The Dolphins have not won a playoff game since 2000 and came no closer to breaking that drought this season, despite significant spending last offseason. While his statement meant Grier's and McDaniel's jobs were safe for the next several months, Ross punctuated it with that thinly veiled warning for his decision-makers moving forward.

Tyreek Hill made waves at the end of the Miami Dolphins season when he essentially alluded to playing his last game with the franchise, saying he's going to "open that door" and that he's "out." Hill did not directly ask for a trade at that moment,