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The latest episode of HBO’s Hard Knocks: In Season with the Miami Dolphins aired on Tuesday, and it featured the lead-in to the AFC East leaders’ 22-20 win over the Dallas Cowboys.
This episode wasn’t short on funny or heartfelt moments.
Dolphins legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino showed up to the team’s quarterback room for an exchange of gifts, and he gave them Isotoner gloves, which he endorsed for many years as a player.
NFL @NFL
The @MiamiDolphins QBs and Uncle Dan Marino had an all-time gift exchange 😂#HardKnocks on @StreamOnMax pic.twitter.com/UGmaMvDDUs
Fans enjoyed the moment with Marino, Tua Tagovailoa and co.
Greg Jansen @GAJ13
Uncle Dan Marino giving them Isotoner gloves for the win!! #HardKnocks
Ken Fang — Very Asian @fangsbites
Dan Marino giving out Isotoner gloves out as Christmas gifts is just so funny. #iykyk
Mr_C @ShaneClingy90
Dan Marino getting the quarterback room isotoner gloves for Christmas is hilarious! #FinsUp
Elsewhere, Dolphins defensive lineman Christian Wilkins endeared himself to fans even more after he gave Krispy Kreme doughnuts to the entire team. Fans clearly want the impending free agent back in the mix.
Marisa Marino @mustbemarisa87
Haha. I love that Christian Wilkins buying Krispy Kreme for the team is him “splurging”. God, I love this team.#hardknocks pic.twitter.com/HGVVaPWwCd
Ted Lamy @TedLamy
I can see a possible endorsement deal with @krispykreme and Christian Wilkins 😂 #HardKnocks
Tyler @Tgreen525
Hard Knocks opens with Christian Wilkins buying the entire team Donuts.
If he’s not extended we burn Hard Rock to the ground
Dan Bean Sports @DanBeanSports
Christian Wilkins buying the entire team Krispy Kreme donuts should get him an automatic contract extension #HardKnocks
Of course, head coach Mike McDaniel made waves in another Hard Knocks episode.
McDaniel made headlines recently with comments related to telling the media to “f–k off,” with tongue firmly planted in cheek.
“I instructed the players that anything other than concerning yourself with the next opponent, which for us is the Dallas Cowboys, any other narrative that has to do with good teams, or playoff seeds, or the next three games, all that stuff, I gave them the clearance to tell all members of the media, to, with all due respect, F off. With all due respect. Because all we’re focused on is the Dallas Cowboys, and they definitely deserve our attention. So as we clean up our game from the previous, we’ll be thinking about that and the narratives will be what they be. We’re not really concerned. We know that will exist but it’s really inconsequential to what we’re trying to do.”
Apparently, he said the same thing to his team.
Bobby Shouse @B_Shousejr
Mike McDaniel really told the team to tell the media to Fuck off lmao he’s really one of us 😈😂
He also had some good one-liners along the way.
Shoal Nuff @sleezy305
Mike McDaniel screaming “we’re coming for your record Dan” to Dan Marino is priceless lmao
David Furones @DavidFurones_
Christian Wilkins: *grunts while hitting a tackling dummy in practice*
Mike McDaniel: “Oh, I love your noises.” 😂
Last, but certainly not least, was the story of Dolphins cornerback Kader Kohou, who is originally from Ivory Coast.
NFL Films @NFLFilms
Just a kid from Ivory Coast 🇨🇮@_kader___ | #HardKnocks pic.twitter.com/rZ1i7Qjc7K
His family was able to watch him for the first time and took in a win.
Daniel Oyefusi @DanielOyefusi
#HardKnocks highlights Kader Kohou and his family, as they all watched him play an NFL game in person for the first time against the Cowboys. I wrote this last season. https://t.co/rjwJEnInSS
Next week’s episode will feature the lead-in to the Dolphins’ huge matchup against the Baltimore Ravens, who they are racing for the AFC’s No. 1 seed.
