Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has offered an apology to his team for publicly calling them out for their meeting attendance.

At the Dolphins news conference on Wednesday, Tagovailoa took full responsibility for his remarks and the effect they may have had on his teammates.

"I've made a mistake and I'm owning up to that right now. I've talked to guys on the team about it, talked to the leaders about it, and they know my heart. They know that the intent was right. But no matter the intent ... When things get misconstrued or however the media wants to portray it, that leaves a void of silence and a lot of questions for the guys on our team now being 1-5,” he said. “We talk a lot about, 'All right, we got to get this going, come in excited to go to work, forget about the noise.' And I feel like I just added onto that for our guys.

Tagovailoa continued: "I've got to look at myself as the leader protecting the team. I don't feel like I did that to the best of my abilities. I felt like I let the emotions of the game get to me after the game. And that's something that I can learn from as a leader on this team and what happens in-house should be protected and none of that should have gotten out."

Following the Dolphins 29-27 loss to Los Angeles Chargers last Sunday, Tagovailoa was asked how “players would refrain from feeling sorry for themselves after a 1-5 start.”

“We have guys showing up to players-only meetings late, guys not showing up to players-only meetings," he said. "There's a lot that goes into that. Do we have to make this mandatory? Do we not have to make this mandatory?

"It's a lot of things of that nature that we've got to get cleaned up, and it starts with little things like that,” continued.

After his remarks, Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said  that Tagovailoa's comments were "misguided" and were made in an improper forum.

Next up for the Dolphins are the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, Oct.19.