Tua Tagovailoa - Impressive in emergency duty Tagovailoa (finger) entered Thursday night's 22-10 win over the Ravens for Jacoby Brissett (knee) with 11:46 remaining in the third quarter and completed eight of 13 passes for 158... Impact Tagovailoa slotted in as Brissett's emergency backup for the second straight game, and this time, he was called into duty for almost an entire half. The second-year signal-caller turned in an admirable effort in the victory and led scoring marches of 53 and 75 yards, the latter which he closed out with a one-yard touchdown run after the Ravens had closed to within five points. The fact Tagovailoa threw the ball well despite the fracture on the middle finger of his throwing hand is certainly encouraging, and David Furones of the Sun Sentinel reports that head coach Brian Flores stated the 2020 first-round pick was "close" and "a lot better than last week" in terms of potentially drawing the start Thursday. However, Marcel Louis-Jacques of ESPN.com relays that Tagovailoa said after the game he did bang up the finger during the contest and was grateful for the 10 days of healing time before Miami's Week 11 road divisional clash with the Jets.
NOVEMBER 12, 2021 • ROTOWIRE