FOXBORO — One 12 months later, the Patriots have modified their tune on Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.
The Patriots had been subdued of their reward of Tagovailoa forward of Week 1 of the 2022 season. Then the Dolphins QB went out and beat them 20-7 whereas finishing 23-of-33 passes for 270 yards with a landing. He missed Miami’s Week 17 loss to the Patriots.
“The quarterback’s played very well, and he’s had tremendous production over the last couple of years, led the league in a lot of different categories passing the ball,” head coach Bill Belichick mentioned Wednesday. “So, they’ve got a really efficient guy running the offense.”
Belichick known as Tagovailoa a “productive player” who “knows how to use his weapons, receivers, backs,” a 12 months in the past.
Tagovailoa led the NFL in landing share, yards per try, yards per completion and passer ranking in 2022 whereas finishing 64.8% of his passes for 3,548 yards with 25 touchdowns and eight interceptions in 13 video games.
The Dolphins starter at the moment leads the NFL in passing yards (466), landing passes (three), yards per try and yards per completion after and explosive Week 1 efficiency in Miami’s 36-32 win over the Chargers.
“We’ve seen him. He has a big arm,” defensive sort out Lawrence Guy mentioned Thursday. “I know a lot of people don’t say that, but he does have an arm on him, and he can get out of the pocket and get it down the field. So those quick passes are there, but we have to understand there’s also another threat we have to be worried about.”
Outside linebacker Matthew Judon final 12 months mentioned, “I don’t really gotta admire his game. I’ve just gotta face him. He’s an opponent. You’ve got to respect everybody you play. That’s the league we play in. You respect everybody. But I don’t really got praise for him. He’s a good quarterback. He fits their system.”
Now this season, cornerback Jonathan Jones mentioned “it’s underestimated how good he really is.”
“He’s won. If you look at his record for how long he’s been there, he’s won a lot of games for him,” Jones mentioned. “Regardless of what people say, he’s won games. … He’s a winning quarterback, so we’ll have our work cut out for us.”
Tagovailoa is 22-13 as a beginning quarterback. He was 8-5 final season underneath new head coach Mike McDaniel, and the Dolphins have began 1-0.
At a sure level, you may now not ignore success.
Source: www.bostonherald.com