Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel is orchestrating one of the most innovative offenses in the NFL. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is producing MVP-like numbers.
McDaniel, however, recently grew heated at a press conference when asked if many quarterbacks could do what Tagovailoa is doing in his scheme.
“I’m about to push this podium over,” McDaniel said, according to Pro Football Talk.
McDaniel said it doesn’t matter who deserves credit, because his team is doing things he’s never seen in the NFL before.
“My answer to that would be who the F cares? Because it is a team, we’re working together, and I know one thing: I’ve coached a long time, I haven’t seen people do what our guys do,” McDaniel said. “As a teammate we’re all dependent on each other and I’m not in any hurry to prove myself without those guys because they’re part of who we are. To try to say it’s this person or that person is missing the point. It’s a team working together, people working together. Myself, Tyreek Hill, Tua, cool. What if no one’s blocking? You know what I mean? We’re all connected in that way.”
McDaniel added that he called the same plays last year despite not having the players to make them work.
“Our players run a lot of plays that I have a lot of history with, and it looks different,” McDaniel said. “That’s because of hard work and unbelievable ability. So don’t try me on other players.”
