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Henry McKenna
NFL Reporter
If anyone was going to save the Miami Dolphins’ offense, it was going to have to be Tyreek Hill.
Tua Tagovailoa went on IR with a concussion. That was the time for Hill and, to a lesser degree, Jaylen Waddle to get this offense through Tua’s injury. Because — like it or not — Tagovailoa was absolutely coming back. And he wanted to make the playoffs.
But by now, we’ve seen what has happened to Miami.
Hill is having a pedestrian season. And so it’s no surprise that the Dolphins are 2-6. Their playoff probability is down to 4%. Miami’s season is dead. The Dolphins weren’t buyers at the trade deadline, and now the front office is going to have to figure out what to do with this team in 2025.
Nothing has worked on offense in 2024 — before and after Tua’s concussion.
This isn’t to say that Tagovailoa’s IR stint didn’t impact Miami’s season. It did. But the QB1’s return hasn’t righted the ship. The Dolphins were 1-1 with Tua to start the season, then 1-3 without him. But they’re 0-2 since his return, bringing them to 2-6 on the season.
Again, the surprising constant: Tyreek Hill’s statistics have been … fine.
We all know just how bad Miami’s offense gets without Tua. In recent years, his concussion-related absences have led to huge issues.
Since 2022, with Tagovailoa at QB1, the Dolphins are 20-14 and have averaged 386.2 total net yards per game and 279.1 passing yards per game. Hill has averaged 6.7 catches, 100 receiving yards and .6 touchdowns.
Without Tagovailoa since 2022, the Dolphins are 2-6 and have averaged 310.8 total net yards per game and 204.8 passing yards per game. Hill averaged 5.6 catches, 69 yards and zero touchdowns.
This time around, the decline was instant. Hill led the team with just 40 yards in Week 3, Tagovailoa’s first game away, a 24-3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks.
“Give the Seahawks credit, they did some things to try to nullify him,” head coach Mike McDaniel said…
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Publish date : 2024-11-06 18:33:13
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