Overview

• Bleacher Report’s Alex Kay suggests Miami could try to replace Mike McDaniel by acquiring former Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians.
• The concept pegs the cost at a fourth-round draft pick for Arians’ rights, as he has served as a senior consultant in Tampa Bay since stepping down before 2022.
• Coverage characterizes the idea as speculative and unlikely, with no reporting of discussions between the teams.
• Coach-rights trades have NFL precedent with Bill Belichick in 2000 and Jon Gruden in 2002, but an in-season move remains rare and Arians is 72.
• Tampa Bay is thriving under Todd Bowles at 3-0, and analysts note Miami would more realistically elevate an interim coach if it makes a change.