Tua Tagovailoa Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Tua Tagovailoa
QB
, Miami Dolphins

Age: 23
Weight: 218 lbs
Height: 6' 1"

ADP: 136
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	PaYds	PaTD	Int	RuYds
135	1814	11	5	109

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by John Paulsen

In the six games where Tagovailoa played at least 50 snaps–which excludes his first start (Week 8) along with partial games in Week 11 (thumb injury) and Week 16 (benched)–he averaged 256 yards and 1.3 touchdowns through the air, while adding 16 yards and 0.5 touchdowns as a runner. The resulting 18.9 fantasy points per game are more than what Ben Roethlisberger, Matt Ryan, Drew Brees and Joe Burrow averaged last season. The split indicates that Tagovailoa can produce when things are going well, and he’s poised for a jump heading into his sophomore season. The Dolphins added a lot of speed in the form of Will Fuller and Jaylen Waddle, who join DeVante Parker and Mike Gesicki to form a dangerous receiving corps. Since the 2001 season, 36 rookie quarterbacks started at least 12 games. Interestingly, each quarterback in this sample either scored 16.9 fantasy points or more (the “good” rookies), or they averaged 13.8 fantasy points or less (the “bad” rookies). Of the quarterbacks in the “bad” group who went on to start 12+ games as sophomores–and Tagovailoa definitely falls into this group–they saw an average increase of 25.3% in points per game in Year Two.

Latest news

Dolphins downplay having roles for QBs

MSN.com

Dec 29, 2020 · 9:56 AM EST

Tua Tagovailoa, as HC Brian Flores said last night, will start in Week 17 at Buffalo.

“Tua is a resilient kid,” Flores said Saturday night. “He’s a tough-minded kid. He’s happy that ‘Fitzy’ went in there and we won the game because he is a selfless, team-first guy. That’s why he is here. We’re always going to do what’s best for the team and try to help the team win.”

Related players: Ryan Fitzpatrick

Fantasy Impact:

Flores called Fitz the team's relief pitcher, indicating he could come in later in games like a closer in baseball. While overall it's not an ideal situation, fantasy football or not, it does seem to be working in the present for Miami. It looks like Tua will start in Week 17, but with a chance he could get pulled in the game, he's obviously not a safe play.

Scouting report

by Jordan Heck

· Jul 18 · 10:12 AM EDT

MIA QB Tua Tagovailoa - 2021 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside
Tua Tagovailoa showed some promise in his rookie season as three of his nine starts saw him finish with 361 yards, 316 yards and 296 yards. He had at least two touchdowns in four of his starts, finishing with a 14-6 TD: turnover ratio. The Dolphins also have a revamped offense that includes offseason acquisitions Will Fuller and rookie Jaylen Waddle. They join an already talented receiving corps that includes DeVante Parker, Preston Williams, Lynn Bowden and Mike Gesicki.

Fantasy Downside
Tagovailoa showed promise as a rookie, but he also had times where he struggled. In three of his starts, he finished below 100 passing yards and in six of his starts, he had one passing touchdown or less. As a result, he only scored more than 18 fantasy points twice. Tagovailoa has a history of injury concerns dating back to his serious injury at Alabama, and even last season when he missed a game due to a thumb injury.

2021 Bottom Line
Tagovailoa carries some risk for 2021, but there are plenty of reasons to like him this season. He dealt with a lot as a rookie including his recovery from a major injury, shortened OTAs, lack of receiver depth and Ryan Fitzpatrick lurking in the background. This year Fitzpatrick is gone, the receiving corps has improved and Tagovailoa has had another year to get better. We like him as a top 15 quarterback this year.

2021 Strength of Schedule - MIA

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
2 @NE	17 BUF	20 @LV	8 IND	16 @TB	28 @JAX	31 ATL	17 @BUF	24 HOU	14 BAL	27 @NYJ	15 CAR	9 NYG	BYE	27 NYJ	5 @NO	30 @TEN

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

Game Stats


Wk	Opp	Comp	Att	PaYds	PaTD	Int	YPA	YPR	RuAtt	Yds	TD	Fum	YPC	Pts	Snaps	%
1	@NE	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0/62	0.0%
2	BUF	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0/75	0.0%
3	@JAX	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0/61	0.0%
4	SEA	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0/71	0.0%
5	@SF	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0/67	0.0%
6	NYJ	2	2	9	0	0	4.50	4.50	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.4	5/56	8.9%
7	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	LAR	12	22	93	1	0	4.23	7.75	2	0	0	1	0.00	5.7	49/49	100.0%
9	@ARI	20	28	248	2	0	8.86	12.40	7	35	0	0	5.00	21.4	61/61	100.0%
10	LAC	15	25	169	2	0	6.76	11.27	6	-1	0	0	-0.17	14.7	58/58	100.0%
11	@DEN	11	20	83	1	0	4.15	7.55	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.3	44/65	67.7%
12	@NYJ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	CIN	26	39	296	1	0	7.59	11.38	3	3	0	0	1.00	16.1	70/70	100.0%
14	KC	28	48	316	2	1	6.58	11.29	6	24	1	0	4.00	27.0	83/83	100.0%
15	NE	20	26	145	0	1	5.58	7.25	3	9	2	0	3.00	18.7	73/73	100.0%
16	@LV	17	22	94	1	0	4.27	5.53	3	11	0	0	3.67	8.9	46/63	73.0%
17	@BUF	35	58	361	1	3	6.22	10.31	6	28	0	0	4.67	15.2	83/83	100.0%
Per game		18.60	29.00	181.40	1.10	0.50	6.26	9.75	3.60	10.90	0.30	0.10	3.03	13.55	57.20/66.10	84.96%
Totals		186	290	1814	11	5	6.26	9.75	36	109	3	1	3.03	135.46	572/997	84.96%