MIAMI GARDENS — When the words “players-only meeting” are mentioned in sports, alarms start sounding.

Are there internal problems within the team? Are players not accepting the coaching of their head man? Is a proverbial panic button being pushed within the walls of team facilities?

For the Miami Dolphins, it occurred one week into their 2025 season .

Dolphins players led their own meeting this week, following their season-opening debacle of a 33-8 loss to the Indianapolis Colts , which was firmly the worst Week 1 performance by any NFL team.

According to linebacker and one of the team captains, Jordyn Brooks, as the team turns the page to a home opener against the New England Patriots , it was about keeping teammates “locked in.”

“Losing the way we did Week 1, it can be discour

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