Third and final part of the pre-Indy game Miami Dolphins On SI mailbag:
From David Keller (@DavidRome13):
Are you still going to the Miami Dolphins practices? I’m just curious if you seen enough improvement to believe that we have gotten better enough to win against Indy.
Hey David, the practice viewing once training camp is over basically is done. We get to watch stretching and the first 15-20 minutes, which does not feature any offense vs. defense work. So, no, we don’t see anything during the week that could serve as an indicator.
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From Eric (@eric__jf):
The way special teams has played thus far, could you see Crossman being let go if they have another poor performance vs. Indy?
Hey Eric, the possibility of an in-season coaching change would be somewhere between 0 and 5 percent realistic. Just don’t see it happening, barring multiple catastrophic breakdowns.
From Pajake Japat (@D1nonlyJP):
What would it take in your opinion for Grier to be fired? Can Ross really continue to give him chance after chance?
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It would take a massive collapse, to the extent where the Dolphins are viewed nationally as a joke, which is not something Stephen Ross would take very well. The Monday night loss at Tennessee was an example of the kind of game that could get Grier fired … if it started happening on a regular basis.
From Finsider (@B_Rogers11):
Do you really think this team has a chance to compete this year? They haven’t looked good even when Tua was at QB.
I honestly don’t know, but what I do know is it’s too early to conclude that they can’t. No, they didn’t look good with Tua at quarterback, but we’re talking about a game and three quarters. That’s not nearly enough to make any kind of long-term judgment IMO.
From Matty Mooner (@Mattymooner):
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Who do we wanna play against, Flacco or Richardson?
Hey Matty, I addressed this Friday. The Dolphins have dominated Flacco in recent years, but that was because they were able to get pressure on him and he can’t move around. I’m not sure this Dolphins team can do that. With Richardson, he can make more plays than Flacco but also will make more mistakes.
From Daddio (@Otto_von_Grotto):
Do you think boy genius McDaniel will make it a priority to #RUNDABALLCOACH against a very suspect Colts defense? And might I add, Jaylen Wright should evolve into RB1 sooner rather than later.
Uh-oh, somebody is not happy with McDaniel. Yes, I would think McDaniel would make it a priority to run the ball against the Colts. With Wright, I agree with you that he looks really impressive, but Raheem Mostert is RB1 on this team the way I look at it.
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From Lloyd Heilbrunn (@LloydHeilbrunn):
We’ve drafted only 2 quality contributing players in the last 3 drafts combined, and they are both running backs with Achane being hurt a lot, and Wright has had one good game… In what universe is that acceptable drafting by Chris Grier? How many projects can you draft?
Hey Lloyd, this sounds like a rhetorical question. The only problem with your premise is you’re giving no time for guys like Chop Robinson, Patrick Paul and Cam Smith to potentially development. Can we wait a year or two before making this kind of judgment?
From PhinFan (@ohiophinfan):
What Dolphins podcast is the best, and why is it All Dolphins Podcast? Do you foresee McDaniel sticking to a heavy run game plan this week given the less than stellar QB play?
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You tell the folks out there, PhinFan, about the best Dolphins podcast. That’s right! Thanks for that. Yes, McDaniel will and should stick to the running game against the Colts, but game circumstances can flip the script too.
From Bag of Donuts (@BagofDonuts1):
Does Mike McD have the play-calling discipline to keep running the ball like we did in Foxboro?
Hey BOD, if the game circumstances are similar, yes, I absolutely believe he can and will have the discipline to stick with the running game. It’s a much safer way to operate on offense if it’s successful.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — A man is facing new charges connected to the fatal shooting of a teenager in 2019.
Warren Pollock, 25, has been charged with murder and attempted murder in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Rodney Hinds Jr.
According to police, surveillance video captured Pollock shooting into a car parked at the Shell gas station on the corner of Northwest 183rd Street and Eighth Avenue back on Saturday, October 26 of 2019 just before 1 a.m.
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Authorities said new evidence led detectives to Pollock, who was already in custody for an unrelated murder case.
He remains behind bars at the Broward Sheriff’s Office Main Jail on no bond.
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It was the blockbuster deal of the NBA offseason: After years of will-he/won’t-he, two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo has been traded to Miami.
It also feels like the first domino of what will be some other big moves — including possibly a Jaylen Brown bidding war and trade. At NBC, we’ve explained the Antetokounmpo trade, named its winners and losers, and broken down how it will impact fantasy teams. Still, the fallout from this trade just keeps coming. Here are some other notes and analysis surrounding Antetokounmpo’s move to Miami.
