Si Tua Tagovailoa se mantiente sano, Miami aspire a ser protagonist

If Tagovailoa suffers a concussion again, he’ll have to think seriously about retirement — and the team’s next quarterback.

Los Miami Dolphins They are a team with a great tradition in the NFL, champions of 13 division titles, five conference championships and two Vince Lombardi. Within their great history, they have the most winning head coach of all time in Don Shula (347), as well as one of the best quarterbacks in history in the Hall of Fame Dan Marinowho when he retired at the end of the 1999 season had practically all the records that a passer could obtain.

Since then, this franchise has had its ups and downs, very inconsistent teams where they have only won one playoff game, in December 2000, since the end of the era. Marino.

However, now they have the talent of the passer Tua Tagovailoawho by the hand of the now head coach Mike McDanielsgave an important leap as a professional last year, since there were many doubts about his talent in the NFL ahead of the 2022 season.

There is still a lot of room to grow and Old he knows. The team’s talent is there, and they have one of the best receiving pairs in the league. NFL as they are Tyreek Hill y Jaylen Waddle. The ‘Cheetah’, as it is known Hill Due to his great speed, he had more than 1,700 receiving yards last season on 119 catches. We know what this player stands for, and boy do the Dolphins They knew how to take advantage of the qualities of the former player of the Kansas City Chiefs.

Still, we know that if a team doesn’t have a talented quarterback, it’s going to be hard to win.

Old have the qualities necessary to succeed in the NFL, but his concussion record is the big uncertainty within the team. During last season, which was just his third year as a professional, he suffered three concussions that resulted in him missing five games, including the first postseason game for the Dolphins since 2016.

A few months ago, once the season was over, Tagovailoa told a news conference that he was considering retirement.

“Yeah, I considered it for a while,” declared the former quarterback of Alabama at that press conference. “Sitting with my family, with my wife, having those conversations… it would be difficult to retire because of how old I am. [25]”.

A new season is coming and the aspirations for Miami they are tall. They are in a division that for many years was dominated by Tom Brady and the New England Patriotsand more recently by the Buffalo Bills. Now, the four-time league Most Valuable Player and champion of Super Bowl, Aaron Rodgers.

AND Old –and this is a AND with many doubts– remains healthy, the Dolphins they will be contenders in the division just as they were last season when he played. His final numbers were close to 65 percent of his completions, 25 touchdowns and eight interceptions for a record eight wins and five losses as a starter.

Con Old on the field Miami has a good chance of being in the playoffs; Yeah Old suffers a concussion again, he will have to think seriously about retirement … and the team on its next quarterback.