Ryan Tannehill's anger is misguided.
The Dolphins quarterback said he is angry over media reports saying that he told a scout team player to "enjoy your practice squad paycheck."
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But he should be angrier with the teammate that leaked his alleged comments to the media in the first place.
Tannehill, however, said only that the snitch left him with "a bad feeling," according to the Miami Herald.
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"Honestly, it's slanderous to report things that I didn't say," he said. "To put words in my mouth that I didn't say and to degrade my reputation and what I stand for, honestly, it's sickening to me. On top of that, just the fact that something inside the locker room gets out, honestly it gets me upset.
"Someone's leaking, obviously. I don't think it's a huge problem where everyone's running to say everything that happened here, but I'd like to think as a team, when something happens in this building or out on the practice field, whatever it may be, that we protect each other and represent each other well. The fact that someone's airing out our dirty laundry from within, it's a bad feeling."
The former Texas A&M star did admit that he lost his temper when practice squad linebacker Chris McCain "did something more aggressive than typical for a Saturday practice," leading Tannehill to say something about preparing a scout team trophy for McCain.
"I got upset," Tannehill acknowledged. "I said nothing about a paycheck or anything close to that. I know everybody in this building works hard every single day, so I respect guys and I would never take a shot like that.
"Am I happy about everything I said? No. The way things went down? No. But I hold myself to a higher standard than to take a shot at someone like that, especially guys that I work with every day and I respect how they go about their business."
The Herald added that center Mike Pouncey backed up Tannehill's version of events, so that speaks to the internal strife going on within the team.
Tannehill should start with that before he confronts any scout team members or media members.
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