Tua Tagovailoa stats Comparing Dolphins QBs hot start in 2023 to first three games of 2022 season
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2024 11:05 pm
The Greatest Show on Surf? The Miami First Down Machine? The Dade County Defense Destroyers?It doesn't matter what you choose to call the Dolphins' spectacular offensive unit. Just make sure you Adolis Garcia Jersey give credit to the man leading the a sault on the scoreboard:Tua Tagovailoa.Through the first three games of the 2023 NFL season, the 25-year-old quarterback has posted incredible numbers. He is among the top five players inpa sing yards, pa sing touchdowns and completion percentage. He also owns the highest quarterback rating in the league.It's no surprise, then, thatTagovailoa was for his performance in September. With Miami sitting atop the conference standings at 3-0,Tagovailoa has emerged as the favorite in early MVP rankings, and he should remain part of the conversation as long as he stays healthy.But here's the crazy part: Tagovailoa isn't that far ahead of his 2022 pace. In fact, his stats are right in line with what he did last year.MORE:Tagovailoa and the Dolphins also won each of their first three games in 2022, defeating the Patriots, Ravens and Bills.Tagovailoa's best outing came against Justin Williams Jersey Baltimore, as he led Miami to a 42-38 victory after it trailed by 21 points at halftime.StatsWeek 1Week 2Week 3TotalCmp-Att23-3336-5013-1872-101Yds270469186925Yds/Att8.29.410.39.2TD1618INT0202Sacks3115Rating104.4124.1123.8117.8Unfortunately forTagovailoa, he suffered a scary concu Lance Lynn Jersey sion in a Week 4 lo s against the Bengals. He went on to mi s Week 5 and 6 matchups with the Jets and Vikings, respectively.He re-entered the concu sion protocol later that season, sitting out the Dolphins' final two regular season games and a playoff lo s to the Bills.As Yankees Hall of Famer Yogi Berra once said, "It's deja vu all over again."Tagovailoa has the exact same number of completions, attempts, touchdowns and interceptions through three games as he did last year. However, he has increased his pa sing yards, yards per attempt and QB rating.StatsWeek 1Week 2Week 3TotalCmp-Att28-4521-3023-2672-101Yds4662493091,024Yds/Att10.48.311.910.1TD3148INT1102Sacks0101Rating110.092.2155.8121.9Perhaps the most important categoryhere is sacks. He has only been sacked once, and John Gant Jersey he is beingpre sured at the lowest rate (21.2 percent of dropbacks)in the leaguethis season, .And beyond those stellar stats, Miami coach Mike McDaniel has been impre sed withTagovailoa's overall grasp of the offense."We're moving a lot of pieces every snap. There's a lot of timing involved with a lot of things that Tagovailoa is doing, not just pa sing," after the Dolphins dominated the Broncos in Week 3. "All of that orchestration, and the lack of pre-snap penalties, starts with the quarterback position."The immense amount of stuff that he has to learn and execute every week and then it goes down to the Daniel Ponce De Leon Jersey entire offense."