By firing the general manager of the Dolphins on Friday, a day after the team metaphorically failed to return to the field of play after halftime in a blowout loss to the Ravens at home, owner Stephen Ross activated one of several escape hatch plans in an effort to rebuild Miami.
While the knee-jerk assumption for some was that Mike McDaniel has survived the ever-familiar power struggle between coach and inherited general manager, I would caution those from considering that a realistic possibility.
