Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa made his return to the field after missing the last couple of games due to a concussion.
He had a solid game against the Steelers with 261 yards and a touchdown but did take some hits that probably had Dolphin fans screaming.
One of them was him lowering his head and running into defenders head first which wasn’t the best sight, given his recent injuries.
Tua talked about taking the hits and said he regrets lowering his head.
“I can see the first down, and to me there were close calls where maybe if I do just put my shoulder down I could get forward progress,” Tagovailoa explained. “That’s all it was. I wasn’t trying to be Superman or a superhero out there.”
“I came to the sideline after some of those plays. Those are things I shouldn’t be doing,”
The Dolphins got the win, and he isn’t hurt, so no harm, no foul right now, but probably best that he doesn’t lower his head and run head-first into defenders from now on.
Tua Tagovailoa’s return under center was a success.
The Miami Dolphins snapped a three-game losing streak in their 16-10 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night.
On the first drive of the night, and Tagovailoa’s first since suffering a concussion that hospitalized him, the Dolphins went nine plays for 71 drives that ended in a nine-yard pass to Raheem Mostert for the score. The Steelers went three-and-out, and Miami marched again. They got inside the 10, but had to settle for a field goal, and led 10-0 less than 10 minutes into the contest. In the Steelers’ ensuing drive, Kenny Pickett threw an interception – the Dolphins answered with another field goal.
Tagovailoa completed 21 of his 35 passes for 261 yards and a touchdown. Jaylen Waddle led all receivers with 88 yards on four catches, while Tyreek Hill had seven catches for 72 yards.
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