Mike McDaniel came into the NFL season on the hot seat, which hasn't changed. Tua Tagovailoa, though, has turned the heat up on himself.
Following the Miami Dolphins' 29-27 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday, Tagovailoa pointed out in his postgame press conference that some of his teammates were showing up late to players-only meetings. After a handful of former players ripped Tagovailoa, the Dolphins quarterback apologized for the remark on Wednesday.
"I've made a mistake and I'm owning up to that right now," Tagovailoa told reporters on Wednesday. "I've talked to guys on the team about it, talked to the leaders about it, and they know my heart. They know that the intent was right. But no matter the intent ... when things get misconstrued or however the media wants to portray it, that leaves a void of silence and a lot of questions for the guys on our team now being 1-5.
"We talk a lot about, 'All right, we got to get this going, come in excited to go to work, forget about the noise.' And I feel like I just added onto that for our guys."
Tagovailoa added that he felt like he let the "emotions of the game get to me" and that the situation is something he "can learn from as a leader." But the apology won't turn down the heat of what's going on in South Florida.
So, we checked in around the NFL to see what sources around the league are saying about Tagovailoa and the 1-5 Dolphins.
Ralph Vacchiano: Tua Tagovailoa surely thought he was showing leadership when he called out his teammates for being late to players-only meetings.
He might have been showing the exact opposite instead.
A former NFL quarterback told me he was "shocked" when he read that the Miami Dolphins quarterback aired his grievances with
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