<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/dolphins-news-tyreek-hill-reveals-what-he-needs-with-tua-tagovailoa-after-brutal-drops');   ga('set', 'title', 'Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill reveals what he ‘needs’ with Tua Tagovailoa after brutal drops');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Tyreek-Hill-reveals-what-he-needs-with-Tua-Tagovailoa-after-brutal-drops.jpg"></figure><h1>Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill reveals what he ‘needs’ with Tua Tagovailoa after brutal drops</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-23T07:52:46-08:00">December 23rd, 7:52am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-23T07:52:46-08:00">December 23rd, 7:52am</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Dolphins</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>There is no doubt that it has been an <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dolphins-news-1-reason-tyreek-hills-numbers-down-not-injury">underwhelming season for Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill</a>, which was put on display Sunday when they beat the San Francisco 49ers, 29-17. As <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dolphins-news-miamis-receiver-room-brutal-jaylen-waddle-week-16-injury-update">Dolphins star Jaylen Waddle was out with an injury</a>, Hill was tasked with taking up most of the work, but a handful of drops highlighted his performance, and he explained the reason for it after the game.</p><p>Hill would finish the game with three catches for 29 yards and a touchdown, but the stat line could have looked much differently if <a href="https://x.com/_MLFootball/status/1870982288164442147" rel="noopener">several of the missed opportunities</a> were capitalized on. He would cite that he required more <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43119069/tyreek-hill-blames-drops-lack-reps-tua-tagovailoa" rel="noopener">“valuable reps”</a> with quarterback Tua Tagovailoa according to ESPN.</p><p>“I feel like, at the end of the day, I need those valuable reps with Tua,” Hill said. “I completely blame myself for not getting my head around and not seeing the ball because, if I see a ball, we’re talking cross-court, 70-yard touchdown. But those Wednesday reps are definitely showing. As a leader, I’ve just got to be able to bite the bullet sometime and practice and get those valuable reps with QB1 because, if we’re able to stay on the field on third down, who knows what could happen.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">TRENDING: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dolphins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Dolphins</a> WR Tyreek Hill continues to drop the ball throughout today’s game…</p><p>😳</p><p>Hill has already dropped three big balls today.<br><a href="https://t.co/heyw2Jp8uH">pic.twitter.com/heyw2Jp8uH</a></p><p>— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) <a href="https://twitter.com/_MLFootball/status/1870982288164442147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>There were a few plays that were missed opportunities in the endzone where Tagovailoa threw a perfect pass, but Hill would cite one as being an exceptional play from the defender and the other due to a lack of “valuable reps.”</p><h2><b>Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill and Tua Tagovailoa agree on needing more reps</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Tyreek-Hill-on-Dec.-22-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Jasen Vinlove-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dolphins-news-tua-tagovailoa-mike-mcdaniel-honest-career-high-4-turnovers">Tagovailoa would throw</a> for 215 yards to go along with one touchdown, which was his 100th score with the franchise.</p><p>“On the deep ball, it was tipped by the defensive back, and on the other one, it’s just, again, missing those valuable reps with the quarterback,” Hill said. “One thing I learned from Coach Reid whenever I was in Kansas City…is you can’t just show up on Sunday. You’ve got to be able to prepare yourself Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, even Saturday. Then when it’s Sunday, it’s easy. Once again, us missing those valuable reps because when it’s live speed, everything’s moving so fast.”</p><p>The Dolphins’ offense has been a far cry from what it was last season as Hill was on the cusp of catching almost 2,000 yards and Tagovailoa leading the league in passing yards.</p><p>“If he told you that, then that’s what we need more of. We need reps,” Tagovailoa said. “That’s the secret sauce to me being able to connect with all these guys. … If we miss a throw, if we’re off on a throw in the team practice or in a routes on-air rep, we’ll get together in whatever time we have, whether it’s after or during, while the defense is on, and we’ll get those reps made up. Telling him what I see and then him also telling me how he feels with running it.”</p><p>Miami’s playoff chances are alive, but the first step is to win out which the journey continues Sunday as they face the Cleveland Browns and then after against the New York Jets.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill reveals what he ‘needs’ with Tua Tagovailoa after brutal drops

