Mike McDaniel's thoughts on Tua Tagovailoa's Contract Extension
We hear from Mike McDaniel and his thoughts on Tua Tagovailoa's contract extension not being settled yet.
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00:00Here's Mike McDaniel. This was him a little bit earlier this hour.
00:05He was asked about the Tua Tonga Wailoa situation,
00:08and here is what our very succinct Dolphins head coach had to say.
00:12Is Tua Tonga Wailoa going to practice all periods,
00:17or do you guys work something out where they'll do some but not all?
00:21What's the plan?
00:22The plan is something that I think, you know,
00:28there's two parts to it.
00:33You know, I think it's important to acknowledge that
00:36Tua is in the midst of a contract negotiation.
00:40That's important to him and the football team.
00:44That being said, we communicate very well, and it's very fluid.
00:50We're taking it day by day today.
00:52I expect it to be kind of like OTAs, and we'll move on from there.
00:59All right. There you go.
01:00Actually, pretty succinct for Mike McDaniel, I've got to be honest.
01:03Yeah.
01:05He was clear straight to the point, too. That's shocking.
01:09Maybe he's worked on his own game.
01:11Nah, it's just the first day. Don't worry.
01:13It's just the first day.
01:15Somebody will ask him about it.
01:17I think he's being quite aware when everybody already knows the situation
01:22that you can't add your Mike McDaniel to the situation without making it worse.
01:26You know what I'm saying?
01:28But listen, this has to get done.
01:34I don't think it'll get done because I personally don't understand
01:40what the difference is between now and three weeks ago.
01:44Totally.
01:45And the only reason why I would say that and the only reason why I think we're here
01:51is because the Dolphins don't think two is going to do anything
01:54because he's been a company guy.
01:56And they're probably right.
01:57They're taking advantage of another player that has been a company guy
02:04and has told the lie.
02:07Does this mean so?
02:08I got to ask because I got to make this about me.
02:12Do I have to now?
02:14Because I've unfollowed the Dolphins on social media
02:16to what seems like a pointless standoff.
02:19Should I just go back to following them?
02:20Because I really do enjoy their content.
02:22And they have a good social media team.
02:24You know what you're doing?
02:27My standoff didn't work.
02:28Brad, this big tour right here.
02:30All right, I'm going to go to camp.
02:34I'm going to go to camp, but I'm not going to do 11 on 11.
02:38Maybe I'll only follow them on X and not Instagram.
02:43If he cleared the Dolphins out of his social media,
02:46then we know there's beef.
02:49Yeah, I told him to do it.
02:51He should have done it.
02:52That's the move.
02:53That's the Kyla Murray.
02:54Here's the other thing, right?
02:57And I love when people say this, and it makes me want to cuss
03:01because they don't ever see the other side of this.
03:06And that is, he's under contract.
03:08He should be there.
03:09He should play, right?
03:12And what I want fans and people to do is,
03:16when they go to the player and say, give us some money back,
03:20I want you to come with that same energy and say,
03:23you're under contract.
03:25You've got to pay that man.
03:26You shouldn't have gave him the contract.
03:28You see, they forget about that.
03:29They forget about the other side when a guy gets cut
03:32and don't get no more money,
03:33or a guy is asked to take a pay cut because they don't feel like you
03:37earned it, right?