The Miami Dolphins have been a team to watch over the last year or two — but mostly for the wrong reasons. Last season, it was Tyreek Hill who went on a rant about not returning to the team. Yet here we are, and Hill is still a Dolphin. The Dolphins have had a very toxic culture for quite some time.
“Except this isn't a one-year issue with Miami. Set aside the iffy football decisions, like Grier's inability to field a stable offensive line or properly manage high-profile salaries over the course of a nine-year tenure featuring exactly zero playoff victories. Just from a culture perspective, Miami has been the NFL equivalent of an accident -- a controversy, a feud, a drama -- waiting to happen,” CBS Sports’ Cody Benjamin wrote.
As training camp began, QB Tua Tagovailoa revealed the locker room’s lack of trust toward Hill.
“It's not just with me, it's with a lot of the guys. I'm not the only one that heard that. You guys aren't the only people that heard that," Tagovailoa said. "A lot of people that follow football, that follow the Miami Dolphins, that follow Tyreek that are fans of his — everyone has seen that. So, when you say something like that, you don't just come back from that with, 'Hey, my bad.' You got to work that relationship up; you've got to build everything back up again.”
After this, The Herd’s Colin Cowherd called for the Dolphins to let go of Hill for good. Tagovailoa went on the record, saying he was simply holding Hill accountable for his actions at the end of last season.
“I don’t feel it’s me talking bad about my teammate,” Tagovailoa said on NFL Network. “I’m just trying to hold him accountable, because that’s what we try to do with everyone on our team. And if this is what we say the standard is, that’s what the standard is, and no one is exempt from it.”
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This shows true leadership and sends a clear message that no one on the team will have a bigger ego than the team itself. Tagovailoa and the Dolphins want to turn heads this season. To do that, they must change the locker room toxicity — starting by holding one of the best players on the roster accountable.