Tua Tagovailoa is officially back. The Dolphins have activated the quarterback off injured reserve. While Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com observes that Tagovailoa is listed as questionable, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network tweets that the QB will start tomorrow in London.
Tua hasn’t played since suffering a rib injury during Miami’s Week 2 loss to the Bills. He was placed on IR in late September, and he was designated to return from IR earlier this week. While the QB got a week of practice under his belt, it was still uncertain if the organization would fly the former first-round pick across the Atlantic Ocean in order to play the winless Jaguars in London tomorrow. Ultimately, it sounds like Tagovailoa will be under center for his squad at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The former fifth-overall pick started nine of his 10 games last season, completing 64.1-percent of his passes for 1,814 yards, 11 touchdowns, and only five interceptions. He also added another 109 yards and three touchdowns on the ground. He threw a touchdown and rushed for another during the Dolphins’ Week 1 victory over the Patriots, and he completed one of his four pass attempts in Week 2 before exiting.
Jacoby Brissett has been filling in as the starting QB in Tua’s absence, throwing four touchdowns in three starts.
The Dolphins made two additional moves this morning, promoting wideouts Isaiah Ford and Kirk Merritt from the practice squad.
I doubt it will matter. Terrible Tua was a bad #1 pick.
Won’t be long before Tagovailoa will return to the IR. I said this when he was drafted that the Dolphins made a big mistake drafting him.
Need to get Tua out there as much as possible in order to remove any doubt.
I’m sure the Dolphin brass want to see Tua on the field more but are they actually capable of making good assessments of QB talent. Their rejection of Tannehill as a capable QB still looks bad.
Give him the reigns. Sink or swim. If he don’t cut, release or trade him. This or next year will probably be the Dolphins best chance to get a second round pick for him.
This just in — Tua still sucks.
Chris Grier should be fired. Built a good 10-6 team and had money to spent and lots of draft picks. What a waste! Terrible decisions. Team has gone completely backwards.
Can’t blame Coach Flores