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/dolphins-news-tua-tagovailoa-on-injury-report-ahead-49ers-clash');   ga('set', 'title', 'Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa lands on injury report ahead of 49ers clash');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Tua-Tagovailoa-lands-on-injury-report-ahead-of-49ers-clash.jpg"></figure><h1>Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa lands on injury report ahead of 49ers clash</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-18T17:36:29-08:00">December 18th, 5:36pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-18T17:43:53-08:00">December 18th, 5:43pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Houston Texans</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Miami Dolphins’ quarterback Tua Tagovailoa picked a bad week to have one of the worst games of his career. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dolphins-news-miami-playoff-dreams-toilet-derek-stingley-jr-pick">Dolphins’ playoff hopes took a big hit</a> with the 20-12 loss to the Houston Texans in Week 15. The disappointing defeat dropped Miami to 6-8. Now the team must win out and get some help down the stretch to have a shot at the postseason.</p><p>The Dolphins’ situation is already dire but a difficult task became that much <a href="https://x.com/schadjoe/status/1869523673423781897" rel="noopener">more challenging</a> with the news that Tagovailoa landed on the injury report. The fifth-year QB was listed as limited in practice with a hip ailment, per Dolphins reporter Joe Schad on X.</p><p>Tagovailoa has played well since <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dolphins-news-tua-tagovailoa-to-return-vs-cardinals-after-clearing-concussion-protocol">returning from a concussion in Week 8</a>. Entering Sunday’s game against the Texans, Tua had thrown for 1,973 yards with 15 touchdowns and just one interception in seven games since his month-long stint on the injured reserve. He had four straight multi-touchdown games and three straight 300+ yard games before melting down in Week 15.</p><p>The Texans’ defense showed out on Sunday, holding Tagovailoa to 196 yards on 29 completions. He tossed one touchdown and threw three interceptions, adding a fumble for a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dolphins-news-tua-tagovailoa-mike-mcdaniel-honest-career-high-4-turnovers">career-high four turnovers</a> against Houston.</p><h2><b>The Dolphins need Tua Tagovailoa healthy and productive for Week 16</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Tua-Tagovailoa_dd6528.jpg"><figcaption>Troy Taormina-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Texans’ cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. ruined Tagovailoa’s day, picking off the veteran passer twice in the fourth quarter. His second interception with 97 seconds remaining proved to be the dagger, ending any hope of a Dolphins comeback.</p><p>Miami is in danger of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dolphins-news-tua-tagovailoa-gets-real-why-miami-has-losing-record">finishing with a losing record</a> and missing out on the playoffs for the first time since Mike McDaniel took over as head coach in 2022. The disappointing season has stirred up some <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-rumors-insider-speculates-about-mike-mcdaniels-dolphins-job-security">speculation that McDaniel could be on the hot sea</a>t.</p><p>The Dolphins <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dolphins-news-miami-quarterback-move-before-texans-clash">cut backup quarterback Skylar Thompson</a> prior to Week 15’s loss, leaving Tyler Huntley as the team’s only other QB. The surprise move would leave the team extremely thin at the position if Tua can’t play.</p><p>In addition to Tagovailoa, the Dolphins could also <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dolphins-news-mike-mcdaniel-jaylen-waddle-injury-update">be without wideout Jaylen Waddle</a>, who’s considered day-to-day with a knee injury. Miami needs to get healthy in a hurry as another desperate team awaits in Week 16. The Dolphins will host the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. Like Miami, San Francisco is 6-8 and needs to win out and receive help to have a shot at the postseason.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa lands on injury report ahead of 49ers clash

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/texans-news-derek-stingley-breaks-down-interceptions-tua-tagovailoa');   ga('set', 'title', 'Texans’ Derek Stingley breaks down INTs of Tua Tagovailoa');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Texans-news-Derek-Stingley-breaks-down-interceptions-of-Tua-Tagovailoa.jpg"></figure><h1>Texans’ Derek Stingley breaks down INTs of Tua Tagovailoa</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-16T06:20:57-08:00">December 16th, 6:20am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-16T06:20:57-08:00">December 16th, 6:20am</time><address><a>Ben Strauss</a>Ben Strauss is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a die-hard NFL fan who cheers for the Detroit Lions. He has previously written fantasy football content for IDPGuys and ImportantNonsense.com.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Houston Texans</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Houston Texans are having a great 2024 NFL season. Houston is 9-5 after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dolphins-vs-texans-predictions-pick-odds-spread-for-nfl-week-15-2024">securing a huge win against Miami</a> on Sunday. The Texans won the game by leaning on <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dolphins-news-miami-playoff-dreams-toilet-derek-stingley-jr-pick">some impressive defensive performances</a>, including a career day by one of their young stars.