NFL insider gives Dolphins fans the clearest sign yet that major change is indeed coming to Miami

"(The Miami Dolphins) are going to roll forward with what they have, hoping the results are different. I think one thing that the past week's events has showed us is that change is coming to the Dolphins. Obviously (Mike) McDaniel is someone that Stephen Ross really likes and respects, he supported him, he chose him, he has invested in him with a big-time contract extension — does not want to fire him. The results though, have to change. And I think because of the ugly losses, because of Tua Tagovailoa throwing teammates under the bus and then recanting and walking all of that back — because of that, it has forced the entire nation to look at the Miami Dolphins and say 'what are they gonna do?'...So the Dolphins are going to get back to work this week with the hopes that the results are different, but I can pretty confidently say change is coming to the organization. It's just a matter of how and when."

— NFL insider Ian Rapoport on if changing is coming to the Miami Dolphins

2025 Miami Dolphins upcoming schedule

• Week 8: Dolphins @ Atlanta Falcons
• Week 9: Baltimore Ravens @ Miami Dolphins (TNF)
• Week 10: Buffalo Bills @ Miami Dolphins
• Week 11: Dolphins vs. Washington Commanders (International)
• Week 12: Bye Week

Rapoport talks about the challenges economically of moving off of Tua Tagovailoa and he talks about the challenges Stephen Ross may face personally in moving off of Mike McDaniel. But the last bit of the passage is the most important piece of this puzzle — "I can pretty confidently say change is coming to the organization. It's just a matter of how and when."

The first step to fixing a problem, they say, is admitting you have one. And it sounds like, based on Rapoport's focus in this passage, that the Tua Tagovailoa meetings saga and a blowout loss to the Browns seem to have officially tugged Miami out of being mired in a rough patch and being recategorized as something that officially does need fixing.

And that's all anyone wants — an earnest effort to fix the Miami Dolphins. Everyone has a different opinion on what it required for that to happen, but the only opinion that matters on that front belongs to Ross. And now, thanks to Ian Rapoport, you should proceed with belief that Ross' stance is not eventually going to be "do nothing".

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