On Wednesday, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa responded to the recent criticism from ESPN’s Ryan Clark regarding his physique.
On Thursday, Coach Mike McDaniel, when asked about Tua’s decision to come to his defense, said:
“I was starting to get annoyed, was hoping for the opportunity to talk about, if I understand your question correctly, how Tua’s offseason has been," McDaniel told reporters. "I can say hard facts that I’ve seen with my own eyes. And it is top five on the team in terms of, we"ve had a lot of guys stepped their game up.
“If you want to talk about somebody committed to doing what he"s doing for the right reasons and invested before this year, but then taking a bunch of things that have happened, he put an onus on controlling what he can control."
"So, you want to talk about every metric that [strength and conditioning coach] Dave Puloka and his strength staff track, which is pretty much everything to the degree of blinks, every metric of strength that is measured, he"s shattered his previous highs. And in some instances, he"s almost twice as strong with things, and that"s been a daily commitment he hasn"t wavered from."
“He"s taken his nutrition to another level. He"s taken his commitment to what he"s trying to do and thought outside the box and worked at it, so I couldn"t be happier with the work that he"s put in and what I"ve factually viewed from my own eyes."
"You"re happy for guys as a coach when you can see in the present that down the road, they"re going to have no regrets, meaning the results are what the results are, but you know that without any shade of gray that you"ve put your best foot forward, and he has. And I think his teammates would agree. We are getting the absolute best version of Tua that’s existed."
Last year, Tua showed a much greater commitment and focus than before, illustrated most clearly by his decision to work extensively on the field before games.
If he’s healthy this year and has improved as much as McDaniel says, the Dolphins could be one of the big Super Bowl contenders.
"annoyed" - Google News
August 25, 2023 at 11:34PM
https://ift.tt/x8gcp5o
Miami Dolphins HC McDaniels the latest to clear the air about Tua ... - Overtime Heroics
"annoyed" - Google News
https://ift.tt/17IFqCc
https://ift.tt/oMDuCFk
annoyed
Bagikan Berita Ini
0 Response to "Miami Dolphins HC McDaniels the latest to clear the air about Tua ... - Overtime Heroics"
Post a Comment