</p><p>Texans cornerback Derek Stingley <a href="https://x.com/AaronWilson_NFL/status/1868417788848824407" rel="noopener">played a big role</a> in winning this game. He made multiple tackles, shut down Tyreek Hill, and forced a pair of turnovers in the winning effort.</p><p>“The first one…I just figured he wasn’t going to throw deep,” Stingley told reporters after the game, per Aaron Wilson of KPRC2. “Most of the time when you’re guarding Tyreek you’re thinking deep ball. I just figured he was about to break and I broke. For the second one, they needed to get down the field. I figured he wasn’t going to break and kept on him.”</p><p>Stingley limited Tyreek Hill to just two receptions for 36 yards on Sunday. Meanwhile, Stingley hauled in two interceptions of his own.</p><p>Stingley <a href="https://espn.com/nfl/recap?gameId=401671860" rel="noopener">understood the importance</a> of playing against an elite player like Hill.</p><p>“It’s a good opportunity going against somebody that’s the face of the NFL,” Stingley said via ESPN. “So anytime you get to go out there on the field, it’s just a good time, just time to have fun.”</p><p>The Texans clinched the AFC South division title on Sunday for the second straight season.</p><p>“We got the Chiefs next so we’re going to focus on them,” Stingley replied.</p><p>Houston clinched the division with their win over Miami and an Indianapolis loss, which came against Denver.</p><h2><b>Recapping the Texans’ big Week 15 win against the Dolphins</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Derek-Stingley-intercepts-Tua-Tagovailoa.jpg"><figcaption>Thomas Shea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Texans showed that they can win games in multiple ways on Sunday.</p><p>In many ways, this was a game of two halves. Most of the offensive production for both teams came in the first half, with Houston up 13-6 at halftime. Both teams would combine for 13 total points in the second half as both defenses clamped down.</p><p>Houston’s offense was not very productive on Sunday, only managing 181 total yards of offense. Nico Collins was the savior of the game. He only hauled in four receptions for 17 yards, but two of them went for six-yard touchdowns.</p><p>The second half came down the Derek Stingley making plays. Both of his interceptions came in the second half and eliminated what could have been huge passes to Tyreek Hill.</p><p>“Stingley is playing just unbelievable football right now,” Houston coach DeMeco Ryans said after the game, praising his young cornerback.</p><p>Houston may need more games like this from their defense if their offense continues to struggle heading into the playoffs.</p><p>Next up for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/houston-texans/schedule/upcoming">Texans is a Week 16 matchup against the Chiefs</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Texans’ Derek Stingley breaks down INTs of Tua Tagovailoa

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/dolphins-news-tua-tagovailoa-grant-duboses-head-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa admits regret after Grant DuBose’s terrifying head injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Dolphins-news-Tua-Tagovailoa-admits-regret-after-Grant-DuBoses-terrifying-head-injury.jpg"></figure><h1>Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa admits regret after Grant DuBose’s terrifying head injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-15T16:44:55-08:00">December 15th, 4:44pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-15T16:44:55-08:00">December 15th, 4:44pm</time><address><a>Josiah Caswell</a>Josiah Caswell is a Sports Journalism student at the University of Florida and formerly served as a sports writer for Pro Football Network (PFN), where he covered the 2023 NFL season. Prior to that, he gained experience as an independent contractor for Sport&amp;Story, writing daily emails about Oklahoma State sports for a year. Josiah also worked full-time for DoorDash while balancing his academic and professional commitments. During his time at UF, he has contributed to ESPN Gainesville and WRUF, further honing his skills in sports journalism. With a diverse background and a passion for sports, Josiah is focused on continuing to develop his career and provide insightful coverage for sports enthusiasts.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Dolphins</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Week 15 of the NFL regular season is over halfway done and unfortunately for the Miami Dolphins, it looks like their playoff hopes might be gone. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dolphins-news-mike-mcdaniel-tyreek-hill-game-losing-interception">The Dolphins fell to the Houston Texans 20-12</a>, dropping to 6-8 on the season. A big reason for the loss was the performance of quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. However, Tagovailoa’s <a href="https://x.com/DavidFurones_/status/1868410399491510638" rel="noopener">turnovers weren’t his biggest regret of the game</a>.</p><p>“You know, I’m my toughest critic when it comes to ball placement,” said Tagovailoa of his throw that led to a massive hit on wide receiver Grant Dubose, ending his day in a stretcher. “I just feel bad that I even put him [Dubose] in that situation to have gotten hit. It was tough to move on after that happened.”