Mike McDaniel Up To Moving On From Tua Tagovailoa Next Year For Miami Dolphins?

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The Miami Dolphins get flexed thanks to the Cincinnati Bengals! Despite them having a four game winning streak, Tua Tagovailoa hasn't played his best game, is Tua looking sluggish? Tobin makes Leroy throw a tantrum when naming potential replacements to challenge Tua next season.

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00:00The Dolphins got flexed.

00:02It's not their fault, though.

00:04The Bengals' fault.

00:06And Joburo.

00:07It's the Dolphins' fault.

00:08It's not the Dolphins' fault.

00:10I'm sorry.

00:10It's one person's fault.

00:12Joburo.

00:13Not Joburo.

00:15Two is not playing well, guys.

00:17What about A-Chan, dude?

00:18A-Chan is great, but it would have been better to do the quarterback battle.

00:23That's the narrative for that Sunday night game.

00:24And plus if the Bengals had beaten Buffalo.

00:27But two is not playing well.

00:29To the point where we asked if they had beaten the Jets

00:33and they started winning four in a row, do we send an appeal?

00:37Do we go and appeal to get our tour back?

00:40I don't know.

00:40I don't think so.

00:42He's not playing.

00:42I don't think he's winning an appeal right now, Vlad.

00:44I don't think so either, even though the team is playing very well.

00:47I think the other hard thing is, you know, this A-C looks like

00:50it's going to be even harder to get in.

00:52Even if they ran the table, it looks like it's going to be hard to get in.

00:54The way that things are shaking out right now.

00:56Because there's a couple of teams that, no lie, Indy might only end up

01:08with nine wins.

01:10They got eight right now.

01:12They might only end up with eight, Vlad saying.

01:15I know.

01:16I know.

01:16Listen, I tried to be nice.

01:18I'm just trying to be nice.

01:20I don't think that team has talent with whoever's playing quarterback.

01:23They can pull one out.

01:24They're going to Seattle.

01:26I know, dude.

01:27Seattle.

01:28Is Seattle the sleeper team?

01:30They're not a sleeper team.

01:31They're not a sleeper.

01:31But you know what I mean.

01:32We just didn't even consider it.

01:35They're not a sleeper team.

01:36They're going to Seattle.

01:38Then they're playing the Niners.

01:39I got to tell you, dude.

01:41And then they got to go play Houston, who beat them already at home.

01:44And they got to play Jacksonville, who beat them on Sunday.

01:46I'm telling you right now, Seattle, when it was the Kingdome, and then I played when it

01:55was outside, it is brutal.

01:59It is so loud.

02:00Here's the problem.

02:01It's not the Colts that are the issue.

02:04It's that the Texans are coming up right behind them.

02:06They don't have a gauntlet.

02:08They have the Cardinals, the Raiders, and they get to take on the Colts.

02:13So like Houston sitting pretty, they're probably going to get 10 wins.

02:18Uh, I mean, the Dolphins right now, I think are plus yesterday.

02:23I checked.

02:24They were plus 5,000 to make the playoffs.

02:26I don't know if that's gone up after pepper.

02:28I don't know if that's gone after since, but you have, look, the chargers are probably

02:32going to make the playoffs.

02:33So you're going to have two AFC West teams at least where you're going to have two AFC

02:37East teams.

02:39Like the wildcard spots are probably going to go to the chargers and the bills or, you

02:43know, if they can pass them.

02:44And then there's one more.

02:45No, it's three.

02:45So you're going to, it's going to go to the chargers and Texans.

02:49Chargers, Texans, and bills are the ones leading right now.

02:52Right.

02:52Chargers, Texans, and bills, and the division winners.

02:54But here's the problem.

02:55Pittsburgh.

02:56With the Colts team.

02:56With Jacksonville.

02:57The way Jacksonville, and if Indy wins a couple of games, that's the wildcard.

03:03No, Jacksonville got tiebreakers over everybody.

03:05Yeah.

03:05But that's what I'm saying.

03:06They're either going to win the division, but if they're that close, that's going to

03:09be the other, the wildcard is going to be the wildcards for sure is likely going to

03:13have the bills.

