Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel has carved out a reputation as an offensive savant. He types up new play concepts on his iPad at 2 in the morning when his wife “is annoyed that my screen is too bright.” He runs plays that veteran NFL quarterbacks have never seen before, including placing Tua Tagovailoa in the shogun but play-faking and having him turn his back to the defense, a strategy that paid dividends earlier this season. He does things that make other coaches take notice. “Everybody shares a little bit of DNA,” Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said last month. “What’s so interesting to me is ho…
