Tua Tagovailoa's weaknesses exposed during loss to Chargers dampens Dolphins QB's MVP odds
A few weeks ago, it seemed as if Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was on his way to potentially taking home the league MVP and paving his way as the best quarterback this season.
After last night's performance vs. the Los Angeles Chargers, the hype seems to have derailed, despite Tua's hot start to the season.
He completed 10 out of 28 passes for 145 yards with one touchdown and a career-low 35.7% of his passes, with a 65.3 passer rating.
Tua stats: 10/28 (35%) 145 yards 1 TD, 65.3 RTG
Herbert’s stats: 39/51 (76%) 341 yards 1 TD, 102.3 RTG
Many people claimed that the dolphins defense was very hurt, but Herbert would get outplayed by his 2020 draft mate.
In the first half alone, he completed just three out of 15 attempts for 25 yards, one of the worst performances by a quarterback in a half ever.
Following the victory, Tua responded to his poor play and talked about how disappointing the performance was. He said:
"It's very disappointing for us to go out there as an offense and kind of show what we showed. That's not up to our standard, that's not how we play football here, and that was very disappointing.
"I would say the defenses that we've played have been playing exactly what we've expected them to play, that they've put on film. It really just goes back to the details of how we play our offense and we're not all dialed in with that. So, we have to go back to the drawing board, figure this out, and got to keep from losing. I mean, it sucks."
Tua Tagovailoa on Dolphins' struggles in loss to Chargers: "That's not up to our standard, that's not how we play football here, and that was very disappointing"
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Following their upset loss, the Dolphins are now 8-5 and are in second place behind the Buffalo Bills in the AFC East. Looking forward, they don't have an easy schedule. They will face the Bills this Saturday and then face the Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots and New York Jets to finish out the season.
The 8-5 Dolphins, who have lost two straight following a five-game win streak, now lead the Jets by just one game and the Patriots by 1 1/2 games in the AFC East standings.
Following the loss and horrific performance, Tua Tagovailoa's MVP odds have diminished
Heading into Week 14, Tua had the third-highest odds of winning MVP.
tua had the 3rd-shortest mvp odds entering week 13 lmaooo #finsup
He had +1200 odds at winning MVP and those odds went significantly down on Monday morning. Tagovailoa now has the fifth-highest odds to win the award at +5000 odds.
Nothing like Monday Morning's with new NFL MVP odds:
Jalen Hurts | -140
Patrick Mahomes | +180
Joe Burrow | +700
Josh Allen | +2000
Tua Tagovailoa | +5000
Tyreek Hill | +8000 https://t.co/3Cu5dXLGdg
It looks like the race for the award will come down between Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Tagovailoa and the Dolphins have now lost two straight and will look to get back in the win column this week vs. the Bills.
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