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Tua Tagovailoa has travel into his ain arsenic backmost of nan Miami Dolphins successful nan past 2 seasons.
Tagovailoa showed what he’s tin of erstwhile he doesn’t person to compete for nan starting occupation each week and – astatine slightest this twelvemonth – showed what he tin do erstwhile he’s 100% healthy.
For nan fifth-year quarterback, he chalked it up to astatine slightest 2 things that person helped him retired tremendously: nan weapons put astir him and nan head-coaching style of Mike McDaniel.
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Miami Dolphins caput coach Mike McDaniel talks pinch backmost Tua Tagovailoa anterior to nan crippled against nan Dallas Cowboys astatine Hard Rock Stadium successful Miami Gardens, Florida, connected Dec. 24, 2023. (Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports)
The Dolphins traded for Tyreek Hill, signed Raheem Mostert and drafted Jaylen Waddle and De’Von Achane successful nan past 2 years. It’s helped nan Dolphins spell from nan apical 25 successful yards and scoring to nan apical 10 successful each category, including first successful yards and 2nd successful points successful 2023.
"It’s been each of it. I would beryllium [remiss] to opportunity it was 1 personification and miss retired nan different people. But for sure, nan guys that I’m surrounded pinch thief maine return my crippled to different level. And I would opportunity nan aforesaid if it were vice versa; I americium besides capable to thief those guys return their crippled to different level."
As fans whitethorn person seen connected HBO’s "Hard Knocks," it’s not precisely a location of symptom successful nan Dolphins' locker room.
Miami Dolphins backmost Tua Tagovailoa throws a walk during nan 2nd half of nan AFC wild-card playoff crippled against nan Chiefs successful Kansas City, Missouri, connected Jan. 13, 2024. (Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports)
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Tagovailoa highlighted McDaniel’s approach.
"Now, pinch our caput coach … I deliberation nan point that he’s done that’s been really bully is he has a heightened consciousness of affectional intelligence successful reaching retired to guys. … Coaching is trying to get guys to do nan aforesaid point astatine once," he told Fox News Digital. "But immoderate guys don’t study nan aforesaid measurement arsenic others. And so, he tried to find ways around: ‘How tin I get this feline to beryllium connected nan aforesaid page arsenic that guy? OK, that’s really he learns? That’s really we’re going to do it.’"
"I deliberation taking that benignant of attack has really helped everyone connected nan squad passim nan past 2 years."
Tagovailoa suggested that he relished being capable to "actually beryllium myself" and that he didn’t person to "pretend to for illustration this play."
Miami Dolphins backmost Tua Tagovailoa talks pinch caput coach Mike McDaniel during a time-out successful nan 2nd 4th of nan crippled against nan Washington Commanders astatine FedExField successful Landover, Maryland, connected Dec. 3, 2023. (Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports)
The 2023 play was Tagovailoa’s champion by far, contempt only making it to nan divisional information erstwhile again.
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He led nan NFL pinch 4,624 passing yards and had 29 touchdown passes arsenic well.
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Ryan Gaydos is simply a elder editor for Fox News Digital.
