QB Tua Tagovailoa: the Missing Piece of the Miami Dolphins Puzzle | NFL News
The 26-year-old Tua Tagovailoa‘s absence was gravely felt by the Miami Dolphins in the 2024 NFL season. Way beyond the NFL grass. In the hearts of the other players of Dolphins. WR Braxton Berrios said, “Tua, with his timing and his accuracy, he’s second to none…it’s huge. You hit your certain steps, you come out of the break, and you know the ball is going to be on you. He already released it. It’s in the air. It makes the offense tick when you have a quarterback who can put it on the spot like that.”
“Find a way to just keep him healthy,” says 9-time Pro Bowler and former star quarterback of Miami Dolphins, Dan Marino, about Tua Tagovailoa
Hall of Famer Dan Marino put in a few good words for Tua Tagovailoa, “I thought we had a very good football team until we started getting injuries, especially at the end of the year. Tua is our quarterback. He’s going to be our quarterback, but we need to find a way to just keep him healthy, especially at the end of the year when you have to win games to get in the playoffs. That’s I think where the focus is going to be.”
QB Tua Tagovailoa’s concussion and hip injury kept him away from the Miami Dolphins in the 2024 NFL season
Miami Dolphins star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was away from Miami Dolphia for 6 long games this season; 4 games were because of a concussion, and the last 2 games because of an undisclosed severe hip injury.
In the first, 4 games that were missed by Tua Tagovailoa, the Miami Dolphins stood at 1 win and 3 losses. Tua returned in the middle of the season to fight against the Arizona Cardinals. Tua Tagovailoa picked up the score to 5 wins and 4 losses. But, but, but. Tua suffered another injury, and this time it was a hip injury. And the team went spirally down to 8 wins and 9 losses.
The Miami Dolphins, in the absence of their star quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa, finished their regular season with 8 losses and 9 wins under the head coach of Mike McDaniel. And this one’s the first 8-9 for the HC McDaniel since the 2021 NFL season.
“It’s frustrating,” shares Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa about missing games
Talking about his injuries, Tua shared, “I think the biggest thing, and it has been my thing since last year. The concussions have been a thing, and then just off of that, other injuries that have stacked up with the concussions to where I’m missing games. It’s frustrating. That’s the frustrating part, and I think that’s something to take into consideration for myself, for the team, and just moving forward to stay available for more than one season, that’s for sure.”
Miami Dolphins must look for an ideal backup quarterback for Tua Tagovailoa
This time around, for the next 2025 NFL season, the Miami Dolphins have supposedly found the ideal replacement for their star quarterback in case Tua Tagovailoa misses this season, too, because of his injuries. Touchwood.
According to NFL.com’s Chad Reuter, Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel makes an ideal candidate for the 89th overall pick in the third round in the 2025 NFL draft. Gabriel shows maximum similarity to Tua Tagovailoa in terms of the ability to push The Duke downfield and take off running whenever possible.
Another similarity shared between the two quarterbacks is, like Tua Tagovailoa, Gabriel is a left-handed quarterback, too. Dillon Gabriel has accumulated 18,000 passing yards with 189 total TDs in 64 games of his 6 seasons of college football career.
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