{"id":20409,"date":"2025-01-19T03:30:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T03:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=20409"},"modified":"2025-01-19T03:30:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T03:30:18","slug":"more-evidence-suggests-2025-will-be-vital-for-dolphins-qb-tua-tagovailoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=20409","title":{"rendered":"More evidence suggests 2025 will be vital for Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-darkGrey font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\">\n<p>There are a lot of fans that would certainly agree<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex items-center justify-between text-darkGrey font-group-bigger\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n<div class=\"mb-0 md:mx-10 md:mb-9 relative\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_472,y_54,w_2808,h_1579\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/62\/01jhv1sv95cy4akthny0.jpg\" alt=\"Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa\" width=\"2808\" height=\"1579\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa | Megan Briggs\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap\">\n<div class=\"flex mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)]\">\n<div class=\"hidden md:block mx-4\" data-testid=\"share-menu\">\n<div class=\"sticky top-20 mb-3\" data-testid=\"share-menu-inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><main><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<figure class=\"player-wrapper relative aspect-video mb-[18px] bg-grey rounded-md hidden player-wrapper-lg md:block\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">During the first week of the Miami Dolphins 2024 training camp, Miami invested its future in Tua Tagovailoa. A year later, he could be on the hot seat.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Tagovailoa didn&#8217;t have a great year in 2024 and yes, he missed six games total, but when they needed him the most, he wasn&#8217;t there to lift the team. When the playoffs were on the line in Weeks 17 and 18,\u00a0he was a sideline cheerleader.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Should he be on the hot seat? The cap hit Miami would take by changing quarterbacks would not be good, regardless of whether it was after the 2025 season or the 2026 campaign. Tagovailoa is under contract through 2029, but there are outs along the way.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Bleacher Report, however, believes that Tagovailoa\u00a0should be one of several quarterbacks on the hot seat\u00a0when the 2025 season begins.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">B\/R&#8217;s Maurice Moton hit the nail on the head when he mentioned Tagovailoa&#8217;s winning rate against opponents with records above .500. It is not good, and the Dolphins will not take the next step forward until they figure out how to beat good squads.<\/p>\n<p>Moton also recognizes\u00a0Tagovailoa&#8217;s injury history as a problem\u00a0and he would be correct there as well.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa likely won&#8217;t be on the hot seat in reality, but he absolutely should be<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The reality is simple: if Tagovailoa can&#8217;t be on the field, he can&#8217;t improve his game against good football teams, and the problem is, he can&#8217;t stay healthy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">In his five NFL seasons, Tagovailoa has only made it through one full year without an injury. But even during that season, he still couldn&#8217;t beat playoff-caliber teams when it mattered.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Dolphins are in need of a lot of help for Tagovailoa, and that also starts with Mike McDaniel and his often atrocious play-calling. McDaniel has to put his quarterback in a better position to succeed as well next season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of fans that would certainly agree Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa | Megan Briggs\/GettyImages During the first week of the Miami Dolphins 2024&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>More evidence suggests 2025 will be vital for Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=20409\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More evidence suggests 2025 will be vital for Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa - 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