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Mike McDaniel is going to extremes over the Dolphins' 24-year playoff win drought

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The Miami Dolphins have made it to the NFL playoffs in each of head coach Mike McDaniel's first two seasons. But the team also lost in the wild-card round both times, which is a starting point for McDaniel's offseason motivation tactics for his staff and players.

It's been 24 years since the Dolphins last won a playoff game. One way McDaniel is reminding the team of that is to schedule meetings at the :24 mark of a particular hour. Thus, the staff isn't meeting at 5:30; it's meeting at 5:24. And so forth.

In McDaniel's view, Dolphins players and coaches are going to be hearing plenty of the number 24, especially as the postseason approaches.