Over the last two to three years, the Miami Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa has established himself as one of the NFL’s better quarterbacks, even if some people don’t want to realize it.
He led the league in passer rating and touchdown percentage in 2022, and the following year, he had 4,624 passing yards, which was the most of any player in the NFL. He made the Pro Bowl in 2023, and at age 27, he could still have some room for improvement.
But Tagovailoa has proven to be injury-prone. He has been diagnosed with three concussions so far in his pro career, including one last season, and many feel he has actually had more than three concussions since entering the league.
In 2019, his last season at the University of Alabama, he suffered a sprained ankle early in the year, and he then sustained a dislocated hip, broken nose, posterior wall fracture and concussion in a November game versus Mississippi State University.
According to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald, the Dolphins had dinner with Chris Ewers, a second-tier quarterback prospect in the upcoming draft.
“The Dolphins have been spending time with quarterbacks in this draft class, including a dinner with Texas’ Quinn Ewers,” Jackson wrote.
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Ewers isn’t quite Cam Ward or Shedeur Sanders, the two top QB prospects this year, but he did throw for a decent 3,472 yards and 31 touchdowns last season while with the Longhorns. At the end of the 2022 season, he set a record for the most passing yards in a Big 12 Championship Game and won the MVP of the contest.
Of course, this news will spark some conversation about where the Dolphins feel they stand with Tagovailoa. Some may speculate that they’re looking to have someone who can take over under center for more than a short period of time, given Tagovailoa’s many injuries, but it could also be that they simply want to have a competent backup in place.
Right now, Zach Wilson, a former No. 2 overall pick who has been a big disappointment in three NFL seasons, is second on Miami’s depth chart at quarterback.
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