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Miami Dolphins

Tua Tagovailoa returning to the lineup

I’m not sure it’s a great idea for Tua Tagovailoa to be playing. He seems to be prone to head injuries. But he’s been cleared and it’s his decision, so we’ll see where it goes (and how long it lasts).

For fantasy purposes, Tagovailoa will have to be considered by those in a jam at the position. And for those in Superflex leagues, the bar for him to be relevant is a lot lower.

Tagovailoa is one of the best in the league at quickly getting rid of the ball, and the entire offense is built around him. It’s fallen apart when they’ve tried to plug in lesser backups. They haven’t had the same accuracy and processing speed to pull it off.

Neither Tyreek Hill nor Jaylen Waddle, remarkably, have scored in any of the games Tagovailoa has missed the last three years.

Unless there are issues with rust and confidence, Tagovailoa should be passing for plenty of yards. He led the league in passing yards a year ago, and he passed for a league-high 338 in Week 1 against Jacksonville.

Since the start of last year, he’s averaged 269 passing yards in the games he’s started. That ranked 3rd among quarterbacks with at least 10 starts in the 2023-24 seasons. He’s thrown 31 touchdowns in his last 19 games (1.63 per game, or about 5 TDs in every 3 starts).

PASSING YARDS PER GAME SINCE 2023
PlayerGYds/GTDInt
Kirk Cousins15277.42812
Jared Goff23268.94016
Tua Tagovailoa19268.83117
Brock Purdy23266.14018
Dak Prescott23266.04415
C.J. Stroud22262.3339
Matthew Stafford22256.23116
Geno Smith22255.02815
Patrick Mahomes22253.33322
Jordan Love22250.54719
Baker Mayfield24246.04617
Josh Allen24241.24118
Trevor Lawrence23241.03017
Joe Burrow17239.3298
Lamar Jackson23238.6399
Sam Howell17232.12121
Justin Herbert19226.2268
Jalen Hurts23224.63019
Gardner Minshew18221.81814
Derek Carr22221.23312
Desmond Ridder13213.81211
Kyler Murray15208.7198
Russell Wilson16208.4288
Aidan O'Connell12201.8127
Zach Wilson11193.776
Justin Fields19193.12110
Mac Jones11192.71012
Joshua Dobbs12192.21110
Daniel Jones13180.8810
Will Levis14179.11311
Deshaun Watson13174.1127
Bryce Young18173.41113
Kenny Pickett12172.564

—Ian Allan

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