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Last week, theMiami Dolphins were fined for tampering charges after attempting to bring Tom Brady and Sean Payton to South Florida.
Fittingly, his first preseason game for the Dolphins is this Saturday in Tampa, Florida against BradyTampa Bay against the Buccaneers.
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Prior to training camp at the Baptiste Health Training Complex on July 27, 2022, Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel addresses the media. At Miami Gardens, Florida. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
But head coach Mike McDaniel said what happened years ago between the team and the quarterbacks
"Nothing happened to me," he told reporters Wednesday.
McDaniel was asked if there was anything awkward about it, but McDaniel implied that his locker room had no such thing.
"It's everyone else who's awkward. You don't take up an iota of space no matter who you're with. It's hard enough to do well in this league."
Dolphins team owner A certain Stephen Ross is in some heat recently, as former head coach Brian Flores also accused him of offering to pay $100,000 for all the losses the team lost in the 2019 season.
Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel announced 2022 Media before the Miami Dolphins Mandatory Minicamp on June 7 at the Baptiste Health Training Complex in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Joel Auerbach/Getty Images)
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An NFL investigation found no evidence of bribery, but the league found Ross felt tanking was in the team's best interest.
But McDaniel is simply focused on today's football and not on the past.
"As the Miami Dolphins, all our energies are very aligned and are only about getting better. Everything else is an opportunity cost that we don't want to spend." will," he said.
Rather than acquire Brady, the Dolphins drafted Tua his Tagovailoa in 2020 with his sixth pick. They stuck with Flores until last season.
Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel, right, Tua Tagovailoa speaks during training camp at the Baptist Health Training Complex in Miami Gardens, Florida, July 27, 2022. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
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Saturday will be the first meeting between the NFL's two quarterbacks after Tagovailoa was injured in a team-to-team matchup last season.