Dolphins' McDaniel: Tua's comments 'misguided'

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Dolphins manager Mike McDaniel said that backmost Tua Tagovailoa's comments aft Sunday's crippled were "misguided" and that his postgame quality league was not "not the forum" to aerial his concerns.

Speaking successful the minutes pursuing Miami's 29-27 nonaccomplishment Sunday to the Los Angeles Chargers, Tagovailoa was asked however players volition refrain from feeling atrocious for themselves moving forward. He responded that it starts with the team's subordinate enactment earlier revealing that immoderate players were precocious for players-only meetings.

McDaniel was asked astir Tagovailoa's comments a fewer minutes aboriginal and said the backmost was "sending a message" but had a much elaborate absorption Monday aft really proceeding what Tagovailoa said.

"You guys caught maine earlier I heard them [yesterday]," McDaniel said. "I deliberation careless of intent and what was connected Tua's caput aft a loss, arsenic the franchise backmost that's not the forum to displace that -- I deliberation helium knows that. Now, I bash honestly judge determination was nary sick intention, but you're talking about, I think, a misguided practice of player-orchestrated movie sessions.

"The bottommost enactment is nary one's going to beryllium blessed and ever are looking for reasons for nonaccomplishment to succeed. So you're trying to look for reasons that you tin property to losses and dense is the crown of being a franchise quarterback."

McDaniel said Tagovailoa has "directly communicated" with his teammates since past nighttime and volition "live and learn" from the experience.

Dolphins violative linemen Aaron Brewer and Patrick Paul some declined to remark connected what Tagovailoa said, believing that squad matters should stay "in house."

While tardiness and attendance astatine team-mandated meetings was an contented successful erstwhile seasons, McDaniel said that has not been the lawsuit this season.

He besides added that helium doesn't judge it was spiral into a larger issue; astatine 1-5, the Dolphins' absorption needs to stay connected their upcoming crippled Sunday against the Cleveland Browns.

"I've got a batch of things to interest astir and 1 of them is not those comments and wherever our squad is lying aft that," McDaniel said. "We've conscionable had meetings astir the [Chargers] crippled itself, the factual successes and failures that led to the eventual effect and t...