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Tua Tagovailoa

Pos: QB1 Team: MIA YoE: 5
Draft: RD 1, PICK 5
Injury Status: Q Return Date:



I. Player News & Analysis


ESPN

RotoWire

Trends


"Tagovailoa returns as the starter in Miami. With the Dolphins seeing two-high safeties on a league-high 56% of pass plays, he went super-conservative, posting a league-low 5.7 aDOT and completing a league-best 73% of his passes. He had a midseason stretch of four straight top-10 fantasy outings, but otherwise had one weekly finish better than 17th (eighth in Week 1). During the 11 weeks he was active, Tagovailoa averaged 16.5 fantasy PPG (14th best). He remains a nonfactor with his legs (below 75 yards three straight seasons, with zero rush TDs during the span), which is why he's never finished a season better than 10th in fantasy PPG. A good supporting cast led by Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, De'Von Achane and Jonnu Smith keeps Tagovailoa in the weekly streaming mix, but he has a low ceiling due to the limited rushing output."


"Tagovailoa looked sharp throwing Tuesday despite rainy field conditions, per Chris Perkins of the South Florida Sun Sentinel, and he's displayed no lingering issues related to the hip injury that forced him to sit out the final two regular-season games of 2024. Now heading into Year 4 in McDaniel's offense, and with top wideouts Tyreek Hill (wrist) and Jaylen Waddle returning, the stage is set for Tagovailoa to hit the ground running in 2025, with excuses running out if this team again underperforms compared to expectation. In response to the concussion and hip injuries that partially derailed Tagovailoa in 2024, McDaniel deployed a new offensive philosophy prioritizing short-area targets to De'Von Achane and Jonnu Smith at the expense of Hill and Waddle. One of the largest offseason questions for 2025 fantasy projections remains whether the Dolphins reprise a similar approach, which would help keep Tagovailoa from taking hits behind an already-poor offensive line that lost Terron Armstead to retirement, or return to the aggressive stance that saw the southpaw turn in a league-leading 4,624 passing yards while playing all 17 regular-season games in 2023. Recent trade rumors surrounding Smith, who desires a new contract after breaking out in 2024, suggest a willingness to de-prioritize targets to the tight end position and return to funneling things through Hill and Waddle."

Tua Tagovailoa's rushing yards per attempt has increased by 300+% over the past 8 weeks.

Tua Tagovailoa's rushing yards have decreased by 75.0+% over the past 10 weeks.

Tua Tagovailoa's passing yards per attempt has decreased by 21.62% over the past 6 weeks.

Tua Tagovailoa's passing yards have decreased by 21.53% over the past 6 weeks.

Tua Tagovailoa's passing touchdowns have decreased by 55.56% over the past 6 weeks.


