Tua Tagovailoa on preseason – I am not ‘too cool to get reps’

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — If Tua Tagovailoa has a say, he’ll be on the sector this preseason.

The Dolphins quarterback stated he’d “love” to see prolonged run throughout the three-game preseason slate regardless of Miami’s 4 scheduled joint practices this summer time.

Beginning quarterbacks sometimes play sparingly within the preseason, Tagovailoa admitted, however he stated he’d respect the sport reps because the Dolphins proceed to jell earlier than their regular-season opener.

“I would undoubtedly like to get some preseason snaps in. Little doubt,” he stated Wednesday. “It is a new season, it is a new 12 months. Bought to get issues tuned in with the fellows once more, all of that. I do not assume I am higher than anybody on this staff or assume I am too cool to get reps in throughout preseason video games.

“Nah, I do not thoughts that in any respect. I’d love that.”

Beneath coach Mike McDaniel, Tagovailoa’s preseason snaps have decreased in every of their first three seasons collectively. He tried 15 preseason passes in 2022, 13 in 2023 and 5 in 2024.

The Dolphins’ 4 scheduled joint practices seem like this: one with the Chicago Bears, two with the Detroit Lions and one with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Tagovailoa has not performed any dwell sport since Dec. 22; he missed Miami’s remaining two video games of the season with a hip harm.

Most of Miami’s offensive core stays intact, apart from tight finish Jonnu Smith, who was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and left sort out Terron Armstead, who retired in April.