</p><p>Tagovailoa went on to throw three interceptions following the injury, which took place early in the third quarter. He finished the day throwing 29 of 40 for 196 yards, one touchdown, and three interceptions. He also fumbled on a sack earlier in the game.</p><h2><b>Tua Tagovailoa’s up and down 2024 season</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Tua-Tagovailoa.jpg"><figcaption>Thomas Shea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Coming into the season, there was a lot of belief in not only the Miami Dolphins, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dolphins-news-tua-tagovailoa-gets-real-why-miami-has-losing-record">but Tua Tagovailoa as well</a>. In the offseason, he was extended on a 4 year , $212.4 million deal. Things haven’t gone how they’d hoped they would, though.</p><p>After 14 games, Tagovailoa has played in just 10 games, throwing for 2,652 yards, 18 touchdowns, and seven interceptions. Additionally, he’s missed four games due to a concussion he suffered early in the season against the Bills.</p><p>Contrarily, in 2023, Tagovailoa finished with a league-leading 4,623 yards in addition to 29 touchdowns and 14 interceptions.</p><p>It is worth noting, the Dolphins without Tagovailoa were unable to win games. However, even with him, they’ve still gone .500 at 5-5. Simply, it’s a mess regardless of who’s at QB, even if they are reliant on Tagovailoa being in the game.</p><p>Tagovailoa’s struggling 2024 has also impacted his talented wide receivers. Tyreek Hill, who has consistently been in the top-five in the league in terms of receiving yards isn’t even close this year. So far, he has 67 receptions for 805 yards and five touchdowns. That puts him on pace for his lowest receiving yards total since 2019, when he didn’t break 1,000 yards.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa admits regret after Grant DuBose’s terrifying head injury

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Ben is a passionate sports fan who loves college football, basketball, and the New York Yankees.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Dolphins</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Miami Dolphins did not play a perfect game against the Houston Texans Sunday. Miami turned the ball over four times in the sloppy and uninspiring contest. Miami lost 20-12 and now finds themselves two games under .500. Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa<a href="https://x.com/DavidFurones_/status/1868409834145776020" rel="noopener"> was especially disappointing</a>, with a career-high four turnovers.</p><p>“Very disappointed with how I played today, how I conducted myself on the field,” Tagovailoa said, per the Miami Sun Sentinel.</p><p>That sentiment was shared by his head coach, Mike McDaniel. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dolphins-news-miami-playoff-dreams-toilet-derek-stingley-jr-pick">The Dolphins are now dangerously close</a> to losing control of the season. Tagovailoa threw three interceptions in the contest, <a href="https://x.com/Marcel_LJ/status/1868406164498661879" rel="noopener">while also losing a fumble</a>.</p><p>“You’re not going to win games with 4 turnovers,” McDaniel said, per ESPN.</p><p>Despite the takeaways, the Dolphins defense did enough to win the game. Miami allowed just 20 points in total in the contest. That is in spite of the fact that the Dolphins got blitzed in the turnover margin, 4-1. The Miami defense held Houston to just 77 rushing yards, and 181 total yards.</p><h2>Dolphins need some wins right away</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Dolphins-QB-Tua-Tagovailo.jpg"><figcaption>Jasen Vinlove-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Miami needs to win games, period. The season is slipping through their fingers. The Dolphins had a solid chance to even their season record at .500 with a win Sunday, but it didn’t happen. Miami was close, despite it all, due to the valiant play of their defense.</p><p>The offense was a different story, as Tagovailoa was clearly not as sharp as usual.<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dolphins-news-tua-tagovailoa-doctors-told-him-concussion-recovery"> The Dolphins quarterback is still on the mend</a> after a devastating head injury left him sidelined for several weeks of the season. In the Texans game, the quarterback had to push forward without two of his starting offensive linemen.</p><p>The loss of those linemen seemed to rattle the quarterback. Tagovailoa finished the contest with just 196 passing yards. Two of his interceptions came in the fourth quarter of the game, with Miami<a href="https://x.com/OmarKelly/status/1868407658786742681" rel="noopener"> still within striking distance.</a></p><p>“We don’t turn the ball over, they don’t get the big special teams play it’s a different game,” Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill said, per the Miami Herald.</p><p>Miami is second in the AFC East behind Buffalo, but the Dolphins just haven’t played well this year. Miami is just 2-5 on the road this season, and must find a way to win more road games in order to compete for an AFC playoff spot.</p><p>The Dolphins next host the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. It’s a must-win game for the team from South Beach.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
4894	32.4	11.9	16

2024 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
4894	32.4	11.9	16

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