The Curious Case Of The Dolphins' Overnight Regression In Short Yardage & Another QB Complication

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🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Miami Dolphins’ short yardage offense collapses, fueling uncertainty about Tua Tagovailoa’s future and the team’s next moves. Kyle Crabbs dissects the Dolphins’ stunning drop from league-best to dead last in third-and-short conversions after Week 10, spotlighting failed play calls and personnel decisions under Mike McDaniel. Is Miami’s passing game structure too rigid for success, or are injuries and coaching holding the offense back? With Geno Smith and Kyler Murray emerging as possible veteran quarterback options at a bargain, Crabbs explores how their availability complicates any Tua Tagovailoa trade scenario. Hear sharp insights on the Dolphins’ defensive turnaround, possible coaching staff shakeups, and what Miami must fix to reclaim their offensive edge. Can McDaniel and the Dolphins adapt in time, or is a major offseason overhaul inevitable?

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0:00.0	You're probably very well aware of the dolphin's short yardage progression this season,
0:05.0	but do you know just how bad it really is?
0:15.0	You are Locked on Dolphins, your daily Miami Dolphins podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:26.5	All right, Miami.
0:27.8	Welcome to another episode of Locked on Dolphins.
0:30.2	It is your team every day here on the Lockdown Network.
0:32.8	I'm your host, Kyle Crabs, a lifelong Miami Dolphins fan, host of Lockedon Dolphins, co-host of Lockedon NFL scouting, author of Touchdown Miami on Substack NFL staff writer for A to Z sports. I want to go special welcome and shout out to our every day because it is your team every day. We don't just say it. We live it. You're on the Locked On network special. Thank you to each and every one of you who have helped to make the Lockdown Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast network in the world.
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1:05.8	Today on the show, some complications for the quarterback market this offseason.
1:10.6	As it pertains to, it's like it's good
1:12.7	and bad news for miami uh specifically with what their plan may or may not be with what they
1:19.4	aspire to do potentially for to a tongue of a low whether or not he's back uh the short yardage progression is going to get put under the spotlight in one of the most
1:31.8	brilliant overnight turn of events I've ever remember seeing.
1:38.1	First 10 weeks of the season and everything since, it is appalling.
1:43.0	And we're going to talk about that.
1:44.5	And then also some assistance on staff that if the dolphins choose to bring
1:48.1	Mike McDaniel back, some assistance that I think maybe their roles,
1:54.8	you want to shake things up a little bit.
1:57.1	So let's start with the news.
1:59.7	And this came from the Las Vegas Journal Review.
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