03:15They're probably going to, they'll probably, I mean, I guess the AFC is not over yet, but

03:20if they don't, then the Patriots are probably going to be in there.

03:22And then you have the, uh, you have the Texans who can either win the South and then the Jags

03:29are out or vice versa.

03:31So you can have two South teams or you could have, um, or you can have the West.

03:35If somehow Kansas city is a miracle, even though they seem like they're cooked, but they got

03:40the same record as the dolphins right now.

03:41Like, I don't know if the, I don't know.

03:43It just seems like very, it's a hairy situation for them to, to get in dude.

03:48Even, even if they ran the table, which is going to be asking a lot, Kim, can we, let's

03:55look at this in a totally different way.

04:01If the dolphins end up winning nine or 10 games with two are playing the way that he's

04:14played this year, but the offensive line and defensive line who we thought was going to

04:22be a, was going to be a weakness when the season started have now been a strength.

04:29How are we going to feel about everybody going into next year?

04:34Not great.

04:34Because my problem is, is that.

04:39Oh, but the first year Mike McDaniel has started slow, right?

04:47Uh, the first two years, he did not start slow.

04:49The first two years they, he faded at the end.

04:51Yeah.

04:52They had, but they had like losing streaks in the midst one because two got hurt.

04:55Right.

04:56And the other one, they faded.

04:56So, so how do we like, I've told you how, what I think is going on with two.

05:02And I don't think it has, it's easy to put it on.

05:07Oh, he's wearing down or whatever.

05:10That's not what that is.

05:11I'm telling you firsthand.

05:13It's not what it is.

05:15Um, all, every other season, we have talked about the things that he was doing in the

05:24off season to better prepare him for the season.

05:27And this year he was on a boat drinking beers.

05:29Yep.

05:30Okay.

05:32And, and, and I'm going to tell you that physically he may look bigger, but he doesn't look fitter.

05:43He looks, you know, Oh, I don't think he looks, you know, I don't think he looks like, I don't

05:50think it's noticeable one way or the other, how it looks.

05:52Oh, it is by the way he's playing and how sluggish he looks.

05:56He came in last year, super thin, which I thought, but listen, last year he moved better

06:02and he got banged up, but he moved around better.

06:06And then everybody was talking about he's too little.

06:09No, dude, you got to be able to move.

06:11Swole Tua was the best Tua.

06:13No.

06:13Two years ago.

06:14There's a difference in being swole Tua.

06:19And I just had a six pack Tua.

06:21Beer belly Tua.

06:22No, that's, I'm telling you, he, he just needs to, to find, you know, find his way a

06:32little bit.

06:32So instead of a BBL, he needs a BBT.

06:37Big belly.

06:38Big, no, absolutely not.

06:40Absolutely, absolutely not.

06:42He, but, but it, look, contrary to probably if you do spend your first couple of years trying

06:48to figure out what's your optimum body weight or when you can perform and be healthy,

06:52and take the, the, the hits and stuff like that, he's gone to extremes and, and he just

06:59looks sluggish.

07:00He just looks kind of like, I'm too big.

07:03I'm not able to move.

07:05So I think next year he's going to find that he's going to be on the team.

07:10So you might as well, you might as well.

07:13What if the coach, what if he's like, what if him?

07:15And let's say Mike McDaniel is back, right?

07:18Mm-hmm.

07:18Okay.

07:19Mm-hmm.

07:20You're Mike McDaniel.

07:21Yep.

07:22This was your guy.

07:23The only person that can make that decision of putting somebody else in.

07:28Right.

07:28I believe it's Mike McDaniel.

07:30Well, that's my question.

07:30If you're Mike McDaniel.

07:31If he does it, if he does it and he moves on, the guy he replaces him with better be damn

07:36good.

07:36He better be damn good.

07:37He better be damn good.

07:38But if he does it, everybody else, nobody else will have a problem.

07:44But if he also, but like if you were Mike McDaniel and you had this year where you very

07:48clearly went away from him, like you were tired of the turnovers, you became a running

07:52team.