Jaylen Brown bidding war?
Boston tried to say, “We weren’t shopping Brown, it was only because this was Giannis Antetokounmpo.” Except a few years back, they said the same thing when Brown was rumored to be part of a trade offer for Kevin Durant. From Brown’s perspective, you don’t want to be the person in the relationship where your partner is always looking around for an upgrade.
Other teams are expecting Boston to make Brown available, and there could be a bidding war, something articulated well by ESPN’s Brian Windhorst on the network’s “Get Up.”
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“What I expect to happenis a bidding war for Jaylen Brown. In the most recent days, teams have been preparing for this eventuality, that it wouldn’t be the Boston Celtics who won the Giannis sweepstakes and that there would be a Jaylen Brown market. And now we’re going to watch that. I think it’ll take time to play out.”
If Brown becomes available, look for Houston and Atlanta to be at the front of the line for him, with a number of other teams — Portland has said it’s interested — in the mix. The challenge will be matching his salary, which is $57.1 million next season and totals about $183 million over the next three years. Brown is coming off his best season as a pro, averaging 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game.
Boston kept young players out
Why did Milwaukee ultimately choose the Miami offer over Boston? In part because, while Brown would have been the best individual player the Bucks could have gotten in return, they wanted more — specifically a young player like Baylor Scheierman and Hugo Gonzalez, and Boston would not put them in the offer, reports Shams Charania of ESPN.
Boston’s final offer was Brown and two unprotected first-round picks. Milwaukee preferred Miami’s offer… or at least one key person did.
Bucks co-owner Haslam pushed for Miami trade
Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Jimmy Haslam also owns the NFL’s Cleveland Browns — a team that dealt with a trade demand from future Hall of Famer Myles Garrett. Then came the Antetokounmpo saga with the Bucks.
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That led Haslam to push for the “certainty” of the Miami offer because he didn’t want to see Brown come to Milwaukee and force his way out in a couple of years, something Kevin O’Connor of Yahoo Sports reported right after the trade went down.
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That was a concern of others in the Milwaukee front office, reports Sam Amick and Eric Nehm at The Athletic, who add there had been signs in recent weeks that Brown didn’t really want to land in Milwaukee.
Herro happy
Brown may not have wanted to go to Milwaukee, but Tyler Herro — who is a Milwaukee native — is excited to go home in the trade, reports NBA insider Chris Haynes.
Sources: Tyler Herro is thrilled about a fresh start and playing for his hometown team the Milwaukee Bucks. Herro always envisioned returning home at some point during his NBA career.
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) June 23, 2026
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Except Herro may not be staying in Milwaukee—there are multiple reports that the Bucks are listening to offers to trade him again. At the front of that line may be Detroit, which is looking for shooting and secondary ball-handling to pair with Cade Cunningham, and Herro fits that bill.
Is Anthony Edwards next?
Once one superstar is traded, the insatiable NBA trade rumor machine starts looking for the next star who might be on the move.
Is it about to be Anthony Edwards’ turn in the spotlight? ESPN’s Tim MacMahon said on the latest Hoop Collective Podcast, “The NBA vultures are swirling around Ant in anticipation of him potentially becoming the next superstar who’s available in the trade market.” Multiple reports in recent years have said Edwards has been frustrated with the team building in Minnesota, dating back to when it traded away Karl-Anthony Towns to save money.
This is not happening fast. Minnesota has no intention of trading Edwards right now, and he still has three fully guaranteed years at $156.9 million left on this contract. There is no pressure to move him, and Edwards would deny he is even thinking about leaving.
That said, teams file these kinds of things away and just wait.
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An investigation is underway after a man was killed in a fiery crash with a truck on the Don Shula Expressway in southwest Miami-Dade early Tuesday morning, according to officials.
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The Florida Highway Patrol said that a white Mercedes coupe was headed south on SR 847 (Don Shula Expressway), near Southwest 104th Street when it crashed into the back of a truck.
A large fire broke out after the crash, and investigators said that the driver of the Mercedes, who was only identified as an adult Hispanic male, died at the scene.
The fiery crash forced officials to shut down the southbound lanes of the roadway, and drivers were being asked to seek an alternate route.
Heavy delays were reported behind the crash, and delays also started to build in the northbound lanes near the scene.