II. Historical Performance



Season

Week

Home

Score

Away

ATT

YD

TD

FUM

YPA

RUSH SHARE

2024

16

SF

17 - 29

MIA

2.0

-1.0

0.0

0.0

-0.5

0.067

2024

15

MIA

12 - 20

HOU

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

0.0

0.0

2024

14

NYJ

26 - 32

MIA

1.0

3.0

0.0

0.0

3.0

0.053

2024

13

MIA

17 - 30

GB

2.0

6.0

0.0

0.0

3.0

0.143

2024

12

NE

15 - 34

MIA

3.0

-2.0

0.0

0.0

-0.67

0.125

2024

11

LV

19 - 34

MIA

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2024

10

MIA

23 - 15

LAR

1.0

-1.0

0.0

1.0

-1.0

0.045

2024

9

MIA

27 - 30

BUF

2.0

3.0

0.0

0.0

1.5

0.065

2024

8

ARI

28 - 27

MIA

3.0

13.0

0.0

0.0

4.33

0.12

2024

2

BUF

31 - 10

MIA

2.0

17.0

0.0

0.0

8.5

0.059

2024

1

JAX

17 - 20

MIA

1.0

11.0

0.0

0.0

11.0

0.04

2023

18

BUF

21 - 14

MIA

1.0

7.0

0.0

0.0

7.0

0.05

2023

17

MIA

19 - 56

BAL

2.0

14.0

0.0

0.0

7.0

0.08

2023

16

DAL

20 - 22

MIA

2.0

-2.0

0.0

0.0

-1.0

0.077

2023

15

NYJ

0 - 30

MIA

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2023

14

TEN

28 - 27

MIA

3.0

15.0

0.0

1.0

5.0

0.097

2023

13

MIA

45 - 15

WSH

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2023

12

MIA

34 - 13

NYJ

2.0

1.0

0.0

1.0

0.5

0.054

2023

11

LV

13 - 20

MIA

2.0

6.0

0.0

1.0

3.0

0.071

2023

9

MIA

14 - 21

KC

2.0

7.0

0.0

0.0

3.5

0.095

2023

8

NE

17 - 31

MIA

6.0

8.0

0.0

1.0

1.33

0.231

2023

7

MIA

17 - 31

PHI

1.0

-3.0

0.0

0.0

-3.0

0.083

2023

6

CAR

21 - 42

MIA

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.03

2023

5

NYG

16 - 31

MIA

2.0

6.0

0.0

0.0

3.0

0.087

2023

4

MIA

20 - 48

BUF

2.0

7.0

0.0

0.0

3.5

0.105

2023

3

DEN

20 - 70

MIA

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2023

2

MIA

24 - 17

NE

4.0

3.0

0.0

0.0

0.75

0.133

2023

1

MIA

36 - 34

LAC

5.0

5.0

0.0

1.0

1.0

0.25

2022

16

GB

26 - 20

MIA

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.056

2022

15

MIA

29 - 32

BUF

1.0

7.0

0.0

0.0

7.0

0.04

2022

14

MIA

17 - 23

LAC

3.0

28.0

0.0

0.0

9.33

0.158

2022

13

MIA

17 - 33

SF

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

0.0

0.0

2022

12

HOU

15 - 30

MIA

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2022

10

CLE

17 - 39

MIA

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.03

2022

9

MIA

35 - 32

CHI

5.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.217

2022

8

MIA

31 - 27

DET

5.0

19.0

0.0

0.0

3.8

0.192

2022

7

PIT

10 - 16

MIA

4.0

15.0

0.0

0.0

3.75

0.148

2022

4

MIA

15 - 27

CIN

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2022

3

BUF

19 - 21

MIA

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.059

2022

2

MIA

42 - 38

BAL

1.0

1.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

0.056

2022

1

NE

7 - 20

MIA

2.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.087

2021

18

NE

24 - 33

MIA

5.0

38.0

0.0

0.0

7.6

0.116

2021

17

MIA

3 - 34

TEN

2.0

1.0

0.0

1.0

0.5

0.125

2021

16

MIA

20 - 3

NO

1.0

1.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

0.033

2021

15

NYJ

24 - 31

MIA

7.0

19.0

0.0

0.0

2.71

0.167

2021

13

NYG

9 - 20

MIA

2.0

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.08

2021

12

CAR

10 - 33

MIA

4.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.103

2021

11

MIA

24 - 17

NYJ

3.0

6.0

0.0

0.0

2.0

0.091

2021

10

BAL

10 - 22

MIA

3.0

0.0

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.136

2021

8

MIA

11 - 26

BUF

4.0

10.0

1.0

0.0

2.5

0.174

2021

7

ATL

30 - 28

MIA

4.0

29.0

0.0

0.0

7.25

0.138

2021

6

MIA

20 - 23

JAX

3.0

22.0

0.0

0.0

7.33

0.15

2021

2

BUF

35 - 0

MIA

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2021

1

MIA

17 - 16

NE

4.0

1.0

1.0

0.0

0.25

0.174