Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa dressed up as Santa, started giving out INTs

The Miami Dolphins needed a win vs the Packers to stop the spiraling out of control, instead Tua Tagovailoa dressed up as Santa, and started giving out INTs.

The Miami Dolphins entered the month of December with an 8-3 record, led the division, and had one of the best chances of winning out the entire conference. Reality hit like a train, Tua Tagovailoa and the Dolphins have been exposed as pretenders.

This is what December is all about, I’ve hinted at it since September, “the winning streak is great but we need this team to get hot in December.”

Well, December is here and reality is hitting colder than the freezing temperatures outside.

Mike McDaniel’s coaching has been questionable, the defense has been inconsistent despite some big plays here and there, but let’s cut to the chase.

Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa was horrible, this was an abomination of a performance by him.

Tua Tagovailoa performance in a nutshell:

Back-to-back-to-back and this is not the Drake song, on Christmas of all days, Tua Tagovailoa decided to have one of the most putrid performances I have ever seen not only from him but from any Dolphins QB since I’ve been watching football.

Tua Tagovailoa vs Green Bay Packers – by the numbers:

• 310 Yds
• 1 TD
• 3 INTs
• 80.8 RTG

The stats are pretty bad and you might think “the passer rating is not completely horrifying” well that is because Tua had played an almost perfect first half and had a passer rating in the 140s coming out of halftime.

Which makes Tua’s meltdown that much more confusing, the Dolphins were in control of the game until the 4th quarter.

But it looks like Aaron Rodgers and Tua Tagovailoa exchanged water bottles at halftime because Tua looked like he was tripping off Rodgers’ Ayahuasca on those 3 interceptions.

Tua Tagovailoa is now 0-4 during the “tough stretch” the Miami Dolphins had this season.

Tua Tagovailoa is now 0-5 in games under 50 degrees (Packers game hit a high of 49).

Tua Tagovailoa is now 0-6 in big late-season games in his career. (2020 vs BUF, 2021 vs TEN, 2022 vs SF, LAC, BUF, GB)

Will the Miami Dolphins make the playoffs?

I feel dirty even admitting to this because it’s so undeserving for this team, but the Miami Dolphins still control their own destiny and just need to win out vs the Patriots and Jets to make the playoffs.

But do you have confidence in Tua Tagovailoa to go to Foxborough in December’s freezing cold and walk out with a W?

I have some serious doubts, I won’t make a final stance on Tua, but it’s looking very VERY grim for him. I want to be proven wrong, but I just have no expectations for this team anymore.

Can you believe that the 2021 Miami Dolphins and the 2022 Miami Dolphins were both 8-7 at this point in time? Tough pill to swallow, I’ll be breaking that down later because I need to say my piece about everyone. Tua was just the first one needing addressing.

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