.
15:14If you don't think he sucks, call me up.
15:16305-567-056.
15:18You saw when he got in the game the other day, and the Ravens celebrated and had audio going,
15:23oh, we're going to get this.
15:25You're fired up, man.
15:26Tired of this.
15:27We got to give him time.
15:29How dare you not give this guy time?
15:31How about you be a pro and go in there and make plays?
15:34Malik, you had a good day at the office last week.
15:36Also.
15:37Didn't have a great day at the office this week.
15:39Your decision-making and your processing, I'm going to tell you right now, it needs to
15:43get quicker.
15:44You know what they say?
15:45I'm going to quote a local philosopher, a local rapper, Maurice Young, a.k.a.
15:49Trick Daddy.
15:50And his wise words are, I'm in debt because I'm betting with the Dolphins.
15:54Welcome to the club, brother.
15:56Donald, sorry you lost money.
15:57It's not your fault.
15:58The Dolphins just got out-schemed, out-played, and out-experienced in the second half.
16:02They were the better team in the first half.
16:04Obviously, only give up 97 yards.
16:07Chop Robinson gets the sack before halftime.
16:08Chop Robinson comes out after halftime, gets another sack, and you think, come on.
16:12And then Vrabel, Drake May, and the experience.
16:15They had no real starting wide receivers today.
16:19Still burnt us with some long passes.
16:20But we're okay.
16:22That missed field goal, Dan, it took the air out of my lungs, Dan.
16:25We were in that game with that field goal.
16:27We could have made that field goal, but again, the Dolphins missing a kick.
16:31But you seem to say that it's something going on in the league.
16:33I mean, at the point, it would have been 24-16 if Zane Gonzalez makes that 43-yard field goal.
16:39I don't think the Dolphins had enough urgency.
16:41I was telling you, Chico, at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
16:43Like a piano on their back.
16:45Once DeMario Douglas had that long touchdown pass and went 24-13 with 12-39 left in the fourth quarter,
16:52I was like, we don't have the personnel, the scheme to be urgent enough to put together some quick drives
16:58and score.
16:59We're going to run out of time.
17:01And lo and behold, that's exactly what we did, 24-19.
17:05They get that conversion on third down.
17:08They get a first down.
17:09They run out the clock.
17:10And now we get ready for the Lions next week.
17:13I will say, though, Dan, it was nice to be in a game.
17:16Competitive.
17:16We've been in every game this year, though.
17:18Yeah, you're right.
17:18I guess you're right.
17:19For the people that sit there like, we're not even a professional team.
17:21We are a professional team.
17:22If you look back at it.
17:23We are competitive.
17:24Outside of the 49ers and every quarterback in the goddamn league knowing exactly what we're doing, we're in the game.
17:30Yeah, if you look back at our losses, it's literally been one blade of grass that got in the way
17:34that ruined that one game.
17:36And then the roughing the passer, what was Chuck Robinson supposed to do, put a pillow down for the guy?
17:41So it really has been these one little thing, these one little incidents that have changed the entire momentum of
17:47the game.
17:48We've been in these games.
17:49My friend Carol and her brother Dolphin Dave leave in the game.
17:53They're wet.
17:53They're rainy.
17:54They're optimistic about this Dolphins team.
17:56But at the same time, you want wins.
17:59It's one of those things.
18:00We're just a couple plays away here and there.
18:02We're young.
18:02We're going to have to find ways, like the New England Patriots did today, to find ways to win with
18:07experience and coaching.
18:08And it, unfortunately, comes with time.
18:11305-567-056.
18:12You're going to take more of your phone calls next.
18:14Hold tight.
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