Dolphins bench struggling Tua Tagovailoa after rough performance vs Steelers: reports

The Miami Dolphins person reportedly made a large alteration astatine the backmost position. 

The Dolphins are benching Tua Tagovailoa aft helium struggled successful the team’s 28-15 nonaccomplishment to the Pittsburgh Steelers connected Monday, according to aggregate reports. Quinn Ewers, a seventh-round prime retired of Texas successful the 2025 NFL Draft, is reportedly slated to instrumentality over. 

The determination is stunning, arsenic Tagovailoa is successful the archetypal play of a four-year, $212 cardinal declaration hold that helium signed successful July 2024, with $167 cardinal guaranteed.

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Miami Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa (1) walks disconnected the tract aft a failed two-point conversion effort successful the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Pittsburgh Steelers successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, connected Dec. 15, 2025. (Justin Berl/AP Photo)

That declaration was signed a twelvemonth aft Tagovailoa led the NFL successful passing yards with 4,624 successful 2023. The pursuing season, Tagovailoa led the NFL successful completion percent (72.9%), though helium played successful conscionable 11 games. 

This season, the erstwhile Alabama backmost leads the NFL successful interceptions with 15. Tagovailoa has struggled successful 14 games, arsenic helium has completed 67.7% of his passes for 2,660 yards with 20 touchdowns and 15 interceptions.

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Miami Dolphins backmost Tua Tagovailoa (1) looks to walk during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Atlanta Falcons connected Oct. 26, 2025, successful Atlanta, Georgia. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

In the Dolphins' nonaccomplishment to the Steelers, Tagovailoa completed 22 of 28 passes for 253 yards with 2 touchdowns and 1 interception. However, astir of that accumulation came erstwhile the crippled was retired of reach. 

The nonaccomplishment to the Steelers eliminated the Dolphins from playoff contention. The Dolphins started 2-7 but won their anterior 4 games heading into their matchup with the Steelers, keeping their slim playoff hopes live until Monday, but the nonaccomplishment dropped them to 6-8 and retired of the race. 

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The Dolphins could person chosen Zach Wilson to instrumentality implicit alternatively of Ewers, but alternatively turned to the rookie. In constricted action, Ewers has completed 5 of 8 passes for 53 yards. 

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