Mike McDaniel criticizes Tua Tagovailoa for publicly calling out teammates

Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel initially preferred his quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa, holding his teammates accountable.

However a day after yet one more Dolphins loss, McDaniel did not like Tagovailoa publicly calling out nameless teammates.

Throughout his press convention on Monday, McDaniel made it clear that he had not really heard what Tagovailoa stated throughout his post-game presser after a 29-27 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. After reflection, McDaniel criticized his quarterback.

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Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel takes the sector earlier than the sport towards the Jacksonville Jaguars at Arduous Rock Stadium on August 23, 2025. (Sam Navarro/Imagn Photographs)

“Whatever the intent and what Tua had in thoughts, after a loss, because the franchise quarterback, that is not the discussion board to interchange that,” McDaniel defined. ‘I believe he is aware of that now. I truthfully imagine there aren’t any malicious intentions. However you are speaking about some type of misrepresentation orchestrated by gamers.”

Tagovailoa’s feedback went viral as he steered different members of the Dolphins wanted to place in additional effort.

“Effectively, I believe it begins with the management serving to to articulate that to the fellows, after which what we anticipate from the fellows,” he defined. “We anticipate this. Will we get that? Do not we get that?

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“We have guys displaying up late to players-only conferences. Guys not displaying as much as players-only conferences. There’s so much to it. Ought to we make that necessary? Should not we make that necessary? So it is a whole lot of issues like that that we’ve got to wash up. It begins with little issues like that.”

This is how McDaniel initially responded to Tagovailoa’s feedback:

“Participant-led conferences are further issues past what I require. We’ve got held a whole lot of accountability to me. It feels like there was one thing on his thoughts relating to the particular conferences with just a few people that he was attempting to get corrected by being direct in communication. I believe that is the one method to lead.

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa solutions questions throughout an NFL soccer information convention, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, on the Dolphins coaching facility in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Wilfredo Lee/AP Picture)

“So far as the place we’re as a program proper now, I believe we have put all of that out within the open and it is very clear how we maintain individuals accountable and what’s non-negotiable with all these issues. Clearly he is sending a message, however from my standpoint, they’ve delivered on all the things I’ve requested of the fellows and so I am assured that whoever he talks to, they’re going to ship on that, and he is a direct communicator together with his teammates.”

The Dolphins have been in place handy the Chargers their third straight loss on Sunday when Darren Waller scored the go-ahead purpose within the fourth quarter. However Justin Herbert and the Chargers’ offense gained essential yardage, in the end giving Cameron Dicker a subject purpose alternative that he did not waste.

The Dolphins are 1-5 this season with their solely win coming towards a mediocre New York Jets membership in Week 4. This begin has led many to debate how for much longer McDaniel will stay within the head coach’s chair in Miami, and dropping like this clearly creates frustration within the locker room.

Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel runs to the locker room after the primary half of an NFL soccer sport on Sunday, September 14, 2025 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP Picture)

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And whereas he likes to see one among his leaders being proactive with accountability, McDaniel hopes Tagovailoa retains these conversations behind closed doorways.

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