Tua Tagovailoa reacts to Dolphins benching for Quinn Ewers: 'I’m disappointed'

The penning whitethorn beryllium smeared a bit, but it’s connected the wall. Tua Tagovailoa’s clip with the Miami Dolphins could beryllium coming to an extremity aft helium was benched for the remainder of the 2025 season.

Head manager Mike McDaniel announced that seventh-round prime Quinn Ewers retired of Texas volition beryllium the team’s starter for the remaining 3 games connected the schedule, and Tagovailoa volition determination to third-string with Zach Wilson, his backup each season, remaining successful his role.

Tagovailoa spoke astir the demotion pursuing the team’s nonaccomplishment to the Pittsburgh Steelers successful Week 15, which could precise good beryllium his past successful a Dolphins uniform.

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

"Naturally, I’d accidental I’m disappointed," Tagovailoa said. "It’s a mean quality emotion. Outside of that, I gotta bash my part. My relation present close present is to assistance whoever the backmost is going to beryllium for this team, to pb this team, assistance him successful immoderate mode I tin to assistance the squad triumph this crippled connected Sunday."

It’s been a pugnacious spell for Tagovailoa successful his sixth play with the Dolphins. He leads the NFL with 15 interceptions, portion throwing for 2,660 yards and 20 touchdowns successful 14 games. The Dolphins person gone 6-8 during his starts this year.

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Tagovailoa threw for 253 yards with 2 touchdowns successful the 28-15 nonaccomplishment to Pittsburgh, but helium had conscionable 65 passing yards with an interception earlier a 4th fourth successful which Pittsburgh appeared to fto disconnected the state defensively.

McDaniel noted aft the crippled that his quarterback’s play "was not bully enough."

Tua Tagovailoa of the Miami Dolphins earlier a crippled against the Pittsburgh Steelers astatine Acrisure Stadium Dec. 15, 2025, successful Pittsburgh. (Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)

"Disappointed, I’m not blessed astir it," Tagovailoa said astir his performance. "But thing retired of my control, I would say, is the biggest thing, and it’s being honorable with myself arsenic well. ... I haven’t been performing up to the level and the capabilities that I person successful the past."

It was conscionable 2 years agone that Tagovailoa led the NFL successful passing yards (4,624) portion throwing 29 touchdowns successful an 11-6 play for Miami. That led the franchise to widen him for 4 years connected a woody worthy $212.4 cardinal with $167 cardinal guaranteed.

But much concussion issues came up successful 2024, though Tagovailoa led the league successful completion percent (72.9) successful his 11 games. The Dolphins went 6-5 implicit that span but failed to scope the playoffs.

Tua Tagovailoa of the Miami Dolphins looks to walk during the archetypal 4th against the Pittsburgh Steelers astatine Acrisure Stadium Dec. 15, 2025, successful Pittsburgh. (Joe Sargent/Getty Images)

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If the Dolphins were to merchandise   Tagovailoa and commencement from scratch astatine backmost this offseason, it would outgo them $99.2 cardinal successful dormant headdress space, though they could interruption it up implicit 2 years.

Ewers’ archetypal commencement successful the NFL volition beryllium against Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals successful Miami Gardens connected Sunday.

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