07:52He seems to like this.

07:53You've always said this is what he's built off of, right?

07:55He was a running guy, running game guy.

07:57So he's finally in his wheelhouse.

07:58Yeah.

07:59And you feel like you got a guy and a quarterback here.

08:02Might be.

08:03Might be.

08:03Mm-hmm.

08:04And you're like, would you trust your Dolphins tenure?

08:09Because that's what it's going to come down to.

08:11Would you trust on to a bouncing back, which is basically what got you the gig or trying

08:16something else because you feel like, look, I'm going to be the Dolphins coach this year.

08:21There's upcoming next year.

08:22Right.

08:23Do I believe my long-term future as Dolphins coach is with Tua at quarterback or do I need

08:31to find a different solution so that the owner believes that I will be the long-term solution?

08:37And that's what I would say.

08:41I would say that if there's one person that has to identify whether Tua is going to be

08:53okay or not next year, it has to be Mike McDaniel because he's the one that's gone to bat for him

08:59more than anybody.

09:00That being said, if you change and you say, I'm going to make a different, I'm going to

09:08go in a different direction and not play Tua after that investment and then it doesn't

09:15work, your ass is out of here even more so.

09:19You understand what I'm saying?

09:20So the pressure of all of this is not necessarily on Tua, but it's more on Mike McDaniel because

09:32if he decides to go in another direction, how many quarterbacks are out there that can throw

09:40the ball with timing and throw the ball with accuracy, even though Tua hasn't done it this

09:45year?

09:48Let's not make, see, the problem I have with all this is we're making it sound like.

09:53I'm trying to think who would be out there.

09:54We're trying, we're making it sound like we could just go get another guy.

09:58And there's 20 quarterbacks on the league and 32 teams.

10:03So you figure it out.

10:05Kyler Murray.

10:06Dude.

10:07See what I mean?

10:08And this, this is why we can't have this conversation.

10:10Why not, dude?

10:11You think Kyler Murray's the answer?

10:13I don't know if he's the answer.

10:14I'm just saying, is he better?

10:15So you rather just, let's just take a stab at it.

10:17Is he a better answer than Tua?

10:19No, you can't just take a stab at this.

10:22If your job is on, see, your job isn't on the line.

10:25Well, no, that's not, well, this is going to happen in a meeting, right?

10:28Kyler Murray's never been an accurate guy.

10:30I understand.

10:31But you're going to be in a meeting and they're not, there's not going to be perfect answers.

10:35You're going to have to take some guys.

10:37If, if that's the case, I believe that Mike McDaniel say, I'll just roll with Tua.

10:44Okay, hold on one second.

10:45I'm telling you, man, like, this is why I hate these conversations.

10:49Because you just start mentioning names and that's not a solution.

10:53Well, it's a solution.

10:55I don't know if it's a good solution.

10:56You know what I mean?

10:57Stop.

10:59Just stop.

11:00Geno Smith.

11:02Yo, come on, man.

11:03Go to break.

11:03What?

11:04Go to break.

11:04I'm not doing this.

11:06I'm looking at realistic options.

11:07No, you're not.

11:08Did you not say that would be available?

11:10When was the last time accuracy and Geno Smith were mentioned in the same sentence?

11:14Three years ago.

11:15Time on.

11:16COVID.

11:16Do you know who's leading the league in interceptions?

11:18Geno Smith.

11:19Tua and Geno Smith.

11:21Okay, so no.

11:22That's a no?

11:24Again, you see what you're doing.

11:25Go ahead.

11:26Name some guys.

11:27Mack Jones.

11:29You got to trade for him.

11:30I'm going to sit by.

11:31You got to trade for him.

11:32I don't know why you're getting mad at me.

11:33I can't.

11:33You know I'm not allowed to say Aaron Rodgers?

11:38Aaron Rodgers.

11:38He's got to.

11:39He's got to.

11:40He's got to.

11:41He's got to.

11:42He's got to.

11:43He's got to.

11:44He's got to.

11:45He's got to.

11:46He's got to.

11:47He's got to.

11:48He's got to.

11:49He's got to.

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