Tagovailoa calls out some Dolphins for player meeting attendance - ESPN

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa said the team has several «little things» to clean up following its 1-5 start, including attendance at player-led meetings.

Shortly after Miami's 29-27 loss Sunday to the Los Angeles Chargers, Tagovailoa was asked how players can refrain from feeling sorry for themselves. The Dolphins have now lost four games this season in which they trailed by one score in the final two minutes.

Tagovailoa, who threw the go-ahead touchdown but also three interceptions, mentioned possible changes to player-led meetings throughout the week.

«I think it starts with the leadership in helping articulate that for the guys and then what we're expecting out of the guys,» he said. «We're expecting this — are we getting that? Are we not getting that? We have guys showing up to players-only meetings late, guys not showing up to players-only meetings. There's a lot that goes into that. Do we have to make this mandatory? Do we not have to make this mandatory?

»It's a lot of things of that nature that we've got to get cleaned up, and it starts with little things like that."

The Dolphins had just a 6% chance to win Sunday's game entering the fourth quarter, according to Next Gen Stats, as Los Angeles led by 10 points. But Miami scored 14 unanswered points, taking a one-point lead on Tagovailoa's 7-yard pass to Darren Waller with 46 seconds remaining in the game.

The Chargers returned the ensuing kickoff to Miami's 41-yard line, however, and quarterback Justin Herbert connected with Ladd McConkey for a 42-yard gain on second down to set up the winning field goal.

Tagovailoa called the loss a «shock» before revealing the team's internal issues with its player-led meetings. He took