{
  "id": 13378305,
  "title": "Dolphins coach responds to Jordan Battle's Malik Willis comments",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/dolphins-coach-responds-to-jordan-battles-malik-willis-comments",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-10T09:31:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/dolphins-coach-responds-jordan-battles-093118156.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Cincinnati Bengals safety Jordan Battle made headlines this week by commenting on Miami Dolphins quarterback Malik Willis' pre-snap habit of tapping the football before throwing. Battle's remarks suggested that this could be a tell for Willis' game, which might be of interest to the Bengals. However, Dolphins head coach Jeff Hafley dismissed Battle's comments as unimportant, stating that if a tell was that significant, the Dolphins would have addressed it earlier. Hafley acknowledged that many quarterbacks exhibit such habits, and if an opponent wished to share their tendencies with the Dolphins, they would take advantage of the information. While the significance of Battle's comments was deemed minimal, the incident raised questions about the strategic implications of divulging such information to an upcoming opponent.",
  "summary": "A Dolphins coach had something to say after Bengals DB Jordan Battle talked about his QB.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}