It was a horrible interception at the worst possible time.
And it was everything wrong with Tua Tagovailoa as the Miami Dolphins‘ franchise quarterback.
Credit Mike McDaniel‘s crew for trading blows with the NFL‘s best team on Thursday Night Football.
A tough 31-21 road defeat to Josh Allen and the Super Bowl-dreaming Buffalo Bills likely helped McDaniel remain as the Dolphins’ head coach for at least a few more weeks.
But the late fourth-quarter pick that Tagovailoa fired into the waiting hands of Terrel Bernard that pushed Buffalo to a perfect 3-0 and punched the winless Dolphins in the gut?
It was just the latest reminder that Tagovailoa is wildly overpaid by NFL standards — he’s making $39.1 million this year and is on a $212m deal — and that the former No. 5 overall NFL Draft pick is only regressing in his sixth pro season.
“At this point I have a better shot at being the Dolphins QB,” one fan tweeted.
“That INT gonna live rent free in highlight reels,” a second fan wrote.
With McDaniel getting more out of the Dolphins from the sideline and Tyreek Hill leading the team with 49 receiving yards and a touchdown, Miami was set up to dramatically turn around its season if the Dolphins’ franchise QB could deliver.
But in the same week that Tagovailoa oddly praised Allen, the second-best quarterback on the field disappointed again and the Dolphins became the NFL’s first team with three defeats.
“It’s honestly something that we have seen on tape,” said Bernard, referring to Tagovailoa’s game-sealing pick that was telegraphed in advance.
“That’s one of their top quick-game concepts. We’re in a three-deep zone and I just saw it and broke on it.”
talksportTua Tagovailoa, center, threw another costly interception for Miami[/caption] GettyTagovailoa has thrown 48 INT in 67 games with the Dolphins[/caption]Allen was MVP-like again, completing 22-of-28 passes for 213 yards, three touchdowns, no picks and a sparkling 134.1 rating.
He’s the best QB in the NFL for a reason.
Tagovailoa was less than average, only throwing for 146 yards and posting an 81.2 rating, and moving closer toward being benched.
His recent comments playing down his turnover tendencies also look misguided after his latest pick
“That I turn the ball over in bunches? That is crazy,” Tagovailoa said.
“It just so happened that is what happened. … It was what it was. You’ve got to move forward from that. Can’t make the same mistakes and move on from that.”
GettyJosh Allen, right, powered Buffalo to a 3-0 start on Thursday Night Football[/caption]But that’s exactly what happened against the Bills, in a game that was effectively a must-win for a struggling team that now rests at the bottom of the AFC East and has the NFL’s worst point differential (minus-41).
“I’m never proud of a loss,” McDaniel said.
“We came here to win, and I refuse to take moral victories as the head coach of the Miami Dolphins. It wasn’t good enough, so that’s where I’m at.”
The Dolphins were supposed to have the most exciting offense in the NFL with McDaniel, Hill and Tagovailoa packaged together.
Injuries and Tagovailoa’s concussions have deflated that theory.
Poor team chemistry and Hill’s selfishness have eroded Miami’s buzz, which once saw the team electrify the league by scoring 70 points in Week 3 of the 2023 season.
GettyTyreek Hill could be traded to a Super Bowl contender[/caption]Two years later, Tagovailoa can’t stop turning the ball over and his latest interception kept the Dolphins winless, while Hill is inching toward a trade.
“It’s very hard to hate Tua. He played great for most of the game but that defines his time with Miami,” GhostOfAdamGase tweeted.
“Good for the majority, but when he’s bad, it’s at the worst possible times. Let him go win an AFC championship somewhere else, but I can’t do this anymore, brother.”
Allen was a reigning MVP dreaming of finally winning it all for Buffalo.
Tagovailoa isn’t the future in Miami, and he’s holding back the Dolphins’ rebuild that’s waiting to happen.
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