The Miami Dolphins’ playoff hopes dwindled considerably in Week 13 of the NFL’s 2024 season. And Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa figures he’s to blame.
Not because of the way he played in the Dolphins’ 30-17 loss to the Green Bay Packers – Tagovailoa threw for 365 yards and two touchdowns – but because of a decision he made way back in a Week 2 game against the Buffalo Bills.
“Nobody else will say it but me,” Tagovailoa said, “and I feel like this has a lot to do with myself obviously putting myself in harm’s way in the second game, going down --basically leaving my guys out to dry, that’s what I would say. Anyone can have an opinion about, ‘It’s football. It’s this, it’s that.’ I do take heart to that as well and still don’t want to do that to my guys again.”
On Sept. 12 against the Buffalo Bills, Tagovailoa scrambled for a first down on a fourth-and-4 snap in the third quarter. But the former Alabama All-American didn’t slide to pick up the needed yardage. Tagovailoa was tackled by Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin, and the quarterback did not get up after the play.
Eventually, Tagovailoa walked off the field. But he went to the locker room, and he didn’t play again until Oct. 27.
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