One of the crucial steps for McDaniel in rebuilding Miami's culture was getting rid of distractions. That meant some players had to go.

Jeff Howe of The Athletic reported Thursday that Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel revealed five players on last year's roster accounted for half of the team's internal fines for violations such as being late.

The Miami Dolphins and head coach Mike McDaniel held a joint practice onWednesday with the Detroit Lions. The results weren’t good, but they definitelycould have been worse. If edge rusher Chop Robinson had suffered a seriousinjury when he went down,