NFL
By Rick O’Donnell
It’s “Overreaction Monday”, right? That’s the wakeup call for most teams fans of their teams after the first game of the season. The majority of teams can write if off as one bad loss, but the same cannot be said for the Miami Dolphins. “It’s only one game” does not apply here. Nothing about this team remotely resembled a competitor and they did nothing for injury insurance in the offseason. Now a handful of players were banged up and they’ll be missing some starters.
It’s the same old song and dance. The same thing happened this offseason that happened last offseason and now they still have nothing to show for it. The idea that they barely missed the playoffs and were somehow going to magically rebound was proven to be delusional. The Miami Dolphins are learning a hard lesson that you can’t just run by people and you need to have more than one dimension to your game.
Tyreek Hill hasn’t caught a pass of 30 yards in one whole calendar year. Tua looked like a shell of his former self and nowhere close to the quarterback who threw six touchdowns in the comeback win against the Baltimore Ravens.
So why won’t the Miami Dolphins turn their season around and prove we’re all overreacting? Simple. Did you hear his post game presser? Someone made a comment about Tua turning the ball over in “bunches” and instead of acknowledging his shortcomings, he called out his teammates about watching tape and called it a “wild comment”.
Where’s the accountability? What has Tua Tagovailoa won that makes him so arrogant? You’re out here calling your teammates out about watching tape and you’re the one who turned the ball over three times! Take accountability. Talking down to a reporter doing their job even after you won a Super Bowl is swimming into risky water, but when your team hasn’t won a playoff game in 25 years and you’re on the sideline smiling it up with your head coach as if you literally aren’t throwing the game away, you’re the problem.
But maybe Mike McDaniel shares some of that blame. You went from a young man whose coach had no confidence in him, to one that treats him like a buddy he goes out to the bar with. McDaniel has spent so much time building Tua up, he now acts as if he can do no wrong. Win a Super Bowl, a Division Title, an MVP then you can get cocky. Until then the narrative about the Dolphins being soft will never change and why? Because the guy undercenter is too busy being selfish, taking chances he doesn’t need to take, risking his health, and not taking accountability. The Miami Dolphins could’ve moved on, instead their fans are staring down the barrel of another losing season waiting for the cycle of their next coaching hires to be announced. How far this once proud franchise has fallen.
