Mike McDaniel: “We get what we deserve” when mistakes add up

The Miami Dolphins are 2-5 and it looks like the Buffalo Bills are on their way to the AFC East title without much resistance. A Bills win on Sunday against the Dolphins would all but guarantee that Miami has no chance of catching up.

But Mike McDaniel says there's no time to sulk after the 28-27 loss to the Arizona Cardinals.

“The answer is not to take your foot off the gas,” McDaniel said. “It's about looking carefully, which tomorrow will probably be pretty tough, but that's it. We have to fix it. We have to get the win…no team will honestly borrow a (expletive) over us.”problems.”

Those issues on Sunday included the Cardinals' inability to sack Kyler Murray or force turnovers, as well as four fumbles by the Dolphins' offense. While Miami swept three of them off the turf, one was scooped out of the back of the end zone by Tua Tagovailoa for a safety.

“We can’t have problems like that. You can’t just give people free points,” McDaniel said. “That ultimately made the difference in terms of points, but it wasn’t just that game. There were a variety of things that led to points, like not connecting and settling for a field goal at the 7-yard line earlier.”

“These are things that add up, such hard lessons, and they have to be lessons learned if you want things to change, and that's why we're going to have the opportunity to do that. It's going to be a long week, but we'll get what we deserve.”

The Dolphins don't deserve more than two wins and 10th place in the AFC for the time being.

And if Miami doesn't correct its mistakes very soon, this season will be a lost cause and it will be time to turn the Dolphins' attention to big changes for 2025 and beyond.

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