Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel didn’t think the cold weather at Lambeau Field was the reason his team missed 20 tackles against the Green Bay Packers. Other players on the defense agreed with that assessment.
Starting linebacker Jordyn Brooks wasn’t one of them.
“I felt like we let the elements control the way that we played,” Brooks told reporters after the 30-17 loss, via Chris Perkins of the Sun-Sentinel. “I thought we were soft, simple as that. I thought we were soft today.
“I don’t know if guys were too cold. I don’t know what it was, but I feel like the elements played a part in how we played as a group.”
Brooks, who joined the Dolphins in the offseason on a three-year deal after spending the first four seasons of his career with the Seattle Seahawks, finished with nine tackles in the loss.
Earlier this season, several Miami defensive players took umbrage with their former teammate, DeShon Elliott, calling the Dolphins “soft as [expletive]” in a podcast appearance. But that description of the franchise came just a few months after safety Jordan Poyer, who joined the Dolphins in the offseason, said he previously knew the team as one that would fold under pressure.
The “soft” label for the Dolphins isn’t going anywhere after the team missed 20 tackles Thursday, especially when that description is coming from within the team’s own locker room.
