Dolphins' Tua Tagovailoa among CBS' 'volatile' NFL quarterbacking tier

USA Today

21-06-2025

Like many Miami fans, CBS needs to see it to believe it.
In CBS' NFL quarterbacking tiers heading into the 2025 season, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa finds himself ranked among the bottom half of the league's signal-callers.
CBS placed Tagovailoa in Tier 4, which it referred to as "Volatile Veterans."
The medical conversation can't be oversold here; Tagovailoa has played one full season in five years with the Miami Dolphins. Aside from that, he's been polarizing, offering top-shelf accuracy (68.1% career completion rate) but struggling mightily when pressed to create plays out of script when it counts. - Cody Benjamin, CBS.
Tagovailoa played in and started just 11 games for Miami last season after suffering a nasty concussion in Week 2 versus the Buffalo Bills that sidelined him for four games. Then, a hip injury late in the season cost Tagovailoa two more contests.
Tagovailoa completed 72.9% of his passes for 2,867 yards and 19 touchdowns against seven picks in 2024.
Tagovailoa finds himself among fellow veteran quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers, Geno Smith, Trevor Lawrence, Kyler Murray and Sam Darnold in Tier 4.
Tier 1 featured CBS' "Transcendent Talents." That group included Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, Jalen Hurts and Jayden Daniels.
Tier 2—CBS' "Borderline Stars"—featured Matthew Stafford, Jared Goff, Brock Purdy, Jordan Love, Justin Herbert, Dak Prescott, Baker Mayfield and C.J. Stroud.
Tier 3 welcomed "Promising Prospects" Bo Nix, Caleb Williams, J.J. McCarthy and Drake Maye.
Though it's just been the lone season where Tagovailoa has played in and started all 17 games for the Dolphins thus far, the 27-year-old led the league in passing during that 2023 campaign. Tagovailoa racked up an NFL-best 4,624 passing yards and had 29 touchdowns against 14 interceptions in 2023.