by: Nick Kosko • 56 minutes ago • nickkosko59
Tua Tagovailoa promised to protect himself this season and make sure he’s available all year for the Miami Dolphins. For a former first-round quarterback that has been plagued by concussion issues in recent years, Dolphin fans surely hope so.
Tagovailoa’s taken precautions in the past, such as jiu jitsu training and learning how to break fall, thus dispersing any impact on the ground away from his head. Still, he missed six games last season after starting a full 17 in 2023. Tagovailoa was also limited to 13 games each in 2021 and ‘22, while not playing in the playoff game the latter year for Miami.
Tagovailoa knows going into Year 6 that he has to be healthy for he and the team to be successful and make a deep playoff run. But it’s a matter of doing it, not just saying it.
“Me not putting myself in situations where I’m not available for my team, and then we take it from there,” Tagovailoa said on NFL Network. “If I can stay healthy for our guys, I believe, and I think the team believes, that I give us the best chance to go do what we say we want to do.”
In 11 games last year, Tagovailoa was on pace for some career numbers. He completed 72.9% of his passes, had a 6-5 record as a starter and threw for 2,867 yards, 19 touchdowns and seven interceptions.