"It's fine and dandy for Tua Tagovailoa to stand up afterward and quarterback-splain the coverage and the intent on that godforsaken pass. It'd odder to also say, as he did, how he'd make that pass, "10 out of 10 times" and laud Buffalo linebacker Tyrel Bernard for intercepting the ball thrown right at him. But what the Miami Dolphins quarterback needed to say late Thursday night was and didn't was, "I blew it.""
"No one's asking for a pound of despair by his sixth season, because it's clear by now it's not going to happen with Tagovailoa. At least it's not happening in the manner Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier and coach Mike McDaniel thought when they put him in the $50 Million Quarterback Club. They're all on the elevator going down now starting with those three at the top after Thursday's 31-21 loss in Buffalo."
Tua Tagovailoa defended his decision and described the intended coverage, saying he would make the pass "10 out of 10 times" while praising the Buffalo linebacker who intercepted it. He did not admit responsibility with phrases such as "I blew it" or "I cost us the chance to win that one." Miami sits 0-3 after a 31-21 loss in Buffalo, putting pressure on Tagovailoa, general manager Chris Grier and coach Mike McDaniel. Expectations tied to his $50 million contract included occasional game-winning individual plays. For the second straight game he threw directly at a linebacker and has not delivered those defining moments.
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