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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Tagovailoa played a full season last year for the first time in his four-year career and ended up leading the league in passing yards (4,624) and throwing 29 TD passes. Those stats were built on efficiency rather than volume too. Tagovailoa ranked 16th in attempts per game (32.9), but his 76.8 percent on-target rate (3rd) led to a 69.3 completion percentage (5th) even as he threw 35.0 percent of attempts beyond 10 yards (4th). He averaged 8.3 yards per attempt, second only to Brock Purdy. Tua particularly shines using his strong arm downfield. He led the league in on-target percentage on attempts of 20-plus yards (65.6), completing half of those (2nd) with a league-high 10 touchdowns. With speedsters Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle at his disposal, Tagovailoa should again have plenty of downfield opportunities. The Dolphins added WR Odell Beckham (for whatever he has left) and TE Jonnu Smith, and they still have the league's fastest backfield with Raheem Mostert and De'Von Achane (combined 52 catches). Coach Mike McDaniel's innovative and dynamic offense should again put Tua in a strong position, but the QB's lack of rushing suppresses his fantasy value -- his career average is 7.2 rushing yards per game. Without meaningful rushing stats, he'll probably need to push toward 600 pass attempts to reach the top 10 of fantasy quarterbacks. Indeed, last season he finished as QB11 despite leading the league in passing yards. Read Past Outlooks
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Unlikely to play Friday
Tagovailoa isn't slated to play in Friday's preseason game at Tampa Bay, David Furones of the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports.
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Tagovailoa thus will end this year's exhibition slate with one appearance last Saturday against the Commanders in which he completed all five of his passes for 51 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions. Once Week 1 rolls around, the biggest question marks for the Dolphins offense will be the health of WRs Tyreek Hill (hand) and Jaylen Waddle (undisclosed), neither of whom took part in the preseason. In two campaigns working with coach Mike McDaniel, Tagovailoa has completed 67.4 percent of his passes, averaged 272.4 passing yards per game and put together a 54:22 TD:INT in 30 regular-season contests.
Tagovailoa thus will end this year's exhibition slate with one appearance last Saturday against the Commanders in which he completed all five of his passes for 51 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions. Once Week 1 rolls around, the biggest question marks for the Dolphins offense will be the health of WRs Tyreek Hill (hand) and Jaylen Waddle (undisclosed), neither of whom took part in the preseason. In two campaigns working with coach Mike McDaniel, Tagovailoa has completed 67.4 percent of his passes, averaged 272.4 passing yards per game and put together a 54:22 TD:INT in 30 regular-season contests.
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How do Tua Tagovailoa's measurables compare to other quarterbacks?
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Multiple concussions marred what was otherwise a fantastic season for Tagovailoa last year. The Dolphins gave him an offensive-minded coach in Mike McDaniel and the league’s best deep threat in Tyreek Hill, and Tua took advantage. After ranking 29th in average target depth (7.0) in 2021, Tagovailoa was second in the league last year at 10.0 yards. That propelled him to an NFL-high 8.9 YPA, and with a 25/8 TD/INT ratio (5th) he led the league in passer rating at 105.5. Even with a commensurate drop in accuracy that comes with longer throws, Tagovailoa finished 10th in the league on-target percentage (74.0). The only thing that slowed him was injury, as he missed two early season games and then the final two games (plus the Dolphins’ wild-card loss) with concussions. He’s healthy entering this season, though, and has perhaps the league’s best WR duo in Hill and Jaylen Waddle, who combined for 3,066 receiving yards and 15 touchdowns last year. Tight end Mike Gesicki left in free agency, but the Dolphins didn't get much out of him anyway. Last season’s concussions don’t necessarily make Tua more prone to a head injury this year, but the Dolphins, who were criticized for their handling of his first concussion, figure to be more cautious if Tua is injured this season. The history of missed games adds some risk, and Tua doesn’t get much rushing production, but those are about the only drawbacks with the strong-armed and accurate Tagovailoa as a fantasy quarterback.
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Sharp in Saturday's cameo
Tagovailoa completed all five passes for 51 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions in the Dolphins' 13-6 preseason win over the Commanders on Saturday night.
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Starters to play vs. Washington
Coach Mike McDaniel said "guys who are starters" will suit up for "some action" during Saturday's preseason game against the Commanders, though he didn't specify Tagovailoa by name, Chris Perkins of the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports.
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No action in preseason opener
Tagovailoa did not play in the Dolphins' 20-13 preseason win over the Falcons on Friday night.
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Unlikely to play Friday
Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel suggested Wednesdays that Tagovailoa isn't likely to play in Friday's preseason game against Atlanta, Hal Habib of The Palm Beach Post reports.
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Multi-year extension gets done
Tagovailoa and the Dolphins agreed to terms Friday on a four-year, $212.4 million contract extension, Mike Garafolo of NFL Network reports.
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Gets richest deal in team history
The four-year, $212.4 million extension Tagovailoa agreed to with the Dolphins on Friday is the most lucrative deal in the franchise's 58-year history, Marcel Louis-Jacques of ESPN.com reports.
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Tagovailoa's long-anticipated contract extension was part of an eventful Friday afternoon for talented young NFL signal-callers, as the Packers' Jordan Love inked an even more lucrative deal of his own shortly thereafter. Tagovailoa's contract includes $167 million in total guarantees, and the $53.1 million average annual value of the pact makes the 2020 first-round pick the fourth-most well-paid quarterback on an annual basis behind Love, the Bengals' Joe Burrow and the Jaguars' Trevor Lawrence.
Tagovailoa's long-anticipated contract extension was part of an eventful Friday afternoon for talented young NFL signal-callers, as the Packers' Jordan Love inked an even more lucrative deal of his own shortly thereafter. Tagovailoa's contract includes $167 million in total guarantees, and the $53.1 million average annual value of the pact makes the 2020 first-round pick the fourth-most well-paid quarterback on an annual basis behind Love, the Bengals' Joe Burrow and the Jaguars' Trevor Lawrence.