Here’s what you missed in Episode 4 of ‘Hard Knocks’ with the Dolphins

The fourth episode of HBO’s “Hard Knocks: In Season with the Miami Dolphins” premiered on Tuesday night, with a focus on the team’s preparation for its first home “Monday Night Football” game since 2017 and fourth-quarter collapse against the Tennessee Titans, among other topics.

Here are the highlights from the episode.

▪ The episode opened with a spotlight on the Dolphins’ off-day as they have an extra day ahead of their Monday night game. Running back Raheem Mostert, whose family was featured in the episode, is shown visiting the beach with his wife and two kids.

Head coach Mike McDaniel’s family is also highlighted, and he’s seen catching up with his wife and daughter at the team’s facility.

▪ As the team shifts its focus to preparation from Tennessee, comments from McDaniel almost foreshadow the outcome of Monday night.

McDaniel tells players in a team meeting that the Titans will “[expletive] you up physically ... they are trying to be bullies.”

He later tells defensive coordinator Vic Fangio that Tennessee is “a team that can [expletive] you up if you’re not ready.”

▪ Fullback Alec Ingold is shown being recognized as the team’s nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award. The recognition includes a video that features Ingold’s wife and parents.

▪ The Dolphins’ sod farm, about an hour north of Hard Rock Stadium in Loxahatchee Groves, is highlighted in the show. It’s believed to be the only one in sports, and the Dolphins use it to replace the playing surfaces at the stadium. Thirty 18-wheelers are used to transport the sod to the stadium. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa gets a tour showing the process, getting a sense of the countless people who have a role in the organization.

▪ There is a focus on inside linebacker Duke Riley stepping into Jerome Baker’s role as the defensive signal-caller. During practice, McDaniel compares Riley’s voice to Tagovailoa’s and urges him to be vocal with his teammates.

▪ In the aftermath of one of the franchise’s biggest in-game collapses, McDaniel delivers his message to the team. In the lead-up to the game, he informed the team that it was the No. 1 seed but reminded them that there was still a lot of time until the playoffs. And after a loss that knocked the Dolphins to the No. 2 seed, McDaniel tells his players: “Let it hurt. ... if that game forces us to go places and play football not here, so be it. Who gives a [explective]. We are about getting to our best and was definitely not it.”