The jury is still out on Tua Tagovailoa, and the Miami Dolphins will find out whether the decision to stick with the quarterback for the 2023 NFL season will pay off. But at least one Dolphins player does not feel having Tagovailoa continue as the team's starter is doing him any favors.
In an interview with Omar Kelly of The Sun-Sentinel, an unnamed Dolphins defender dropped a harsh take on the former Alabama Crimson Tide star signal-caller.
When Tagovailoa’s positives are pointed out — as I often do, as an admitted supporter of Tagovailoa — the rebuttal always centers on the lack of velocity of his throws.
“He can’t make every throw,” one prominent defender said before reminding me he watched Tagovailoa every day, not just on game days. “He’s only going to take us so far. I’m wasting my career here if that’s what we’re doing!”
Nevertheless, Tagovailoa's job is looking safe right now. Even though the Dolphins parted ways with Brian Flores, the Miami ownership wants the next Miami head coach to honestly trust Tagovailoa, who has two more years remaining on his current contract.
In the 2022 NFL regular season, Tagovailoa passed for 2,653 yards and 16 touchdowns with 10 interceptions for the Dolphins, who barely missed the playoffs with a 9-8 record.
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