{"id":29992,"date":"2025-03-02T09:19:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T09:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29992"},"modified":"2025-03-02T09:19:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T09:19:45","slug":"former-alabama-ol-all-but-asks-the-miami-dolphins-at-the-nfl-combine-to-let-him-come-protect-tua-tagovailoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29992","title":{"rendered":"Former Alabama OL all but asks the Miami Dolphins at the NFL Combine to let him come protect Tua Tagovailoa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Miami Dolphins\u00a0are undoubtedly in dire need for some help along their offensive line.\u00a0 With the NFL Combine in full swing, it&#8217;s a perfect opportunity for Mike McDaniel and Chris Grier to get a closer look at some prospects ahead of next months&#8217; draft.<\/p>\n<p>One player who would seem to fit the bill is Alabama IOL\u00a0Tyler Booke<a href=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/nfl-draft\/alabama-iol-tyler-booker-2025-nfl-draft-profile\/\">r<\/a>.\u00a0 However, Booker said on Saturday to the media that he hadn&#8217;t heard from the Dolphins &#8211; even though he&#8217;d like the chance to protect another fellow Crimson Tide football alum in Tua Tagovailoa.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-twitter-embed\">\n<figure class=\"m-embed mm-embed--twitter l-inline\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=%40Craiginthe843&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1895857538232697341&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fatozsports.com%2Fnfl%2Fmiami-dolphins-news%2Fmiami-dolphins-news-2025-nfl-combine-offensive-line-prospects-alabama-guard-tyler-booker-protect-tua-tagovailoa%2F&amp;sessionId=276d0a61312ee507622516d30fbf86857cea2e3a&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-13=\"true\" data-tweet-id=\"1895857538232697341\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I haven&#8217;t met Tua, but I&#8217;ve heard a lot of great stories about him,&#8221; Booker said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve only heard great things about Tua, so it [would be] great to block for him, play with any other Bama guy because we&#8217;re wired a little differently. 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