MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — We’re not saying that the Miami Dolphins lost to the Philadelphia Eagles because of the officiating. But we’re not not saying it either.
A 10-0 discrepancy in enforced penalties in the Week 7 showdown certainly influenced the game’s outcome. As this informative thread shows, the refs called penalties on the Dolphins that they shouldn’t have and didn’t throw flags on the Eagles for blatant infractions.
First off congrats to the #Eagles for winning. NFL — This is a thread of all the missed calls by the refs tonight in the #Dolphins–#Eagles. Rodger Goodell, I’m doing this pro bono.
1. This is not roughing the passer on Wilkins. He let up right after a light shove. More 👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/orpmhVME9r
— Mike McDaniel (@MikMcDaniel) October 23, 2023
Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel has refrained from criticizing the refs in the day since — a decision his financial planner surely appreciates, considering the fines the NFL would levy.
But he suggested on Wednesday that the NFL has heard from the organization about the officiating.
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Miami Dolphins Coach Mike McDaniel Talks NFL Officiating
Was he pleased with the feedback the NFL provided to his concerns?
“I never attach any emotion to it because it already happened,” McDaniel replied. “Like, ‘Hey man, our bad’ or ‘Yeah, we were right.’ Like, OK. You’re just trying to be as well-versed as possible in the rules of engagement, and I have a hard time even factoring officiating into any sort of emotion that I have because you control what you can control.
“So I might as well get mad at thunder.”
Living in South Florida, McDainel would be mad a lot if that was the case.
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McDaniel later expanded on how much he lets poor officiating — which many, including Colts owner Jim Irsay, believe has been a constant and growing problem — impact him.
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“It’s frustrating at the moment that there’s any discrepancy in personal opinion vs. what happens,” he said. “And I try to minimize how long that is to the nth degree, just because emotions factor into decisions, and I feel like personally, that’s irresponsible of me as a decision-maker to have all these people, including you guys, be affected by decisions that I make.
“‘Well, it’s because I was mad,’ like what? So I try to minimize that. I’m sure there would be a scenario that other coaches have experienced where maybe the work of an entirety of a season, something falls short, and it’s in the moment of truth when the game’s on the line, something doesn’t go your way; I’ll leave room for that scenario, but that hasn’t happened to me, really. And I’ll try as hard as humanly possible for that never to be – I try to avoid outs and say, well, it’s not fair. If you operate in life trying to keep score of what’s fair, you’ve already lost.”