It's far too early to talk about that. We've had a fantastic start, we're in really good form, but the season is long and anything can happen. It would be presumptuous to look that far ahead now. We've laid a great foundation, but now we're moving forward and taking it one game at a time. Anything can happen in any single match.
But Sunday's loss in Tampa Bay was anything but that the moment Fred Warner was carted from the field with a season-ending broken and dislocated ankle. Warner is gone. Nick Bosa, who tore an ACL on Sept. 21, is gone. Coach Kyle Shanahan said Warner would have surgery Wednesday and is out for the season, with the hope of a three-month recovery and available for the offseason training camp in 2026 in some capacity.
The follow-up to Tyler Herro's All-Star breakout is off to a rough start. Before the Heat's star guard even made it to training camp, he wound up sidelined for the foreseeable future by ankle surgery. While Miami might have a capable replacement thanks to fleecing Norman Powell away from the Los Angeles Clippers, this is still the kind of setback that could send the whole season spiraling.
