fourth-quarter rally for the Bills to win 32-29<\/a> as Tagovailoa completed 17 of 30 passes for 234 yards and two TDs.<\/p>\nThere is no doubt the Dolphins offense is markedly better with Tagovailoa at the helm. This season, in games he was able to start and finish, Miami was 8-3 and he threw 24 TD passes compared to just four interceptions. He suffered officially documented concussions and had to leave two games the Dolphins eventually lost, Week 4 at Cincinnati and Week 16 at home against the Packers.<\/p>\n\n
Sunday\u2019s win over the Jets was the first game this year the Dolphins won with Tagovailoa sitting out the entire way. They had been 0-3. Of course, they won, not because Thompson played well \u2014 he passed for just 152 yards \u2014 but because the Miami defense had its way with New York\u2019s third-string QB, Joe Flacco, limiting the Jets to 187 total yards and two field goals.<\/p>\n\n
With Tagovailoa, the Miami passing game was ultra dangerous, led by Hill who finished with 119 catches for 1,710 yards (both totals were second in the NFL behind only Minnesota\u2019s Justin Jefferson) and seven TDs. Jaylen Waddle tacked on 75 receptions for 1,356 yards and eight scores.<\/p>\n
Among QBs who started at least half their teams\u2019 games, Tagovailoa led the NFL with a passer rating of 105.5, barely edging out Patrick Mahomes (105.2). Buffalo\u2019s Josh Allen was eighth at 96.6.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\nThe dropoff from Tagovailoa to Bridgewater is sizable, and then down to Thompson, a rookie seventh-round pick from Kansas State, it\u2019s massive. So, all eyes will be laser-focused on what happens at Dolphins practice this week and whether Tagovailoa is participating in any way.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll continue to take it day by day, and I will not even think about any sort of game, whether that\u2019s this year or next year, until he\u2019s fully ready to do so,\u201d coach Mike McDaniel said Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd that comes with medical clearance. Once it was articulated to me that it doesn\u2019t help Tua in any shape or form if I project any sort of things besides, \u2018Hey, what are we doing today and what are we doing to get better today?\u2019 I haven\u2019t even thought about it.\u201d<\/p>\n