ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Amid the Miami Dolphins’ 0-2 start, a plane circling overhead on Sunday towing a banner calling for his job, and facing a short week and trip to Buffalo, where he’s never won as a head coach, Mike McDaniel hasn’t lost the plot or his composure.

McDaniel was his familiar cool and calm self this week by refusing to flinch when asked about maintaining his focus and sanity.

“Buffalo,” he said. “I’m very understanding that in this business it’s result-based. My job is, the more that other people talk about anything, the less I even hear it. Buffalo, that’s what it is, and the Miami Dolphins.”

An early season, prime-time showdown between AFC East rivals on Thursday night has suddenly turned into a referendum on McDaniel’s status barely four years into his tenure.

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