{"id":184325,"date":"2026-03-09T16:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/184325\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:14:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:14:23","slug":"tua-tagovailoa-released-by-dolphins-falcons-make-strong-push-for-quarterback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/184325\/","title":{"rendered":"Tua Tagovailoa released by Dolphins; Falcons make strong push for quarterback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That did not take long. The Miami Dolphins on Monday announced they would be releasing quarterback Tua Tagovailoa when the new league year begins on Wednesday. Just a few hours later, at it looks like the former Pro Bowl quarterback may already have a landing spot. According to multiple reports, including from NFL Network\u2019s Tom Pelissero, the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeGarafolo\/status\/2031030273073189090\" rel=\"nofollow\">Atlanta Falcons are making a \u201cstrong early push\u201d to bring in Tagovailoa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tagovailoa was the fifth-overall pick by the Dolphins in 2020. Since joining Miami, he has been selected to one Pro Bowl and has had seasons in which he led the league in major passing categories. In 2023, he led the league in passing yards and in 2024, he had the league\u2019s best passer rating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">However, injuries have cost him playing time throughout his career. Tagovailoa has only completed one full season, missing 23 games over his six seasons in the league.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Last year, the Dolphins benched Tagovailoa late in the season, moving to rookie Quinn Ewers as they began looking toward the future. Tagovailoa finished the season with with 2,660 yards, 20 touchdowns, 15 interceptions, and an 88.5 passer rating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bringing Tagovailoa to Atlanta could give the Falcons an insurance policy for third-year quarterback Michael Penix, Jr. The 2024 eighth-overall pick sustained a torn ACL last year and could need additional recovery time. Tagovailoa could also push Penix for the starting role if the younger quarterback does not perform up to his potential.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Penix and Tagovailoa are both left-handed quarterbacks, joined by the Cleveland Browns\u2019 Dillon Gabriel, as the only lefties starting in the league last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"That did not take long. The Miami Dolphins on Monday announced they would be releasing quarterback Tua Tagovailoa&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[86771,123,73927,86772,2797,125,124,73928,86773],"class_list":["post-184325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-former-miami-dolphins","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins-free-agency","tag-miami-dolphins-historical-perspective","tag-miami-dolphins-news","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-nfl-free-agency","tag-nfl-free-agency-rumors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}